Today, I had to temporarily remove the drain pipe under the sink. I absentmindedly poured the stinky water from the trap into the now drainless sink, and flooded the cupboard I was working in with it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I absent-mindedly poured the putrid water from the sink’s air trap into the sink that I'd just removed the air trap out of, and flooded the cupboard I then had to crawl into. FML
Today, I finally started a DIY home improvement project I'd been putting off for a while now. As I was drilling into the wall, I managed to hit a plumbing pipe that I didn't know was there and started flooded my living room. FML
Today, my kitchen sink was clogged. I poured a bottle of Drano down and came back two hours later. The clog is still there, but the glue on the pipe is not and now there is Drano-water all over the floor, staining and dissolving everything in my kitchen. FML
Today, I tried to fix a leaking pipe under the sink. I watched a YouTube tutorial and was feeling confident that I could get the job done. Two hours later, half of the kitchen was practically flooded because I forgot to cut the water off, and scrambled to actually find the main valve, then I had to call an emergency plumber, who showed up, laughed, and fixed it in five minutes. FML
Today, at work I had to spend two hours cleaning up stinky toilet water. Why? Because yesterday, I forgot to turn on the septic tank pumps. The tank overflowed, and so did all the toilets. My boss is not happy. FML
Today, I flooded my entire kitchen. The water was cut off at night and I left the faucet open without realizing. When the sound woke me up at 5am, the water reached my ankles. I frantically tried to sweep it out before my mother woke up at 6am. I didn't make it. FML
Today, we had to turn the water off due to a massive leak in the kitchen sink that the plumber was currently fixing. I managed to wait two hours before my uncooperative digestive tract said it couldn't wait any longer and I had to take a mega dump in the bathroom. I couldn't flush the toilet or wash my hands. FML
Today, after sweeping up a spill, I managed to break the cupboard door. With my head. FML
Today, whilst vacuuming, I stupidly decided to vacuum the bathroom drain to see what would happen. Turns out it will cause stinking septic water to get sucked into the machine and spew all over the walls, ceiling and vanity. It also causes the vacuum cleaner to stop working. FML
Today, a pipe leaked in the store I work at. I had to smell sordid waste for more than 8 hours. FML
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Chazzster 32
Many of us who have done some home plumbing repair have done something like that at one time or another. Shit happens... You can either learn from your own mistakes or from other's mistakes. Experience is usually the most effective teacher, but those lessons can be messy or expensive... The difference between a good handiperson and a bad one is the good one knows how to fix their mistakes. A great one thinks ahead and doesn't make mistakes, but we're not all at that point.
protoskore 27
oh good, I'm not the only one
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Chazzster 32
Many of us who have done some home plumbing repair have done something like that at one time or another. Shit happens... You can either learn from your own mistakes or from other's mistakes. Experience is usually the most effective teacher, but those lessons can be messy or expensive... The difference between a good handiperson and a bad one is the good one knows how to fix their mistakes. A great one thinks ahead and doesn't make mistakes, but we're not all at that point.
protoskore 27
oh good, I'm not the only one