Plumbers make hand over fist if they’re good at their job. Many people get turned away by the “you deal with shit pipes” stigma so whoever sticks around are in huge demand.
Anon is at a crossroads in life
Submitted 9 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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DaddleDew@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
It’s not so much what the pipes hold that turns me off, it’s where the pipes are. Crawl spaces and attics and other shit holes. You get paid so well because it’s not a very glamorous job.
Xanis@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I have Arachnophobia. Despite working on it in small ways throughout my life, I still get an extremely strong flight response when one is too close. I enjoy working with my hands and am decent at it. Sometimes I feel just a little cursed. A wee eight-legged dude that wants absolutely nothing to do with me and I’m the one having a freakout.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I knew a plumber growing up. Dude walked around with a wad of cash that would make a gangster blush. Used to run into him on jobs all the time. By the time I knew him he was one of those elder assholes, would spend 5min saving the day with wizardry and old man strength, and the rest of is smoking weed and being hilarious. R I P Lionel, you were a good one
uis@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I imagined how some gang hired plumber to keep shit together, then they see bill, learn that this is how everyone bills, and become plumbers gang. Sometimes it’s called plumbers coop.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Sometimes it just takes a little nudge to get your shot in order.
gramathy@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
shoots self
Instructions unclear, am dead
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 months ago
Anon, immediately afterwards: Okay anons, any recommendations on how to start teaching my kid about his responsibility to the Aryan Race?
Hikermick@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Some people are better at taking care of others than they are at taking care of themselves
Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
OP has the right goals, but having a kid doesn’t automatically change your life. Took the dude 9 months to start looking for a job? Yeah. Something tells me nothing is going to change.
Azzu@lemm.ee 9 months ago
It does change your life. We’re biologically wired to provide for our offspring. For fathers, the biological changes start only when the child is born and you see it and interact with it, so this “getting your shit together” starting at birth is actually perfectly normal and might certainly work.
Rekorse@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
The implication is the guy is only doing the right thing because he has to. Their point is that they didnt do anything different than before, they still aren’t taking any control or responsibility in their life.
uis@lemm.ee 9 months ago
What used to be place for school students now is place for old enough people to have children. This happens. This is internet.
thefrankring@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I love good comeback stories.
Inspiring.
uis@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Was what I assume was “fag” censored by 4channer or by lemmy poster?
thorbot@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m sure this dude will be a great fucking father. Don’t have kids unless you’re ready for it.
andrewta@lemmy.world 9 months ago
First he was a shit. Now he’s dealing with other peoples shit
buttfarts@lemy.lol 9 months ago
Gay af
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Fellas, is it gay to commit to raising a child with my GF?
Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I think the OP was stating the opposite when he called his absentee father a fag.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Wants to get his shit together – becomes a plumber.
nifty@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Plumbers make bank, they’re in demand a lot
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
They literally keep the shit of other people together… I don’t know why I thought the people of green text would get the joke.
sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Now he’s getting other people’s shit together
Screemu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
At any time he can lay a deuce in one of them pipes and get paid for it too.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Trades like number, electricians, etc make good money. Especially if they unionize and get that OT.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Problem is breaking into them
Everyone wants more tradesmen but none of the current tradesmen want to train any
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
And crucially, they keep everyone’s shit together
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Indeed.
Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
I mean… if you’re going to start getting shit together… there are worse places to start.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
The only other better option for keeping shit together would be waste water management.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 months ago
Now he can get other people’s shit together, too.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 9 months ago
anon is still slinging that crack.
uis@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Yeah. I wonder, what future generations will see in 4chan archives.
Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Lol bro, you obviously don’t know shit about plumbing if you think they can’t have their shit together. They can make crazy bank.
SnugZebras@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
I think the joke is plumbers deal with shit, not that they have low pay