Random Conversation 2.0

It's because they think everyone else is more foolish/stupid than they are. That hateful granny I was working with at the hospital who was off for almost all of the last month it was open. She fell at the bank and hurt her elbow...she was running around in a sling, one minute claiming it was broken and the next minute using the hell out of it. I'm not complaining though; I was happy not to have to work with her stupid ass.

I also had a few employees of my own over the years pull that crap. For most of them it didn't work out the way they thought or hoped it would though.

It sounds like you've seen it all. As for who's worse, it's a toss up.

My old fucktard boss was one of those deadbeats who screwed over a woman who was injured at one of the stores. A foldable step ladder collapsed under her (it was old & the holding latch broke), and she fell hitting her shoulder on a sink and landing in a mop bucket. Her shoulder and back were hurt. Procedure was followed and I arranged for the treatment she needed, but as soon as he found out she needed surgery for her shoulder, he stopped paying for her treatment. He found a chiropractor friend willing to lie for him by saying the injury was old and due to her age to get out of taking care of it. Even I could see the fresh blood in the MRI, which his asshole "friend" tried to say wasn't there...the dude hadn't even seen the MRI.

When I told her he wasn't going to take care of her, she was afraid to push the issue. She was hoping he'd change his mind, and she was afraid to lose her job. He told me if she pushed the issue, he would fire her. My off the record advice to her was to get a lawyer ASAP, but she waited too long and no one would touch the case. Over a short period of time you could see her shoulder getting worse, and there was no way she could afford to get it fixed on her own. He could've taken are of it easily though...he lost more money than that every week with his idiot gambling habit. She ended up jobless and crippled up all because he's a sorry motherfucker.

What's crazy is just a couple years prior we had a girl with a phony injury claim that he willingly spent a lot more money on...even paying her lost wages, all the while saying he didn't believe she was hurt!

 

Ah, the joys of home ownership!

I'm sorry you're dealing with that, FG. Problems like that are stressful enough, but when it's something that an inspector should have caught, it's a million times worse.

I've been dealing with some plumbing issues myself.

What a nightmare, Ches.

I had an issue with my lateral line being busted as well. I couln't afford to hire someone to fix it, and my insurance won't cover it either. We dug up & worked on the line ourselves, which sucked. There was also a crazy complication to go along with the busted line.

What brought the problem to my attention was draining problem with the washing machine. I went to unclog the line and found a tiny sinkhole next to the clean out pipe in the backyard. When I hooked up my water hose unclogger attachment, I could hear the water splashing underground! I had been told that the house used to have a septic tank before being connected to the city, so I was told there was a chance that that's where everthing was going.

One of my old customers at my old job owns a septic tank cleaning company and he offered to come check it out. It turned out not to be a spetic tank it was draining into...it was actually an old storm cellar that had been covered up years ago. The leaking line had caused the cellar roof to collaspe and it looked like it took that part of the line with it as well! I basically ended up with a cellar full of sewage, which he thankfully pumped out for me at no charge.

My backyard is a roughed up mess, but at least everything is working now. My house is old and at some point all of the plumbing will need to be replaced. Hopefully everything will hold up until I can afford to have someone do it for me.

 

Thanks, bluesky. Yep, it sucks. It's life though, so all we can do is soldier through and be thankful it wasn't worse.

Thanks, FG, it was hell. The Sewer Sisters, huh? LOL It sounds like either a good name for a woman-owned plumbing company or a rock group.

 

Cosign. It is good to hear that you have a good tenant in there now though, Ches.