DUmmie steals a tip cuz MAGA... or something

[FunkyZero]

Dummie calls a plumber, decides to take back his tip because he cracked  a SloJo joke.
Which leads me to get sidetracked...  do you guys tip plumbers? I don't tip people who come to my home to fix stuff. I didn't know this was a thing.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219856890#post22

Vinca (51,254 posts)
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 04:37 PM

Tell me to chill.
So it's Saturday afternoon in frigid New England and suddenly we realize we have no hot water. My husband hits the "reset" button and nothing. He calls the company we deal with and gets an almost immediate response even though it's the weekend. The repair guy will be here in an hour. And he appears as promised, an older man who seems very friendly and I tell him I'm sorry we got him out on a weekend, yada, yada, yada. It turns out the motor burned out and he has a replacement. So far so good. Before he arrived, we had discussed whether this was an occasion that called for tipping. We usually tip delivery guys and we figured getting a repair person out on a weekend might merit a tip. So I put a $20 bill under the duck decoy near the door. He's still working on the fix as I type this and a little while ago my husband whispered something to me. He said when the guy opened the control box he made the remark that it looked as scrambled as Joe Biden's brain. Oh. My. God. I have to keep my mouth shut. We need hot water. The tip is already gone from under the decoy and back in my purse. AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH. What's wrong with people????????

No comment, DUmpass.

Glorfindel (9,960 posts)
1. Don't chill. You have every right to be indignant.
Reply to Vinca (Original post)
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 04:41 PM
That stupid man's mouth cost him a nice tip.

Vinca (51,254 posts)
14. My husband was doing some real estate work for a guy and it became clear he was a Trumper. This was before
Reply to magicarpet (Reply #11)
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:35 PM
the election and we donated what he paid him to Kamala.

you sure did show him, eh?

Vinca (51,254 posts)
13. It was kind of a shock to the system because we rarely hear or see anything of Trumpers around here.
Reply to walkingman (Reply #7)
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:32 PM
Guess the guy drove up from Massachusetts, but Trumpers are pretty rare down there, too. Oh, well. He's gone now. Life evens out. Yesterday I was at the dentist over in Vermont and we had a laugh about RFK Jr.'s brain worm. Nice garden!

Ahh... now I see it is Ok to crack about politics and mix it with business, right?

[FlippyDoo]

I don't tip repairmen; however, on this occasion I would likely make an exception and offer a tip because...
1. He is working on the weekend
2. He got there in less than 24 hours
3. He got there when he said he would
4. He had the part on hand to complete the repair
5. He was friendly
6. He apparently did the job requested
7. And, finally, since he was observant enough to know that SloJo has a scrambled brain, he most likely voted for Trump in the election which means he not only saved the DUmmies from freezing water. He also saved them from the Kackling Knob-Gobbler continuing SloJo's reign of destruction on the country even though the DUmmies were too stupid to realize that they needed saving.

[Texacon]

I don't tip repairmen; however, on this occasion I would likely make an exception and offer a tip because...
1. He is working on the weekend
2. He got there in less than 24 hours
3. He got there when he said he would
4. He had the part on hand to complete the repair
5. He was friendly
6. He apparently did the job requested
7. And, finally, since he was observant enough to know that SloJo has a scrambled brain, he most likely voted for Trump in the election which means he not only saved the DUmmies from freezing water. He also saved them from the Kackling Knob-Gobbler continuing SloJo's reign of destruction on the country even though the DUmmies were too stupid to realize that they needed saving.

Agreed. I would have tipped him. During the holidays we generally give tips to our repairmen and we use several because of our rental properties.

These people (DUmmies) are total hypocrites.

As an aside, what kind of water heating system has a motor in it?

KC

[FlippyDoo]

Agreed. I would have tipped him. During the holidays we generally give tips to our repairmen and we use several because of our rental properties.

These people (DUmmies) are total hypocrites.

As an aside, what kind of water heating system has a motor in it?

KC

Yeah, I wondered about that too, but I just figured it meant "element" since DUmmies get most everything wrong.

[Old n Grumpy]

I think this is another example of something that didn’t happen .

[SVPete]

... when the guy opened the control box he made the remark that it looked as scrambled as Joe Biden's brain.

What does Vinca think the plumber is, a DU-Denizen who can be granite-pizzaed? For pointing out the obvious truth?

...
As an aside, what kind of water heating system has a motor in it?

KC

I was wondering about that, but I don't live in an area where it gets cold enough for pipes to freeze.

[Delmar]

In my experience, when I've called for an emergency night time/weekend plumbing or furnace types of problems there has always been an extra charge--not exorbitant--for the special service. 

[67 Rover]

Agreed. I would have tipped him. During the holidays we generally give tips to our repairmen and we use several because of our rental properties.

These people (DUmmies) are total hypocrites.

As an aside, what kind of water heating system has a motor in it?

KC

Probably a direct vent motor. If not venting safety prevents burner ignition.

[BannedFromDU]

     This is one of those things that half-happened: the DUmmy probably had someone come to the house to do something or other, but in their inertness and frustration they had to come up with a scenario in which they could reclaim power and control. In reality the repair guy probably came and went without incident.

     Now, let's imagine the repair guy was also a self-hating DUmmy: "Against my better judgment I took a call on the weekend. I was all settled in watching my West Wing tapes while I searched for a place where I could get my ninth COVID booster shot. I had a lentil smoothie in the mixer and all was well  in the world. I guess I'm just a sucker, but on the other hand, everyone here is a good Dem so I figured once I fixed whatever was broken we could smoke a joint and maybe the wife would peg the husband while I watched. So I get there and not two minutes into it I notice they have a Confederate flag on the wall and the husband comes in wearing a holster with double revolvers. 'Are you one of them peace faggots?' He asked. Well, I reminded him that TFS stole the election and Elon Musk is a poopface, and I marched straight out of there." 

[Old n Grumpy]

A baseboard hot water heating system has a pump.

[FlippyDoo]

     This is one of those things that half-happened: the DUmmy probably had someone come to the house to do something or other, but in their inertness and frustration they had to come up with a scenario in which they could reclaim power and control. In reality the repair guy probably came and went without incident.

     Now, let's imagine the repair guy was also a self-hating DUmmy: "Against my better judgment I took a call on the weekend. I was all settled in watching my West Wing tapes while I searched for a place where I could get my ninth COVID booster shot. I had a lentil smoothie in the mixer and all was well  in the world. I guess I'm just a sucker, but on the other hand, everyone here is a good Dem so I figured once I fixed whatever was broken we could smoke a joint and maybe the wife would peg the husband while I watched. So I get there and not two minutes into it I notice they have a Confederate flag on the wall and the husband comes in wearing a holster with double revolvers. 'Are you one of them peace faggots?' He asked. Well, I reminded him that TFS stole the election and Elon Musk is a poopface, and I marched straight out of there." 

  You need to develop that into a full, feature length Bouncy Tale.

[BannedFromDU]

You need to develop that into a full, feature length Bouncy Tale.

     Maybe it's time for Ben Dayho to make another appearance...

[zeitgeist]

One house I owned had steam heat with hot water off the boiler.

 

It was serviced by the fuel oil dealer, so um yeah, it could be a bit trying at times. This is not exactly the one I had in that house but so darn close it woud be hard to tell the difference. Note the pump.

Hot water? You betcha!

[DefiantSix]

...As an aside, what kind of water heating system has a motor in it?

KC

Boiler systems would blow higher 'n hell if they didn’t have a recirc pump to keep the water from standing until the faucet valve opens. That's where you might find a motor in a hot water system.

[Texacon]

Like SVP, I don't live where it gets very cold.  We count our time below freezing in hours, so some of what I've seen upthread is foreign to me.

KC