Working for Free
Would you believe it! My Boiler has broke and I cannot find a trained plumber who will fix it for expenses only!
Leila, you reminded me of a "feed and water you" job i did once. we were promised to be fed, and i don't eat most meats (not veggie- just picky) and we got beefburgers! haha. i just ate the bun... :-(
"The Plumbers School" (or College, can't remember)used to advertise short plumbing courses in "The Stage".They might still advertise,I'm not sure. And The Stage had a competition, and the prize was...... yes, a course in Plumbing!!!!!!
Actually laugh snorted in the office really loudly at Reading this thread :).
Seen loads of those no experience necessary listings recently ,.... so why are are they on a proffessional site?
A plumber with no experience neccessary... Oohh imagine the state of the wc
I'd pay to watch Hard Scale Musical. It sounds gritty and exciting!
Hard Scale Musical - the latest to hit the limelight!
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Or should that be Limescale? And of course, any plumbers' musical would have loads of tap dancing!!
This is just so funny, i can't see now from tears in my eyes, good thing there's only me in the office, i just snorted too.
Eliza x
oh gosh i really did think you said you would pay to watch Hard Scale Muscle
Well I think you are all taking the P--S Poor old David still has a defective boiler!!
David, I was wondering if you have a Plumbers venue nearby, that puts on demos of their work to entice customers to come along and see the plumbers at work! Ummm...Like a Plumbers Showcase if you will.
These Plumber showcases are great. Some of them charge the plumber quite a lot to be in it, and clients like you would go along to attend. Sometimes one plumber will be on show, demonstraiting his soldering skills, sometimes 2 or 3 plumbers will demo their pipe work skills!
oh and don't worry too much about booking a seat...there are normally plenty of chairs to chose from.
Hope that helps!
Actually, I was thinking of putting on a plumbers' showcase and calling it Pipe Dreams. Not sure if any contractors would come along to see anyone but at least it would be a good networking event for all the plumbers to get together and swap plumbing anecdotes. Of course, there's always the danger of being outdone by the usual showcase people, Plumbing the Depths.
.....nice to see you all have some work in the pipline!
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Thanks guys you have really made my day and but a great big smile on my face!!! which is the first time in while since visiting the site, good humour all. Maybe it could be the title off a new movie, eh? and if it makes it to cinema the tickets should be free too, after all wouldn't want anyone to actually get paid. SMILE!
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Splat you really are a cheeky monkey making me explain myself.
I was actually refering to a thread regarding the amount of film makers asking actresses to go nude for no money. And as I've said before, chance would be a fine thing!!!! lol
Sarah
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tell them they can distribute their bsiness cards..
Perhaps your plumber mistook the plumbing for work, when really it's just an "opportunity". To do the work, but not get paid. I think nudity is always a sign of commitment to their desire to push their plumbing boundaries, especially if they're doing nude plumbing for a music video which will be a sixteen hour job (bring your own copper pipe) but sooooo much fun and sooooo cool that they'll probably end up wanting to pay YOU for letting them do the plumbing in the first place.
As you say, trained plumbers who will work for the love of it (bit like Corgi registered Gas engineers - where do they get off with their "I want to be paid" attitude?!) are very hard to find but luckily you can often just get your mates to do the plumbing for you for nothing and then just pretend you have working boiler later on.
Love it! But could you also repeatedly drive over to rehearse the plumbing in anticipation of fixing the boiler with no fuel expenses covered? Also when fixing the boiler infront of a huge ticket paying crowd I'm afraid you'll have to buy some tickets yourself for family to attend!
Obviously lots of expensive travelling is always good, but really only if you know you're going to be fixing a boiler that has absolutely no chance of ever making it to the Boiler Shorts Festival or even to the Final Boiler Edit. If you're going to be out of pocket it needs to be for a really rubbish boiler that has no chance of ever having any life breathed into at all. It also helps if it the boiler belongs to someone who isn't sure if they really WANT to fix their boiler or if it's just been an interesting diversion while they decide if another failing domestic appliance is more their cup of tea or their trust fund kicks in.
Cor....gi.
This debate is getting rather heated.
'But I fear you all have gone to bed
And I posted up too late' she says
Perhaps all the jokes have now worn thin
And dwhiting has a boiler ready for the bin.
But you can all doze off now rest assured
That you didn't waste your day feeling bored.
And that Anonymous fella? What a natty
Haven't had that since dear old Splatty!
Boom Boom.
BOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
You're all (thankfully) clean round the bend!!
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