Plumbing in the Grey Toon

For some reason they ran out of work for the plumbers today in my depot. So I trundled off to the main depot at Kittybrewster for some work. Kitty doesn’t deal with empty houses though so I was in occupied houses. What a treat, not!! What’s wrong with the people of Aberdeen?

I should have taken a picture of the wallpaper in the first house. Wowza! I had a line to “overhaul cistern” which really means fix whatever’s wrong with it. What I should have had was investigate and repair cause of noise in pipework. Although the result would have been the same. I think the noise was tinnitus or something cause I couldn’t hear a thing.

Next up I go to a house in Sunnyside(?) with lines to resecure WHB and renew WC cistern. The woman is outside another house when I turn up and yells over, “ih you the plummur? They’re waitin oan yi in the kitchen, jist gae in”

Fair enough, I open the front door and I’m met with the biggest dingo-esque dug you’ve ever seen! I about messed the close there and then! Anyhow, I go in(it was actually a really friendly mutt) and am then met with two joiners who had been waiting on me to take out the kitchen sink… Hang on a minute! I don’t have a line for that. Luckily the boss man appears and tells me to renew the sink as well as the other things I actually have lines for.

I’m back there tomorrow with another joiner to fix the basin. I hope some more people have left their houses, I can’t be doing with this social interaction at all…

Billy

I think today marks the beginning of the end of my career with Aberdeen City Council. They (the gaffers) have started pulling me up on jobs. My time sheets have been questioned as well. Even though I have been more than covering my time using the proper codes in the book for the work done they still question me about it.

I can feel a work to rule coming on, if they want aditional work requests they can get them, for everything not included on the original ticket, even if it’s a stopcock while fitting a cistern.

Anyhow when I got home today I kick started my LGV training, booking myself in for the medical in Glasgow of all places next week, I’ve also filled out my D2 ready to go when I get done with the medical. I can’t wait to be shot of this stupid job.

On a brighter note I’m still a plumber and still live in the grey toon, so anecdotes should still be forthcoming, although almost certainly the houses will be less stinky.

Billy