Like stealing candy from a baby
For days I'd been telling people at work that my drains were clogged. Silly childish humour that was met with the kind of faces that said "that's not funny". Of course I meant that my drain at the back of the house was blocked. I'm sure Eddie Hobbs would have found it funny. It would be just like the kind of crass joke that he would have used on Rip Off Republic. The rip off that took place in my backyard could have been used as suitable material too.
Being a twenty-something means I've not had much experience in paying for household services. Super Drains made that point all the more real when they came round and charged €136 for five minutes work. They were all workman-like, huffing and puffing and really putting on a good show. But €136 for five minutes? Good job the landlord was paying. At that rate, if they manage to do 50 minutes work per day, they clear €1,360 per day. Yowser.
Of course, the previous generation wouldn't have been caught like that. They'd have had the a length of piping in there of a shot. Get a painter in? You must be joking. The notion of paying someone to stroke a brush against a wall for a few hundred euro would be have been scoffed at.
So Eddie, if you're reading, you've got some more material for your next series. You can call it "I'm Not Going to College 'cos I Can Earn a Grand a Day for Less than an Hour's Work Cleaning Drains". Has a certain ring to it, wouldn't you agree? Oooh, the bitterness.
Published by Colm.
Being a twenty-something means I've not had much experience in paying for household services. Super Drains made that point all the more real when they came round and charged €136 for five minutes work. They were all workman-like, huffing and puffing and really putting on a good show. But €136 for five minutes? Good job the landlord was paying. At that rate, if they manage to do 50 minutes work per day, they clear €1,360 per day. Yowser.
Of course, the previous generation wouldn't have been caught like that. They'd have had the a length of piping in there of a shot. Get a painter in? You must be joking. The notion of paying someone to stroke a brush against a wall for a few hundred euro would be have been scoffed at.
So Eddie, if you're reading, you've got some more material for your next series. You can call it "I'm Not Going to College 'cos I Can Earn a Grand a Day for Less than an Hour's Work Cleaning Drains". Has a certain ring to it, wouldn't you agree? Oooh, the bitterness.
Published by Colm.
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