[Histonet] Venting Part II

[pathrm35 <@t> adelphia.net]

---- Jackie M O'Connor <Jackie.O'Connor <@t> abbott.com> wrote: 
> I think you call that a Union Man.
> Joe,
I went through this when we built our new  ab last year. I dumped all these issues off on the general contractor. But then again, I was the on who had to put in the ceiling tiles among other things. Building a new lab is a very time consuming and mentally consuming event. We had excellent plumbers but we sure did pay for them.
Ron Martin
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> "Joe Nocito" <jnocito <@t> satx.rr.com>
> Sent by: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> 04/27/2006 08:23 PM
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>         To:     "histonet" <histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu>
>         cc:     (bcc: Jackie M O'Connor/LAKE/GPRD/ABBOTT)
>         Subject:        [Histonet] Venting Part II
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>     Okay, as I said in my apology posting, I used "dumb ass" to describe 
> the plumber who did not want to vent the flame cabinets. Please give me an 
> alternative phrase for me to use because I don't understand the following 
> events:
>     1. what do you call it when you put in a drench shower/eyewash station 
> combo, but don't put in a drain?
>     2. what do you call it when you leave a 2" pipe open  near the bottom 
> of the shower/eyewash so that when you test the eyewash station, a rush of 
> water soaks your shoes?
>     3. what do you call it when you put in a deionized water station, but 
> don't know what a conductivity light is? So when you ask the plumber "how 
> do you when to change the tank if there is no light", and the plumber just 
> says "I don't know"?.
>     4. what do you call it when you blow a test ball through the drain 
> system to test the drain system, yet forget to take the test ball out of 
> the drain and water backs up into your new lab causing a huge flood in the 
> lab? Then have to call in a competitor to help you fix it.
>     5. what do you call it when you try to light a gas water heater  for 
> 30 minutes, just to be told by some one else that there is no gas meter 
> hooked up because you forgot to get the meter from the city?
>     6. what do you call it when you are soldering a pipe and activate the 
> fire alarm system?
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> I fell like Jeff Foxworthy "You might be a redneck if".
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> Can some one please come up with an alternative phrase other than "dumb 
> ass"? These events really happened this weekend in my new $1.5 million 
> lab. I know, it sounds like fiction, but trust me, it's the real thing. So 
> you see my dilemma. And for that one person who I offended in the past, I 
> may be unprofessional in my language and conduct, but I do know MY job. 
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> Thanks for listening. In advance, I am sorry for the harsh language once 
> again, but I can't come up with the words to accurately describe this 
> "professional" plumber.
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> Let the flaming begin (I'll just have to get another plumber to help put 
> out the flames)
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> Joe
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