Now I remember why I became an electrician

[mtnboomr]

There's actually an electrical company here in OKC that has the moto, "If You Can't Find Your Shorts, Call Us" on their trucks.

 

[dennishoddy]

Yes but electricians do it with power.

60 times a second!

 

[dan45]

People are usually shocked to find out I'm not a very good electrician.

 

[SiGArmed]

If I ever made a career change electrician would be cool. Too old now though.

 

[El Pablo]

i dont like doing either

 

[TerryMiller]

In my time with better reflexes, I used to even change out wall sockets and switches without turning off the breaker. I have done a wee bit of plumbing in my past, but not very much.

Now, my full "expertise" in plumbing is turning off the water at the valve, which I do every time we leave the RV park. There are too many instances of people with RV's leaving their water on to the RV and come home to find a flooded RV.

We have experienced two occasions where a PEX fitting failed and started spewing water. Fortunately, in both cases, we were at home and I heard the water running and turned things off.

 

[Firpo]

In my time with better reflexes, I used to even change out wall sockets and switches without turning off the breaker.

You’re supposed to turn off the breaker?

 

[TerryMiller]

You’re supposed to turn off the breaker?

I don't know, but that is what my wife tells me...

...every single time.

 

[turkeyrun]

But on the bright side, I didn't have to make any ACE Hardware runs, and I had no runs, drips or errors.

Sounds like a successful frat party or online date.

 

[mtnboomr]

People are usually shocked to find out I'm not a very good electrician.

I suspect you're "shocked" to find that out, as well.