Had the worst luck possible fixing a client's leaky pipe last Tuesday

I got called to a house in Austin to fix a simple kitchen sink leak, but by lunchtime I'd snapped a wrench, got sprayed in the face, and found a dead raccoon stuck in the vent stack. My apprentice swore it was some kind of plumbing curse, but I think the universe just hates me that day. Has anyone else had a single job spiral into absolute chaos for no reason?

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rosed321mo ago

Keep a spare wrench in the truck for days like that. And maybe carry a respirator for the raccoons.

noah91411d ago

Yeah I've learned the hard way that raccoons don't care about respirators, @sageallen is right about that. Guess I'll just stick to throwing snacks from a safe distance and hope they get distracted.

sageallen1mo ago

Honestly, I gotta push back on this @rosed32. A spare wrench is fine if you've got an afternoon to kill, but that's a band-aid fix. The real answer is to just not drive when the raccoons are active. I seen a guy try to flush one out with a respirator on and it just made the thing more aggressive. The raccoon won and he had to call animal control anyway.