Where's my water?

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Ok, so I work for a public service utility. Namely drinking water. After the office closes for the day, all calls are forwarded to me. So, if a leak occurs after hours, I get to hear all of the sob stories. "How am I supposed to take a shower?" "How am I supposed to flush the toilet?" and on and on and on.

Some people are grateful the leak isn't on their side. Some are genuinely trying to help out by letting us know. Some are curious old biddies that need to know what's going on all the time and where. Some are pissed off because somehow, in some way, the leak was caused by me.

I've oftentimes had people ask me questions that had the obvious answer of "DEAL WITH IT!" which I cannot tell a customer if I value my job, and I do.

So, this thread is about me telling a fake customers what I really think.

"How am I supposed to take a shower?" Your backwoods as probably hasn't had a shower in about 2 weeks anyways, a few more hours isn't going to fucking kill you.

"How am I supposed to flush the toilet?" Take a dump in your back yard. If a fucking dog can, you can.

"How much is my bill going to be discounted?" It isn't. In fact, since we had to have guys go out on overtime and fix it, we should charge you more. If you had been patient and waited until the next day, we may discount your bill. But you're being an idiot. Idiots are expensive.

"I paid my bill, you can't shut off our water!"/"You can't shut off our water without telling me first!" We didn't. It's called a leak. Despite what your tiny brain thinks, we don't schedule leaks. We don't like them. They cost us money. You should be glad we don't like them. Some water companies just wait to fix them until the next business day. That means you would be out of water for roughly 4 times longer than you will be currently.

And when they come back with a 'witty' response to mine, I would just tell them to call the local well driller and get off of our damned system if we're so awful at our jobs.:thumbsdn:

I'm sure there are more, and I'm almost certain I've already made this thread at least 400 times. But, it gets me each and every time.
 
We don't have that problem around here. Hardness runs at about 70 ppm of CaCO3.

Here's a chart for comparison:
  • Soft: 0–20 mg/L as calcium
  • Moderately soft: 20–40 mg/L as calcium
  • Slightly hard: 40–60 mg/L as calcium
  • Moderately hard: 60–80 mg/L as calcium
  • Hard: 80–120 mg/L as calcium
  • Very Hard >120 mg/L as calcium
 
If I have a 3 gallon bucket and a 5 gallon bucket as my only means of measurement, how can I measure out exactly 4 gallons of water?
 
First, fill up the 3 gallon bucket.

Dump the 3 gallons into the 5 gallon bucket.

Fill up the 3 gallon bucket again, and fill up the remainder of the 5 gallon bucket from the 3 gallon bucket.

Since 3+3 is six, and we're taking away five, you'll be left with exactly 1 gallon in the 3 gallon bucket.

Dump out the five gallon bucket. Empty the 1 gallon from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket.

Fill up the 3 gallon bucket again, and add it to the 1 gallon that's now in the 5 gallon bucket.

3 + 1 = 4
 
My water broke. What should I do?

But seriously, half of the time spent at my job this summer was speaking politely on the phone to customers and then going into the back with my coworkers and/or manager and repeating the conversation verbatim and throwing in what I wish I would have said. I feel for ya.
 
Because you forgot where you left it. Retrace your steps, starting with what you did when you first woke up in the morning. It may help by having a friend ask you questions like, "what did you do next?" and ", what did you see after that?"
 
You should start helping people be proactive. Say things like "Sir, we sent a letter out last month about the prescheduled leak advising the residents at your specific area to be prepared by placing water in leak-proof pipes. I apologize that you were unable to read that letter"

Either that or just say "Hey, don't talk to me like that. I know where you live."

Oh, and how come our well water tastes worse than the city water?
 
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