I like to think of myself as quite an open minded person who is relatively happy to give anything a try. I’ve dabbled in a lot of things that most people would turn their heads at and I am proud of the fact that I’ve (so far) lived a very varied life. Generally, I want to experience everything life has to offer. There is only one thing that I absolutely will not have a bar of… and that’s plumbing or becoming a plumber.
I truly couldn’t think of anything worse than being a plumber. Aside from the fact they deal with literal poo on a daily basis, they also have to provide commercial gutter cleaning services which means getting up on large buildings and clearing out the gutters. They have to deal with drains that are blocked with God knows what and listen to people complaining about the fact that their hot water systems aren’t working properly. I just think it’s such a thankless job that it is absolutely not worth even trying just to say that I’ve done it.
This might seem like such a random blog post for my followers. But it’s my blog and I like to use it to express what I’m thinking. Normally this would be some extremely excited and positive post about how good my latest experience has been (whether that be learning to cut hair, going snorkelling, riding a horse or anything for that matter) but because I’ve been doing some self reflection recently and I just thought I should acknowledge that I would absolutely never be a plumber who performs hot water repairs. Melbourne is littered with plumbing issues because of how old the city is, so anyone working as a plumber would be so overworked it’s ridiculous. If I’m going to be overworked I want to at least be doing something that one, isn’t disgusting and two, is enjoyable.