Check Your Drain Lately??

Have you ever had a drain back up so bad that you had to call a plumber?

That is what happened with the women’s restroom where I work. And the following is pretty damn funny.

I work for a small company and the ladies in the office are pretty close. Let’s just face it, if you are a woman in a man’s business world, you walk in the door and you basically have a bond already because you are a certain type of woman to be a career woman.

So the sink is filled to the rim and one of the ladies thought it would be an idea to get some of the water out of the sink so we could somewhat continue using it by washing our hands after our “duties”. So she get a coffee pot and thought that she shouldn’t flush it down the toilet because she was afraid it could possibly back up as well. So where does she go with it…out the window. Mind you we are on the third story of our building with a sidewalk underneath said window! Yes, you can laugh or gasp because it is kind of funny. Could you imagine walking on the sidewalk and all of a sudden some water comes at you from the third story. Granted, no one was out there, not that she could see because there is a ledge that blocks the view of who is below, but all in all still pretty damn funny.

So we get the plumber in here to do his thing. He is working for about an hour or so and emerges from the bathroom with “Do you know what was backing up your sink…a crack pipe”. I was within ear shot of it and turned around and there he is holding a crack pipe!! None of us could believe it. Not only is it funny but somewhat shocking as well and also raised a couple questions.

How long was the pipe in our drain? Who put it there, I highly doubt one of the staff, but maybe one of the cleaning crew?

Oh the fun things that happen at work…you never know around here!