Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for August 23, 2011

Guess who, Skeezix.

I think Skeezix should send the plumber’s bill to whoever installed the machine

You’re not paying for the turning of the valve, you’re paying for the knowledge of which valve to turn.

Yes, or the solenoid valves on the washer wouldn’t be open, and water couldn’t enter the tub.These valves are “fail closed”, which means if anything goes wrong, they go to the closed position, Other wise, you would have a flooded laundry room every time the power failed.

I cannot believe that they did not try turning the water on. It seems rather silly to me. If Joel and Rufus installed the machine (I cannot remember if they installed it or the people from the store), they should not be blamed for this. However, if the people from the store installed it, and then purposefully left the water off to hood-wink them, that is not nice.

Forget about telling your kids to become doctors or lawyers. Tell them to become plumbers!

What A Concept!

OK, folks, move along…nothing to see here.Will this never end?

So much for “professional” installation. Joel and Rufus might even have done a better job.

@whmIII:

Wasted time, wasted $$$, and all those…uh, never mind.

Looks like someone owes someone an apology??

Wonder how bad the bill will be?

and now all is right with the world..

they can go on vacation, and we can get a ‘new’ story arc..

That’ll be $180. One hour labor, minimum charge.

Can we now move on?