CoolMatt

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[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Trying that next time

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Probably, but also it's the equivalent to speaking to the manager of a retail employee so they get in trouble.

I once got brake checked by another trade van driver who failed to yield to me at a yield sign. Called the number of the company on the back to let them know they brake checked me, and the dispatcher on the other end of the line was very appreciative and said they'd have a talk with the driver.

About 3 months ago I got called in by someone for the first time in my 6 years on the job, from a dude bro in an Audi SUV who honked and flashed their lights at me for 5 minutes yelling at me out his window because I changed lanes in front of them 10 car lengths ahead. Used dictate to send a txt to my boss saying "heads up I think you're gonna get a call". Few minutes later my boss called me saying "yeeeaahh he called me but he sounded like the alpha male entitled type and I'm sure your driving is fine as this is the first call I've ever got about you, just be careful out there"

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why do people have to be ID'd for an energy drink? We don't have to be ID'd for them here

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Hahah yeah I get what you mean there.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Lol nice. I don't know if people often call the phone number on the back or side of the van and complain for every little inconvenience to try to get the driver in trouble, but they do here. Companies do appreciate calls if the driver did something dangerous rude or aggressive, but some people abuse it.

So I myself try to drive respectfully and be polite to other drivers, and wouldn't flash my lights at anyone who's already at a high enough rate of speed

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 days ago (14 children)

As a driver of a big white service van with ladders on top, cars always assume I'm slow and there's nothing in front of me while I'm going the same 120km/hr in a 100km/hr speed limit just like everyone else, but gasp following the vehicle in front of me at a safe 3 second distance.

They LOOOOOVE getting around me just to fill up my safe distance cushion and stay right there just to be one vehicle ahead. If anything THAT is what slows me down, trying to put 3 seconds back inf front of myself again.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Aim for the bushes

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't feel bad about the duo lingo, it's not meant to actually work. There's a video my girlfriend showed me recently, if I can maybe find it...

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Yes there are multiple pipe fitting trades. Plumbing, AC/R, steam, gas.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It's not all just poopoo peepee stuff. A lot of plumbers do mechanical work in commercial buildings, boiler retrofits, repiping, construction. I'm in commercial HVAC and work with a bunch of plumbers whose skills and scope of work have great overlap with mine. I've also helped them out doing boiler retros/repipes. We offer similar services, subcontracting each other to our own customers, just they do more of the gas fired work and fix leaks in heating loops and I do the AC/Refrigeration stuff

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Rental. I've got no choice than to use the shitty Samsung crap they put in these apartments, which you have to set 25 degrees higher than all the cooking instructions in the world say to, and it still takes 50% longer to cook than it says.

Besides, electric ovens always take FOR EVER to preheat no matter what

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