Villager - Today at 4:46 AM
soooooo
let me tell you
how the pool literally almost exploded today
and how i fixed it
Snap - Today at 4:46 AM
Just another day in the life of Omar
Villager - Today at 4:47 AM
you know the sound HIGH pressure air makes when it is escaping from a pinhole?
Snap - Today at 4:47 AM
Nope
Villager - Today at 4:47 AM
well, imagine the sound you get when you blow really hard into a recorder
Snap - Today at 4:47 AM
That’s kinda what I imagined
Villager - Today at 4:47 AM
just slightly less loud but more high pitched
anyways
i get to work, and all i can hear is this sound
FROM OUTSIDE
Snap - Today at 4:48 AM
Nobody else bothers to mention it
Villager - Today at 4:48 AM
meaning it is passing 3 layers of 3ft concrete
Snap - Today at 4:48 AM
Lmfao
I’m sure it’s fine.
Villager - Today at 4:48 AM
i walk inside and none of the staff seem bothered
Snap - Today at 4:48 AM
Sometimes things just whistle
Villager - Today at 4:48 AM
it was not a whistle
it was a fucking shrieking sound
of a pump that pumps 323 gallons a second about to explode
Snap - Today at 4:49 AM
S-Sometimes things just shriek
>_>
Villager - Today at 4:49 AM
i get inside the building and i am almost fucking deafened by the sound
BUT
Snap - Today at 4:49 AM
Lmao
Villager - Today at 4:49 AM
the pooldeck is operating normally
NONE of the supervisory staff is present
for some reason
so i go downstairs to check it out, becuase i KNEW it was a pump
so we have 2 pumps for the main swimming pool. only one is operational. and we switch them every 2 weeks
some asshat had opened the new pump WITHOUT opening the flow valves for that pump
so basically, since the pump works on a vacuum, it was creating a vacuum between the valve and the pump
which then caused the other side of the seal to create another vacuum because it is pumping nothing into the pool
THANK GOODNESS we have a small valve to allow air into the pump
we dont usually want an airlock in the system because it makes water stop flowing
but i thought it was better than having half my face and the rest of the building blown to bits
so i open the valve and immediately
imagine a fucking black hole
Snap - Today at 4:52 AM
What the actual fuck.
Villager - Today at 4:52 AM
it sucked my key out of my hand
that is how strong the vacuum was in the pump
it took 12 seconds for the pressure to equalize
which allowed me to turn the pump off safely
i did that
Snap - Today at 4:53 AM
Everyone there is fucking incompetent
Villager - Today at 4:53 AM
and then opened the valves
and restarted the pump
GUESS WHAT
they also forgot to close the other pumps valves when they turned it off
so basically, the only reason the pool did not flood the basement is because the vacuum was holding the water in place XD
which when i removed it,
caused about 120 gallons of water per second to flood into the basement
which really hurt
cuz i had to stand there and close the valve
so no one would get electrocuted
so anyways i did that
and then i went upstairs to start my shift
Snap - Today at 4:55 AM
Wow
What the hell man
Villager - Today at 4:55 AM
so that was around 5-6pm
around 10, when we close
Snap - Today at 4:55 AM
I feel like you should get a new job just do you don’t fucking die
Villager - Today at 4:55 AM
lol
right
but you see, i get 'hazard pay'
so it's fine
i was doing my usual checklist of routine items to close the pool and make sure the chemicals are not leaking and all that
WHEN I HEAR THE FUCKING SHRIEKING AGAIN
so i go downstairs
and i see my coworker
had just turned off the pump that i had just fixed
and turned the OTHER ONE, the one with the closed valves, on again
THE ONE I HAD JUST TURNED OFF
GUESS WHAT HE DID NOT DO AGAIN
this time it actually damaged some component in the pump because it triggered a failsafe, meaning i could not start the pumps, either one
meaning i had to call the emergency plummer on call and have him come in to replace w/e was broken
meaning i had to DRAIN the entire extra tank of water in the basement
Snap - Today at 4:58 AM
Oh my god
Villager - Today at 4:58 AM
which contains
approximately 20k gallons of water
let me tell you draining 80000 litres of water with a 4 inch pipe takes about 3 hours
because i cant let it all drain at once
or the pipe explodes
so now it's 11
and i;m STILL AT WORK
my other coworker peaced out when his shift ended..
k
Snap - Today at 4:59 AM
What
Villager - Today at 4:59 AM
that pissed me off
but w.e
Snap - Today at 4:59 AM
HE was the one that fucked it up
Villager - Today at 5:00 AM
so now the plumber gets there
and starts opening the pump
replaces the piece
and leaves
without telling me
Snap - Today at 5:00 AM
xD
Villager - Today at 5:00 AM
so i'm sitting upstairs waiting for himi to finish with my dick in my hand(edited)
at 12 i'm like, k, he fucking died
go downstairs
and no one is there
my first thought was :'holy shit the pump exploded and evaporated his body'
then i realized that was retarded
Snap - Today at 5:01 AM
Lmfao
Villager - Today at 5:01 AM
and checked outside for his car
NOPE
Snap - Today at 5:01 AM
It evaporated his car also.
Villager - Today at 5:01 AM
GUESS WHAT THE BEST PART WAS
HE FIXED THE WRONG PUMP
Snap - Today at 5:01 AM
LMFAO
Villager - Today at 5:01 AM
so i had to awkwardly call him back
Snap - Today at 5:01 AM
Oh my god
Villager - Today at 5:01 AM
and tell him to do his job again
or i could not leave
.............
Snap - Today at 5:02 AM
That's fucking amazing
Villager - Today at 5:02 AM
so now it's like 12:30
Snap - Today at 5:02 AM
Holy shit
Villager - Today at 5:02 AM
2 and a half hours after my shift
and i'm still there just doing nothing
he comes in, fixes the thing, and leaves again
i'm like K, I SWEAR TO GOD IF HE FIXED THE WRONG PUMP AGAIN I WILL MURDER A BITCH
nope, this time it was fine
but forgot to sign the emergency call out log
so he wont get paid
XD
Snap - Today at 5:03 AM
HAH
Villager - Today at 5:03 AM
now though, it is 1 AM and i have to REFILL the 20 thousand gallon tank so the pump has something to move around
then i have to add all the appropriate chemicals and filtering agents
and then  make sure the pool upstairs does not flood while the pump starts up
that took another 2 hours
or so
i got home at 3:30am
Snap - Today at 5:04 AM
What the hell
Why was this all your responsibility exactly?
Villager - Today at 5:05 AM
because i was the most senior staff there
and if i did not fix it the pool would not be there in the mornig
Snap - Today at 5:05 AM
THAT'S how it works? You aren't even a fulltime employee
It should be that you call your manager and they deal with it
Villager - Today at 5:05 AM
there WERE NO full time employees..
yeah
i called
he did not answer
Snap - Today at 5:05 AM
Wtf
Villager - Today at 5:05 AM
a call from his employee at 1 am
WHAT COULD BE WRONG AT THIS HOUR
so anyways
if my boss does not approve my 1 hour of overtime i am fucking complaining to someone about everything
like holy shit
i'm so irritated right now
i cant even sleep
Snap - Today at 5:07 AM
That's all you got? One fucking hour of overtime?
Villager - Today at 5:07 AM
well yeh
the rest of my shift was in an 8 hour period
so i cant
Snap - Today at 5:07 AM
Right...
That's excellent
Villager - Today at 5:08 AM
yeah
NEW MESSAGES
Villager - Today at 5:09 AM
again, i like tinkering with stuff, it would be a lot better if the things were not trying to kill me while i worked with them though