Working Two Jobs

Today was a day that I worked two jobs.  One was my regular job at the Brick House.  The other was an opportunity to brush up on some of my plumbing skills.  Yep, there was a time when I worked in plumbing - it was new construction plumbing and consisted of roughing in sewer lines, gas pipe, and some finish work but it was plumbing.  My plumbing today really was just for the Brick House and changing out some toilets in the upstairs bathrooms.  Actually just in the women's room today as both of the toilets were in bad shape.  One was down before we came into the space and the other pretty much does not flush.  It was bad. 

So there I was installing toilets, actually got the first one installed and operational and had one of the cooks come upstairs and ask if I would come help them.  Off to my other job.  We got real busy while I was plumbing away which was great because they said it had been a bit slow.  Well, it turned out to be a great late lunch today and it was good that I was there.  At the end of that I did a delivery for a regular customer who called in and asked if I would bring a couple of sandwiches out.  He was down with the flu and he and his son really wanted a sandwich.  I made it happen because sometimes that is just what you do for people.  I ended up with a fairly healthy tip off of it as well and that never hurts.  After a couple of store runs for some needed items I headed back up stairs to the ladies room for toilet number two.  It was slow and I told the wait staff to get ready because when I start the next toilet its going to get busy.  Funny enough that is exactly what happened.  As I was securing the toilet to the floor one of the waitresses came and told me they had one large group seated and another group of 20 coming in 10 minutes.  I finished the toilet, cleaned the bathroom up, washed myself up and headed to the kitchen where I spent the remainder of our operating hours today working. 

I have one more toilet to change out in the men's room upstairs.  I may have to pick just the right time to start that one.  Perhaps on a day that is a bit slow and needs a little shot in the arm.  Or maybe just a day when I need a fun project that will take me back to my plumbing roots.  When you're working two jobs it can keep things interesting.