Pool Blogging! – Part Eleven and A Half

We spent a long day waiting for the plaster guys to show up and subsequently watching them intently to ensure that they didn’t screw it up this time too. It looks fine so far, but we’ll have to wait until everybody is perfectly happy. Not “gee, that’s a lot better” happy, more like “wow!” happy. You know?

So, here’s a pretty good job description. Let’s see what you think:

You get a Class A driver’s license so you can operate a tandem axle truck with a mixer and a pump on the back. Then you drive to the job, uncoil some hoses and connect them to your pumps. The workers arrive and you hand them the other end of the hose with a remote control. You don’t have to really talk to them, or have them yell at you to start and stop the pump because they can control the flow from their end.

Next you mix a batch of plaster, pour it into the pump and stand around waiting for the workers to squirt out as much as they need. Finally, you collect the hoses, blow the plaster that collected inside them into the gutter and leave. You don’t hang around to help the plasterer, you don’t clean his tools, you just clean your own truck and leave. Total time on site? Maybe twenty minutes. What does the guy get paid you ask? A lot.

Our pump tender had coiled up his last hose and was heading home when he turned to me, smiled, simply said “easy money,” and was gone. Just like that.

By the way, this guy likes to do five pools a day, but usually can only get in four.

What a pity!

…and where the hell was my career counselor!

Just starting to get it,

bob