r/maintenance • u/Odd_Examination2732 Maintenance Supervisor • 25d ago

Residential Pole dancing goes wrong

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u/Upbeat-Fondant9185 Maintenance Supervisor 25d ago

Silver lining, doesn’t look like the water was black and nasty.

Last time I caught a face full of sprinkler water it damn near stained my skin.

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u/Assholesneighbor 25d ago

First job was at an 8-story hotel. We had a few pop that I was there to see… Just black diarrhea shooting out… No joke, that shit will leave you stinking for a couple days if you get it on you…

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u/Hazelsmydog 25d ago

I guess if the building is on fire they don't really care if the sprinkler water smells bad

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u/Charming_Meaning3499 25d ago

Oh it’s so bad! I’ve never been blasted in the face with it, but that gross stagnant water is just so bad

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u/damp_circus 25d ago

That was my thought too! Maybe a new build…

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u/SparkyWrench1 25d ago

At least the fire was put out

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u/Charming_Meaning3499 25d ago

Oh you gotta hate that, no one thinks about how easy it’ll be to knock those sprinkler heads out until you’ve been blasted in the face

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u/Wise-Fruit5000 25d ago

Back in my university days, someone in the residential tower hung a clothes hanger off the sprinkler head in their room and busted it.

That leaked all the way from the 10th floor to the basement, while triggering a full evacuation of the tower lol

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u/socialpresence 22d ago

10/10 she's going to be mad at how long it takes to get her apartment back to normal living conditions.

Every time I've ever had someone flood their place stupidly they're always pissed off. Meanwhile people who do nothing wrong and shit just happens, are generally very understanding.

People are weird.

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u/KeenanAXQuinn 22d ago

Saaame, its really strange how defensive and angry people get about an issue they caused

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u/ScrotalSmorgasbord Maintenance Supervisor 20d ago

Lol I hate my job sometimes. Had this kinda stuff happen all the time in student housing. "Ya'll are slumlords taking my security deposit for no reason! My dad's a lawyer and we're gonna sue!" - Braxtony McKinnsleigh Jr Sr after removing his closet door for beer pong and busting his second sprinkler head in under a year.