One of my email friends does electrical work. Friend used my parents old expression "ten minute job" and used it in context, in a story that sounds lot like my Dad's type of story.
Here it is:
One of my neighbors asked me to change an outlet for him, and asked me how much to do it...I said u buy the stuff and give me $5, it wont take more than 10 minutes to do.. it had one of those that the wires looped into and it just bit down onto the wires and he bought a regular house box and outlet. So I had him shut off the breaker to only what that was on...so I could cut thru the wires and install the box.., he told me his bedroom was messy and I couldn't t get in there to shut it off myself..after I was done I asked him to turn it back on and it didnt work...I tested it and there was no power to it. I asked him multiple times more to make sure all the breakers were on and he said yes...because it took out his fridge I felt bad and Loaned him my generator and 5 gallons of gas. I go back the next day, testing all the outlets before it, and searching of every ground fault breaker in the house to make sure one isnt tripped and he still insisted that the breaker was all on. I said I have to get to the box...so I go get them another 5 gallons of gas for the generator and go back a
3rd day...turned out sure as shit the breaker was off. I said..you couldnt see that all the others were turned on and facing that way and this was the only one was facing the opposite way and showing the word off? He said but I didnt think it was that one and i was afraid to turn it on, incase it shouldnt of been on. When I was all done, I spent 3 days, over 7 hours there and 10 gallons of gas when it was almost $4 a gallon...because this idiot couldnt read a 3 letter word..off. guess how much he paid me when I was all done....yep... $5 grrrrr. He has come over and asked me to do other things for him, but I cant bring myself to help him and go thru that again.Ok its bed time, I will answer the rest of your emails.