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re: What is a job that you thought would be easy?

Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:25 am to
Posted by concrete_tiger
Member since May 2020
7477 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:25 am to
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Replacing an exterior door with a prehung new door. Knew it wouldn't be easy but it kicked my arse and it was a miserable experience.


Truth. Process went smoothly up until the very end for me, then spent hours finishing the shiat up. I need 2 more doors and some windows. I don't have that type of time.

I had to disassemble m/b shower this weekend and re-do it. This whole fracking house is a mess thanks to the children of the previous owners that did the remodel.
Posted by evil cockroach
27.98N // 86.92E
Member since Nov 2007
8860 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:27 am to
Everyone: Outside sales

Note, “selling” something you have a patent on or a monopoly on, is not “sales”; thats called being a dealer.

This is why if you sell bulk ibuprofen, you’re called a drug salesman ; and if you sell Colombian coke, you’re call a drug dealer.
Posted by bbarras85
Member since Jul 2021
2310 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:42 am to
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hanging the flapper, float and fill valve inside the tank and getting the high water mark to match


This is literally the easiest DIY home repair you can do.
Posted by crap4brain
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2004
2661 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:48 am to
experience has taught me that nothing is easy
Posted by Eurocat
Member since Apr 2004
16519 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:49 am to
Professional stage actor - non musical.

The acting wasn't tough at all, that was the problem.

After doing a role for months at a time you are ready to go crazy. It's tougher to do the smaller roles that no-one notices or remembers. You aren't really becoming a star, you are just getting a paycheck to walk out on stage and say your half a dozen lines.

At least in a musical you get to dance around a bit.
Posted by lsufb1912
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2021
5965 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:52 am to
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I tried telemarketing in college. I quit 4 hours after I started lol. That is a tough one that I thought would be easy.

Did that too for a quick buck and lasted just as long as you did.


I imagine someone else did the same thing & is now rich after inventing the programs that robocall everyone now.
Posted by LSUtwolves
Member since Jun 2016
1092 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:53 am to
Fry cook at jack in the box.

Those 2 for $1 tacos suck so damn bad. theyre frozen so you deep fry them, then while still hot you split them open by hand to stuff them with lettuce and cheese, and everyone orders 10 of them at a time.

My fingertips were burned numb by a week.
This post was edited on 12/13/21 at 10:54 am
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32632 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:54 am to
casing crew out in the oil fields
Posted by Tomatocantender
Boot
Member since Jun 2021
5569 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 10:55 am to
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This is literally the easiest DIY home repair you can do.


Okay Bob Villa. But for me it was a Pita trying to get the thing to flush with force.
Posted by paperwasp
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Member since Sep 2014
28806 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 11:00 am to
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Those 2 for $1 tacos suck so damn bad. theyre frozen so you deep fry them, then while still hot you split them open by hand to stuff them with lettuce and cheese

What. The. frick.

I've never had those, but their whole taco—meat and all—is deep-fried from frozen?

Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7200 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 11:01 am to
Replacing a ceiling light in a 100+ YO house.

Not as bad as replacing a ceiling fan in a 100+ YO house, but I expected that to be slightly more difficult going in.
Posted by Scuttle Buttin
Member since May 2020
447 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 11:03 am to
Drum brakes
Posted by NewGrad1212
Russia
Member since May 2012
433 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 11:12 am to
Moving...you never realize how much shite you have.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
40397 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 11:22 am to
Building stairs for me. Not nearly as easy as one would think.
Posted by Elusiveporpi
Below I-10
Member since Feb 2011
2705 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 11:22 am to
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Fry cook at jack in the box.

Those 2 for $1 tacos suck so damn bad. theyre frozen so you deep fry them, then while still hot you split them open by hand to stuff them with lettuce and cheese, and everyone orders 10 of them at a time.

My fingertips were burned numb by a week.


I ordered 10 a few years ago after a night of drinking, and the waiter/cashier said" how about 6?" we settled on 8 but had no idea why.

didnt understand why till now.....
Posted by Billy Blanks
Member since Dec 2021
4979 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 12:00 pm to
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Moving...you never realize how much shite you have.


Best money I’ve spent would be paying for movers. It looks backbreaking.
This post was edited on 12/13/21 at 12:03 pm
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9735 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 12:02 pm to
All doors are a PITA, but they make fitting kits that make the job a hell of a lot easier. I ruined 2 trying to fit them before I realized they made these kits.
Posted by Sea Hoss
North Alabama
Member since Jul 2013
1084 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 12:03 pm to
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Not that easy. The old one is not made any longer and all the new ones are those universal all-in-one plastic gadgets.


Did this last month in the guest bath. I marked the waterline inside the tank before draining then put a strait edge across to the new universal flusher. 1 adjustment later and it was good to go.
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
5987 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 12:04 pm to
removing an old shower. once we got 2 inches deep into the concrete and met the chicken wire through it, we knew we were fricked.
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
5987 posts
Posted on 12/13/21 at 12:06 pm to
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Parent.


you thought this would be easy?
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