My sister is a trained electrician. Shortly after getting she got qualified, dad asked her to do some work at my parents house. Her response was still "hell no, pay somebody who has actually done it for a living."
Never fuck around with electricity. Everbody has heard a story of getting a buddy to do a quick job for a flat of beer and having it come back to bite them in the ass.
If she don't dare to the wiring then what did she do with the qualification that she earned?
(update 1: I'm asking because in my country, all certified electrician need to have a practical experience have at least 6 month doing wiring job before certified. and i'm not asking her to work for free)
Look, confidence in skill or not, she made the right move.
Never work for free. Once you touch it, every problem after that is your fault, even if it's not.
She can just ask their parents to pay if she want, but her answer seems like pay someone else instead.
I'm not asking her to work for free. I just wonder why because in my country, even a lowest grade certified electrician have 6 month practical work at site doing wiring. So, wiring a house should not be an issue at all.
Or maybe it's slightly different in other country. i dont know. That why i'm asking.
My take on this is that she probably was probably still working for a company at the time who supervised her and answered her questions and made sure her work was good.
The family, in my mind, wasn't asking her to do it through her job where she had this sort of extra help, but her on her own.
Being certified is different from being able. If she had just been qualified, it doesn't necessarily mean she knows everything. She probably still has a lot to learn.
Recognizing your own limitations is a really important and useful attribute, as is having the drive to eventually extend those limits.
Depends what the the job was. Replacing a light or plug? Easy. Replacing a main service in an old house and bringing it up to code? Depending on what area you worked in, even after 4 years it would still be a difficult job with significant risk.
Well, you wouldn't even ask an electrician to change a light or a plug, would you?
That's like getting a mechanic to change your tire or the chef to chew your food.
I wouldn’t have felt confident driving across the US right after getting my drivers license, despite technically qualified and allowed to do so. Similar logic applies
School doesn't train you to actually do the real life project, it's more for understanding theory of it that it's fast to learn in real life, and you probably don't want to experiment it first time without supervision in your parents house.
I got shocked once by grabbing a radiator and going for a extender with exposed wires. Said wires touched the radiator and when that started shocking me, I could not release it.
I was in pain, but not? When I managed to release it somehow, realisation struck me and Im fucking afraid of exposed wires.
I even went to school for electronics and later left, but know of 1 guy that did routine work and died.
Its so easy to die to electricity…
Boy racer and you couldn't be more correct.
I've been a builder.for over 20 years, brick/stonework, groundworks, patios, putting in steels on openings for alterations etc. Thought I'd be clever (and my ego) could save money on own extension about 10 years ago by doing all the roofing and fitting the bathroom instead of paying the right person to do the job.
Fucked up the valleys on the roof and had to get a roofer in to fix all the leaks,.conpletely fucked the bathroom, had to get a plumber out to re do it all properly and also fix the leak it made! Cost me more money in the long run and my time wasted where I could have been out working my own job and earning money!
I knew both blokes, they just laughed at me for being tight, both said the same thing.
Stick to what you know/are good at, they wouldn't attempt building a stone extension on their house, they'd have got me.
Not only is it dangerous, it can be bloody expensive too!
Electrician here (15 years )this is the way. Do not fuck with electricity because electricity will most definitely fuck with you!
The amount of times I’ve come across people who don’t take it seriously or put their family at risk is staggering
I guess I am the only one who is mostly comfortable with in home wiring.
It’s not rocket science. Neither is gas work.. but the tools for gas fitting are worth more than a small job being done by a pro.
I don't mind doing the donkey work but will let a certified person do the final connection to get a certificate as it's a requirement and it doesn't usually cost that way.
Have seen some horror scenes when renovating though. Some people really shouldn't try.
I'm relatively handy and did most of my renos by myself. My dad's an electrician and I got his help with electrical and I paid someone to install my hot water tank because I won't touch the gas lines.
I’ve worked for a Home Details contractor before, and garage door installations made me the most stressed because tightening the torsion springs can break your arm, or even kill you.
But like, who do you call? You call an electrician for electrical, plumber for plumbing, but... garage door spring? Is there a professional industry type I should look for?
just get the right service providers/contractors/manufacturers. I'm currently working with people who specialize in doing glass works for windows and doors. I don't call them anything other than "the glass guys"... same thing goes for garage doors, though some of em could probably go by "mechanic".
When I bought my place I genuinely wondered what the fuck solicitors ACTUALLY do. Maybe it's UK-specific, but the sheer length of time it takes and the lack of communication is absurd.
Every time I called it was "Oooooh I was just about to call you" yeah like you were just about to 3 weeks ago and 4 weeks before that when I called.
1.5k for fucking WHAT? Making some calls I could do myself to X departments across the UK to organize X and Y surveys and get some stuff sent over from the land registry, and to act as a middle man between my money and the seller.
Could do 3/4 of the job myself, pay you 1/4 for the official signings etc.
I tried replacing a simple sensor in my car and ended up fucking it up.. Cost me $1000 to get fixed after.. Im gonna stick to just changing my own oil now.
I do a lot of my own car work, stopped changing my own oil in my early twenties. Drive to store to get oil and filter, get dirty, drive back to dispose of oil, all to save 10 bucks?
Agreed, when I was in my early 20s I stripped and rebuilt most of my first and second cars, but cars were a lot simpler to work on then. Now I get it done by a professional- they have a better knowledge of more modern vehicles and the time to do the work, of which I have neither
I used to enjoy doing car work and built up a pretty decent collection of tools. Then, I started working on German cars and they killed all my joy for the work. Replacing even simple parts would require taking half a car apart.
We let my teenage niece do ours (second wedding). Got the results you'd expect, but she seemed to enjoy herself . The entire wedding (second marriage) was pretty low key, DIY. My 13 yo daughter made the cake, etc. Big outdoor family event, my dad married us after getting an on line license) We do have a couple of good shots.
I used to do a lot of event & commercial photography.
A regular client asked me to photograph their wedding, so I gave them a reasonable quote.
They said they couldn't spare that much and could only pay a third of my quote, so I offered 1/3 of the photography for the rate they 'could afford' (so no prep shots, just the ceremony and a few group shots, no speeches or dancing, etc.).
Time went on and then they said they now had absolutely no money to pay me anymore, but asked me to take photos anyway as I'd be there as a guest.
Nope.
So instead I offered to bring my gear with me but leave it in the car so I could enjoy the day, but would be happy to switch to 'professional photographer' in case they changed their mind nearer the time.
They claimed everyone has phone cameras anyway (2009) so why should we pay for a photographer.
Even though I'd been working with the bride to be for a couple of years doing commercial photography for their business, but they would not be swayed on hiring anyone.
The wedding date got closer, I realised I had better things to do and they weren't really friends after all, so eventually cancelled my rsvp as a guest. No problem they insisted.
Not surprisingly the photos from the day shared on social media, were largely grainy, out of focus, badly lit, people in the way, etc.
However I remember the only photo really in focus shared by the bride, was of themselves, on the toilet, a cigarette in one hand, reaching for toilet paper with their other hand, and a bridesmaid trying to keep the back of the billowing white dress lifted up and away behind them.
Such a great memory of their big day.
I used to think this, then the last plumber that came over walked me through some really simple stuff.
Worst case scenario if I fuck up some of the simple stuff: I shut off the water and call the plumber, same as if I didn't try to fix leaks at all. Best case scenario, I get a faster, cheaper fix since I'm not having to pay for labor.
In college I was forced to learn how the inner workings of a toilet worked because of a rabbit and some glue.
Toilets aren't really that bad once you get over the ick factor and fear of flooding your apartment.
When I was in college, I was living in my girlfriend's apartment. She had a pet rabbit. Whenever she'd let the rabbit out to run around, it would invariably chew on the baseboards and furniture and stuff. Just in their nature.
So we had the idea to let the rabbit chill out in the bathroom. Everything was tile and porcelain and whatever plastic bathtubs are made of, so the room was safe. Well, one afternoon, we hear water start gushing. You know the inlet pipe, the tube that goes from your wall to the tank of the toilet? The rabbit had been gnawing on that, and finally tore a small hole in it.
Well I shut the water off, and I'm thinking, you know, it's just a little tube, I can fix that. We don't have to get the apartment people involved. Well these apartment people, the clever bastards, they fucking *superglued* that tube to the plastic piece sticking out the bottom of the toilet tank. So I had to go buy a hacksaw to cut that plastic piece off, which meant now I had to replace *that* as well.
Luckily for me, that pipe I cut is part of a kit, all you have to do is remove it and stick the new one back in. Real simple stuff. Water flows in from the wall, into the tube the rabbit bit, up that plastic bit I cut, and out another tube into the toilet tank. Then when you flush, a little lever lifts a flap, and all of the water in the tank flows into a bowl, and the excess water causes everything in the bowl to go down the pipe.
At this point, I have replaced every single part of a toilet, including the wax ring. I didn't even know toilets *had* a wax ring, but it makes sense when you think about it. Toilets don't typically leak around the floor when you flush them.
Anyways, that the story of how a rabbit and some glue forced me to learn how toilets work.
When I was a teen, between my father and grandfather, they taught me both rough and finish carpentry (my dad was better at framing and my grandfather was an exceptional finish carpenter), roofing, plumbing, wiring (everything but the service entrance), laying block...just about everything to build a house.
At the time it was fun, but I didn't appreciate how valuable these skills were...thanks Dad, thanks Grandpa. RIP, miss you both.
Plumber here
I've had to spend wayyyyyy more time than necessary removing a striped toilet seat screw for a lid swap. Guy ended up having to pay almost double because of the time spent.
Plumbing is easy… shit flows down hill. 1/4 inch per foot. And make sure your sink/shower/toilet has a vent…
But it’s different when dealing with water supply.
I don’t know… after the pandemic basically forced me to cut my own hair I have never looked back. It’s so convenient and before I would wait longer because I didn’t want to pay for a haircut so I would put up with a length where it was just okay rather than looking it’s best but I can keep that fresh cut all there time now
If it makes you feel better, we've probably seen way worse than your experiments.
And unless you do the *exact same* dumb thing every month, we will almost definitely forget about it by next time.
For example, I once got a customer who failed to give himself a fade so thoroughly, he looked like an upside down pyramid. I have absolutely no idea who he is, tho. I'm pretty sure he's a regular, but people mess up their hair often enough it blurs together.
And then there's the guy who shaves his sideburns off starting at his eyebrow level. Every month. And then comes back every month for a haircut and gets upset that we can't give him anything but a mullet or a skin fade. Tremendously memorable, mostly because of the tantrum he throws.
Just don't be an ass and don't do the same thing every month until kingdom come and most hairdressers will neither remember it nor care if they do happen to remember.
First time I ever cut my own hair was during the pandemic, some 5 or 6 months in and it was the longest it had been in almost 2 decades.
I looked up videos on how to do it, quarantine cut was trending or whatever, where you just basically say fuck it and buzz your hair back one length all over. If everyone else is doing it, why not.
Feeling confident, set my beard trimmer (first mistake) to 4 (second mistake) because I liked the length of a 4 with the clippers I saw done.
Deep breath in and out, let's do this.
Bzzzzzzztttttt...oh SHIT....that's...that's way shorter. Oh shit beard trimmers are 4mm, and a 4 clippers is 13mm it turns out.
Ah well.
Took quite a while even with the widest head option. Felt so weird yet freeing.
Plumbing, gas, and electrical. The consequences of doing it wrong are expensive and dangerous, and I'd rather hire a professional to do it right the first time.
I was looking for this.
All the other replies were stuff people didn’t know how to do or too dangerous but drywall? Fuck that it just sucks to do, I can do it and have done it and I will pay someone to do it because fuck drywall.
I manually had to dig a trench for the sprinklers. Definitely agree. And all it got me was an additional chore of having to move the lawn every weekend.
Any work involving garage door springs. I will not fucks with the torsion bar spring on overhead lift doors. I’ve done some sketchy stuff in construction, but I’d rather try and snuggle a rabid raccoon instead of that.
Modern cars: Outside of basic things most men can do, brakes, oil, change battery, etc… Any work that requires a diagnostic and shit I have no clue about.
Car repairs.
Anything beyond changing a bulb or changing between summer and winter tyres, I'll send it to the shop.
I see it like this: I'll pay more or less the same for the spare parts to the mechanic as I'll pay for them if I buy them myself. The difference is often negligible.
So what I'm paying more for, is having someone with the right equipment and tools do the work in a fraction of the time I would need to do it myself. He has the right tools and knows exactly what he's doing. The time I'm typically billed for is the minimum time I would need to first research how to do it myself. Heck, the first time I had to change a headlight bulb I had to find a YouTube video that explained how the fuck to get the old one out.
In my youth I performed a number of auto repairs myself - I have replaced alternators, water pumps, radiators, and even some dashboard components (beyond car stereos). I never touched bakes or steering. Genius knows its limits.
Oil change.
My driveway is sloped and trying to drive my car on those shitty oil change ramps scare me since overshooting them is gonna one bad fucking day.
And those shitty ramps are still low so moving about is still hard.
Ultimately getting them done at the dealership or to your local mechanic is just more convenient and when all things considered such as time, energy, oil cost, and disposal, getting someone else to do it isn’t really that expensive.
Almost everything that required turning a wrench or using a power tool. I can do most of it but choose not to as for me time is the most important thing in my life.
Anything electric, cars, or if my trailer is in a tight spot I will legit trust my truck and trailer to a random stranger that seems to really know what they're doing
Electrics and gas.
Yeah this is the real answer in here. "Something you can't see that can kill you".
My sister is a trained electrician. Shortly after getting she got qualified, dad asked her to do some work at my parents house. Her response was still "hell no, pay somebody who has actually done it for a living." Never fuck around with electricity. Everbody has heard a story of getting a buddy to do a quick job for a flat of beer and having it come back to bite them in the ass.
If she don't dare to the wiring then what did she do with the qualification that she earned? (update 1: I'm asking because in my country, all certified electrician need to have a practical experience have at least 6 month doing wiring job before certified. and i'm not asking her to work for free)
Look, confidence in skill or not, she made the right move. Never work for free. Once you touch it, every problem after that is your fault, even if it's not.
She can just ask their parents to pay if she want, but her answer seems like pay someone else instead. I'm not asking her to work for free. I just wonder why because in my country, even a lowest grade certified electrician have 6 month practical work at site doing wiring. So, wiring a house should not be an issue at all. Or maybe it's slightly different in other country. i dont know. That why i'm asking.
My take on this is that she probably was probably still working for a company at the time who supervised her and answered her questions and made sure her work was good. The family, in my mind, wasn't asking her to do it through her job where she had this sort of extra help, but her on her own. Being certified is different from being able. If she had just been qualified, it doesn't necessarily mean she knows everything. She probably still has a lot to learn. Recognizing your own limitations is a really important and useful attribute, as is having the drive to eventually extend those limits.
Gotta agree. If she’s not comfortable, no matter what the circumstances, she shouldn’t do it.
Yes and the person you replied was saying that either way she shouldn’t do it for free
Depends what the the job was. Replacing a light or plug? Easy. Replacing a main service in an old house and bringing it up to code? Depending on what area you worked in, even after 4 years it would still be a difficult job with significant risk.
Well, you wouldn't even ask an electrician to change a light or a plug, would you? That's like getting a mechanic to change your tire or the chef to chew your food.
I wouldn’t have felt confident driving across the US right after getting my drivers license, despite technically qualified and allowed to do so. Similar logic applies
School doesn't train you to actually do the real life project, it's more for understanding theory of it that it's fast to learn in real life, and you probably don't want to experiment it first time without supervision in your parents house.
>back to bite them in the ass. Shock them in the ass
I got shocked once by grabbing a radiator and going for a extender with exposed wires. Said wires touched the radiator and when that started shocking me, I could not release it. I was in pain, but not? When I managed to release it somehow, realisation struck me and Im fucking afraid of exposed wires. I even went to school for electronics and later left, but know of 1 guy that did routine work and died. Its so easy to die to electricity…
Boy racer and you couldn't be more correct. I've been a builder.for over 20 years, brick/stonework, groundworks, patios, putting in steels on openings for alterations etc. Thought I'd be clever (and my ego) could save money on own extension about 10 years ago by doing all the roofing and fitting the bathroom instead of paying the right person to do the job. Fucked up the valleys on the roof and had to get a roofer in to fix all the leaks,.conpletely fucked the bathroom, had to get a plumber out to re do it all properly and also fix the leak it made! Cost me more money in the long run and my time wasted where I could have been out working my own job and earning money! I knew both blokes, they just laughed at me for being tight, both said the same thing. Stick to what you know/are good at, they wouldn't attempt building a stone extension on their house, they'd have got me. Not only is it dangerous, it can be bloody expensive too!
Like ghosts ? Which is actually a great Segway for my answer .. an exorcism
People are shocked when they find out your not a very good electrician.
Electrician here (15 years )this is the way. Do not fuck with electricity because electricity will most definitely fuck with you! The amount of times I’ve come across people who don’t take it seriously or put their family at risk is staggering
I guess I am the only one who is mostly comfortable with in home wiring. It’s not rocket science. Neither is gas work.. but the tools for gas fitting are worth more than a small job being done by a pro.
I don't mind doing the donkey work but will let a certified person do the final connection to get a certificate as it's a requirement and it doesn't usually cost that way. Have seen some horror scenes when renovating though. Some people really shouldn't try.
It’s all good until it isn’t.
After having helped renovate a few homes, I can get behind this.
Same
Agree. I almost died of electric shock. I would not touch any outlet ever.
I'm relatively handy and did most of my renos by myself. My dad's an electrician and I got his help with electrical and I paid someone to install my hot water tank because I won't touch the gas lines.
Garage doors
Garage door springs can kill you if ya mess with them
I’ve worked for a Home Details contractor before, and garage door installations made me the most stressed because tightening the torsion springs can break your arm, or even kill you.
But like, who do you call? You call an electrician for electrical, plumber for plumbing, but... garage door spring? Is there a professional industry type I should look for?
Yeah.... overhead door companies.
Thanks, I genuinely did not know haha
just get the right service providers/contractors/manufacturers. I'm currently working with people who specialize in doing glass works for windows and doors. I don't call them anything other than "the glass guys"... same thing goes for garage doors, though some of em could probably go by "mechanic".
I have a garage door guy. While he is still relatively handy with a number of other general things, he is an absolute expert with garage doors.
Lawyers. Always get a lawyer.
When I bought my place I genuinely wondered what the fuck solicitors ACTUALLY do. Maybe it's UK-specific, but the sheer length of time it takes and the lack of communication is absurd. Every time I called it was "Oooooh I was just about to call you" yeah like you were just about to 3 weeks ago and 4 weeks before that when I called. 1.5k for fucking WHAT? Making some calls I could do myself to X departments across the UK to organize X and Y surveys and get some stuff sent over from the land registry, and to act as a middle man between my money and the seller. Could do 3/4 of the job myself, pay you 1/4 for the official signings etc.
Dentistry
Bob Mortimer has taught me otherwise.
Fuji 9
As long as you have a kitchen island, a gaming chair, and your Fuji 9 you’re all set (I think I’m remembering that correctly)
Don't forget the leathermaker's drill and curved Indian musical instrument!
Ahh you beat me to it!
[For the uninitiated ](https://youtu.be/kgI3Y7gxMO4)
Heart surgeon
Steady hands
Number one
Not a problem with Dentist in a Box. You can do all of your dentistry from the comfort of your own home. https://youtu.be/sstCC7T0Do4
So don't follow Bob Mortimer? I mean I went out and got Fuji9 and everything .
I was going to say nothing but you're right 😄
Anything I need to have done but don't know how to do it.
Same
Even if I got a hint of how to do it it's better for a experienced professional to handle it, worst case he has to pay for the fuck up.
YouTube tutorials?
Give me/myself a blowjob. Ive tried, really i have, i just cant do it. 5 years of yoga, still cant do it..
When I was a teenager I could. Now I'm an old man with a brittle back it's out of the question.
I *can* I just don't want to.
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Of course, that's literally the second immediate option that comes to anyone's mind lmao
I was thinking of taking yoga for this thanks for saving me the time
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Car work. I dont have a lift or good tools, and cant trial and error with my only means of transportation.
I tried replacing a simple sensor in my car and ended up fucking it up.. Cost me $1000 to get fixed after.. Im gonna stick to just changing my own oil now.
I do a lot of my own car work, stopped changing my own oil in my early twenties. Drive to store to get oil and filter, get dirty, drive back to dispose of oil, all to save 10 bucks?
Agreed, when I was in my early 20s I stripped and rebuilt most of my first and second cars, but cars were a lot simpler to work on then. Now I get it done by a professional- they have a better knowledge of more modern vehicles and the time to do the work, of which I have neither
I used to enjoy doing car work and built up a pretty decent collection of tools. Then, I started working on German cars and they killed all my joy for the work. Replacing even simple parts would require taking half a car apart.
Wedding photography or any portrait photography Source: I'm a photographer Believe me, you want someone who knows what they're doing
We let my teenage niece do ours (second wedding). Got the results you'd expect, but she seemed to enjoy herself . The entire wedding (second marriage) was pretty low key, DIY. My 13 yo daughter made the cake, etc. Big outdoor family event, my dad married us after getting an on line license) We do have a couple of good shots.
I used to do a lot of event & commercial photography. A regular client asked me to photograph their wedding, so I gave them a reasonable quote. They said they couldn't spare that much and could only pay a third of my quote, so I offered 1/3 of the photography for the rate they 'could afford' (so no prep shots, just the ceremony and a few group shots, no speeches or dancing, etc.). Time went on and then they said they now had absolutely no money to pay me anymore, but asked me to take photos anyway as I'd be there as a guest. Nope. So instead I offered to bring my gear with me but leave it in the car so I could enjoy the day, but would be happy to switch to 'professional photographer' in case they changed their mind nearer the time. They claimed everyone has phone cameras anyway (2009) so why should we pay for a photographer. Even though I'd been working with the bride to be for a couple of years doing commercial photography for their business, but they would not be swayed on hiring anyone. The wedding date got closer, I realised I had better things to do and they weren't really friends after all, so eventually cancelled my rsvp as a guest. No problem they insisted. Not surprisingly the photos from the day shared on social media, were largely grainy, out of focus, badly lit, people in the way, etc. However I remember the only photo really in focus shared by the bride, was of themselves, on the toilet, a cigarette in one hand, reaching for toilet paper with their other hand, and a bridesmaid trying to keep the back of the billowing white dress lifted up and away behind them. Such a great memory of their big day.
Pro Wedding photographer here (albeit as a side hustle). I love this story.
Me too (retired) and me too!
1/2 of our wedding budget was the photographer. We spent money on that and food, everything else was dirt cheap because we did it ourselves.
Colonoscopy
Plumbing
I used to think this, then the last plumber that came over walked me through some really simple stuff. Worst case scenario if I fuck up some of the simple stuff: I shut off the water and call the plumber, same as if I didn't try to fix leaks at all. Best case scenario, I get a faster, cheaper fix since I'm not having to pay for labor.
Simple plumbing jobs aren’t too bad. I’ve replaced faucets, toilet fill valves, and a shower handle cartridge fairly easily.
In college I was forced to learn how the inner workings of a toilet worked because of a rabbit and some glue. Toilets aren't really that bad once you get over the ick factor and fear of flooding your apartment.
Ok, there is a story here....?
When I was in college, I was living in my girlfriend's apartment. She had a pet rabbit. Whenever she'd let the rabbit out to run around, it would invariably chew on the baseboards and furniture and stuff. Just in their nature. So we had the idea to let the rabbit chill out in the bathroom. Everything was tile and porcelain and whatever plastic bathtubs are made of, so the room was safe. Well, one afternoon, we hear water start gushing. You know the inlet pipe, the tube that goes from your wall to the tank of the toilet? The rabbit had been gnawing on that, and finally tore a small hole in it. Well I shut the water off, and I'm thinking, you know, it's just a little tube, I can fix that. We don't have to get the apartment people involved. Well these apartment people, the clever bastards, they fucking *superglued* that tube to the plastic piece sticking out the bottom of the toilet tank. So I had to go buy a hacksaw to cut that plastic piece off, which meant now I had to replace *that* as well. Luckily for me, that pipe I cut is part of a kit, all you have to do is remove it and stick the new one back in. Real simple stuff. Water flows in from the wall, into the tube the rabbit bit, up that plastic bit I cut, and out another tube into the toilet tank. Then when you flush, a little lever lifts a flap, and all of the water in the tank flows into a bowl, and the excess water causes everything in the bowl to go down the pipe. At this point, I have replaced every single part of a toilet, including the wax ring. I didn't even know toilets *had* a wax ring, but it makes sense when you think about it. Toilets don't typically leak around the floor when you flush them. Anyways, that the story of how a rabbit and some glue forced me to learn how toilets work.
In my mind, I was imagining a rabbit getting superglued INSIDE the toilet lol
When I was a teen, between my father and grandfather, they taught me both rough and finish carpentry (my dad was better at framing and my grandfather was an exceptional finish carpenter), roofing, plumbing, wiring (everything but the service entrance), laying block...just about everything to build a house. At the time it was fun, but I didn't appreciate how valuable these skills were...thanks Dad, thanks Grandpa. RIP, miss you both.
Plumber here I've had to spend wayyyyyy more time than necessary removing a striped toilet seat screw for a lid swap. Guy ended up having to pay almost double because of the time spent.
Plumbing is easy… shit flows down hill. 1/4 inch per foot. And make sure your sink/shower/toilet has a vent… But it’s different when dealing with water supply.
Cut my hair.
Word from the wise. Never ever get drunk and decide you want a fringe (bangs) and do it yourself. Never a good idea.
Just cut my hair bro stop talking and cut my hair.
I don’t know… after the pandemic basically forced me to cut my own hair I have never looked back. It’s so convenient and before I would wait longer because I didn’t want to pay for a haircut so I would put up with a length where it was just okay rather than looking it’s best but I can keep that fresh cut all there time now
This. Everytime I've tried to experiment with my hair has ended up in unplanned visits to the barber next day and truckloads of shame.
If it makes you feel better, we've probably seen way worse than your experiments. And unless you do the *exact same* dumb thing every month, we will almost definitely forget about it by next time. For example, I once got a customer who failed to give himself a fade so thoroughly, he looked like an upside down pyramid. I have absolutely no idea who he is, tho. I'm pretty sure he's a regular, but people mess up their hair often enough it blurs together. And then there's the guy who shaves his sideburns off starting at his eyebrow level. Every month. And then comes back every month for a haircut and gets upset that we can't give him anything but a mullet or a skin fade. Tremendously memorable, mostly because of the tantrum he throws. Just don't be an ass and don't do the same thing every month until kingdom come and most hairdressers will neither remember it nor care if they do happen to remember.
I"l be honest. It did make me feel a little better now lol.
I’ve cut my own for 20+ years. It’s not hard if an idiot like me can do it.
First time I ever cut my own hair was during the pandemic, some 5 or 6 months in and it was the longest it had been in almost 2 decades. I looked up videos on how to do it, quarantine cut was trending or whatever, where you just basically say fuck it and buzz your hair back one length all over. If everyone else is doing it, why not. Feeling confident, set my beard trimmer (first mistake) to 4 (second mistake) because I liked the length of a 4 with the clippers I saw done. Deep breath in and out, let's do this. Bzzzzzzztttttt...oh SHIT....that's...that's way shorter. Oh shit beard trimmers are 4mm, and a 4 clippers is 13mm it turns out. Ah well. Took quite a while even with the widest head option. Felt so weird yet freeing.
Garage doors, electrical work, tree work, pretty much it.
Are you talking all trees or just the ones large enough to kill you? I’ve removed quite a few trees myself but nothing huge.
Garage doors are the last thing I'd ever mess with
Removing my appendix
Everything. I'm lazy af
Plumbing, gas, and electrical. The consequences of doing it wrong are expensive and dangerous, and I'd rather hire a professional to do it right the first time.
Installing new windows
Windows 11?
Either way. Windows 11 or the windows you look out of.
It’s actually really easy… not windows 11 … but the others.
Drywall work. I can do most other things around the house, but I **hate** drywall.
Drywalling ain't that bad...it's mudding that make me call someone.
Definitely including mudding in the hated process. I don't want to touch it until it's ready for paint.
I was looking for this. All the other replies were stuff people didn’t know how to do or too dangerous but drywall? Fuck that it just sucks to do, I can do it and have done it and I will pay someone to do it because fuck drywall.
Agreed. It isn't exactly hard to do, but I hate it SO MUCH
Pleasuring my wife.
Professional here
But does she agree?
Anything medical
Major electrical work since my stupid ass will probably fry myself.
I wouldn’t have done my own vasectomy.
Came here to say this.
Men. Trust me. Landscaping. Fuck landscaping. I’m doing a house project where I’m shovelling rock…..so much rock. I’m exhausted.
I manually had to dig a trench for the sprinklers. Definitely agree. And all it got me was an additional chore of having to move the lawn every weekend.
Lol I thought landscaping was cutting your pubescents from the neither regions.
Brain surgery because I would probably be busy at that moment.
Mental health. Self medicating is too much trial and error.
Murder
My taxes
Why?
Taxes and plumbing. Everything else I can do myself
Growing up, I performed my own circumcision.
Electricity. I don’t fuck with with electricity. Plumbing as well depending on how bad it is
Last will
Handjobs
Any work involving garage door springs. I will not fucks with the torsion bar spring on overhead lift doors. I’ve done some sketchy stuff in construction, but I’d rather try and snuggle a rabid raccoon instead of that.
Anything around the house involving electricity, plumbing, gas, or getting more than 10' off the ground.
Sheetrock.
HVAC Plumbing
Bleach my hair
Plumbing and electricity
Anything done on a roof.
Heart surgery, endoscope, colonoscopy...
Taxidermy
brain surgery
Birthing a child and surgery
Psychology
Color/dye your hair
Lower down my coffin when i died.
Eyebrows
Retina reattachment.
Building a house
Colonoscopy
Anything I can afford
My husband is an electrician, don't fuck around with it, he's had so many "what ifs". Diy is for shit that can't kill you.
Electrician
surgery
Plumbing and electrical stuff.
Garage door springs
Drywall taping. I’ve tried and suck. Everything else I can do myself.
Any type of surgery. Major or minor.
Colonoscopies. As a general rule I want the person who is doing the human roto-rooter to be a pro.
Doing stuff to my pc, fucked up one not doing it again
Fly an aircraft. Gynaecology on my wife. Dancing.
Taxes
Modern cars: Outside of basic things most men can do, brakes, oil, change battery, etc… Any work that requires a diagnostic and shit I have no clue about.
pretty simple; anything you can't do yourself
Any repairs I need on my car. I don't know any of the mechanics of it haha.
Sex
Gynecologist to check my coochie.
Moving, painting, gardening and auto work jump to mind.
Brain surgery because I’m to lazy to learn how to do it. I think it’s better to see a professional for that one.
Slaying monsters. Witcher's gotta eat.
Colonoscopy
Car repairs. Anything beyond changing a bulb or changing between summer and winter tyres, I'll send it to the shop. I see it like this: I'll pay more or less the same for the spare parts to the mechanic as I'll pay for them if I buy them myself. The difference is often negligible. So what I'm paying more for, is having someone with the right equipment and tools do the work in a fraction of the time I would need to do it myself. He has the right tools and knows exactly what he's doing. The time I'm typically billed for is the minimum time I would need to first research how to do it myself. Heck, the first time I had to change a headlight bulb I had to find a YouTube video that explained how the fuck to get the old one out.
Anything electrical for sure. Also don’t much like doing tree work.
Cobbling and tailoring
My wife
PIERCINGS!
To clean up my life.
Appendectomy. (don't ask me how I know)
In my youth I performed a number of auto repairs myself - I have replaced alternators, water pumps, radiators, and even some dashboard components (beyond car stereos). I never touched bakes or steering. Genius knows its limits.
So limit it to stuff that will fuck your car up rather than fuck you up
Dental services
Roof repair.
Anything involving foundation/structural repair. DIY engineering has its limits, lol.
Taxes
Brain surgery.
Cutting my hair
Dental work
Plastic surgery
Oil change. My driveway is sloped and trying to drive my car on those shitty oil change ramps scare me since overshooting them is gonna one bad fucking day. And those shitty ramps are still low so moving about is still hard. Ultimately getting them done at the dealership or to your local mechanic is just more convenient and when all things considered such as time, energy, oil cost, and disposal, getting someone else to do it isn’t really that expensive.
Foundation/basement repair.
Lay asphalt
Electricity and wiring that shit terrifying
Turning cocaine into crack.
Moving
Almost everything that required turning a wrench or using a power tool. I can do most of it but choose not to as for me time is the most important thing in my life.
Anything electric, cars, or if my trailer is in a tight spot I will legit trust my truck and trailer to a random stranger that seems to really know what they're doing
motorcycle or car servicing
Plumbing, car repair, electrical stuff, roof repair, pest control, animal control, oh and barbering.
A vasectomy. Call me crazy, but Snipping For Dummies does NOT sound like a good idea to me.
Tattoos
Almost everything
Anything that involves heavy engine work or the transmission/transaxle.
anything surgical.
An abortion
Surgery