50% of college graduates never read another book after graduating. 30% of highschool graduates never read another book after graduating. Consider which population makes up more of the top 1% of readers who read multiple books a week, because it's almost exclusively not college grads.
This is why we have an "educated elite" who are morons, and have a large population of "uneducated" who blow them out of the water.
"Ma'am if you bend down and empty the deck scupper once a year, you won't have this problem again." Nope, we went back and replaced all the gutter pipes again, probably be back there in the next couple years. She looked at me like an alien when I said it, the house keeper had just arrived and was dying laughing I had to keep talking so the woman didn't look before she got in.
My favorites have been from friends. "I'm probably going to have to get a new one, but as you're here could you take a look." Literally going to spend $800 to replace something, but you won't pick up a wrench to investigate what's wrong in something you consider garbage. I've done this for a blown gasket on a snow blower, slipped belt on a dryer, and a clogged frost drain in a fridge freezer - I poured a few drops of hot water in the tube, and a lot more. A couple of the older guys actually took that lesson and now try and fix shit they consider written off.
50% of college graduates never read another book after graduating. 30% of highschool graduates never read another book after graduating. Consider which population makes up more of the top 1% of readers who read multiple books a week, because it's almost exclusively not college grads.
This is why we have an "educated elite" who are morons, and have a large population of "uneducated" who blow them out of the water.
Ever notice the " Highly educated " have call call the " others " to fix anything that's broken.
God Bless them, they keep me working 🤣
"Ma'am if you bend down and empty the deck scupper once a year, you won't have this problem again." Nope, we went back and replaced all the gutter pipes again, probably be back there in the next couple years. She looked at me like an alien when I said it, the house keeper had just arrived and was dying laughing I had to keep talking so the woman didn't look before she got in.
My favorites have been from friends. "I'm probably going to have to get a new one, but as you're here could you take a look." Literally going to spend $800 to replace something, but you won't pick up a wrench to investigate what's wrong in something you consider garbage. I've done this for a blown gasket on a snow blower, slipped belt on a dryer, and a clogged frost drain in a fridge freezer - I poured a few drops of hot water in the tube, and a lot more. A couple of the older guys actually took that lesson and now try and fix shit they consider written off.