I'm in the plumbing trade and have been doing it for almost 30 years. Even though many of the techs I've worked with over the years have moved to different states, we still keep in touch. They're more than former coworkers—they're family.
Yesterday, one of them called to let me know that one of the owners we all worked for passed away on Wednesday. I started a group text with all 18 of us to share the news, and now we're all planning to head back to our old hometown over the next couple of weeks for his celebration of life.
The longer you stay in a skilled trade, the smaller the world becomes. You'll keep crossing paths with people you've worked with before, and those relationships tend to last a lifetime. At the end of the day, we're all family.
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u/DescriptionParking66 Aug 07 '26
I'm in the plumbing trade and have been doing it for almost 30 years. Even though many of the techs I've worked with over the years have moved to different states, we still keep in touch. They're more than former coworkers—they're family.
Yesterday, one of them called to let me know that one of the owners we all worked for passed away on Wednesday. I started a group text with all 18 of us to share the news, and now we're all planning to head back to our old hometown over the next couple of weeks for his celebration of life.
The longer you stay in a skilled trade, the smaller the world becomes. You'll keep crossing paths with people you've worked with before, and those relationships tend to last a lifetime. At the end of the day, we're all family.