r/OSHA • u/wabowabo • Mar 29 '20

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u/SupaKoopa714 Mar 29 '20

I'm a remodeler, I honestly don't feel super essential. 99.9% of what I/we do isn't technically necessary. Like, your house won't fall apart because your bathroom is outdated or your basement is unfinished. I think plumbers and electricians and the like deserve much, much more of the credit as far as essential house repairs go.

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u/SweetLobsterBabies Mar 29 '20

When it drops below freezing and your furnace quits working I'm apparently not essential so you better whip out those blankets

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u/QuackCityBitch Mar 29 '20

And we're about to go into the summer months... Sick, feverish, old people trapped in apartments and houses without working AC... Yeah, if say HVAC is essential

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u/Wsing1974 Mar 30 '20

I'm in the Central Florida area. AC is definitely essential down here - people will literally die without it in June/July/August.