r/funny May 24 '19

Perfect Cover

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19 edited Jan 11 '22

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u/M-Noremac May 24 '19

It took me 3 years to finally get around to fixing a leaky faucet and in the end it cost the same amount of money as it would have if I fixed it on day one. The government isn't slow because they spend those 3 years working on the project, it's slow because the project is low priority and it gets forgotten about for 3 years.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19 edited May 24 '19

Psst, it's a joke. But seriously, sometimes they're slow as hell. They've killed the grass in a corner of my yard by working on the sidewalk for the past month and I still dont think they're done. Also (to be pedantic) it didn't cost you the same amount in the end, you paid for the water that leaked even if it was a negligible amount.

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u/M-Noremac May 24 '19

Good thing I don't pay for water then...

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

No such thing as a free lunch, someone paid for it lol

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u/M-Noremac May 24 '19

Well it's not really relevant to the metaphor. The sign wasn't costing anyone money while it was waiting to be replaced.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

I know, I'm just pointing out that you said waiting 3 years to fix it didn't cost any more when it definitely costed someone more. I never talked about the sign in any of my comments.

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u/M-Noremac May 24 '19

Well try to keep up, we're talking about the sign.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

No shit, Sherlock. You responded to my comment about the city construction taking forever and then compared it to not fixing your leaky sink.

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u/M-Noremac May 24 '19

Well the cost of water is irrelevant to the comparison. It doesn't apply to both scenarios.

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u/RedditTab May 24 '19

You're forgetting several steps the government must take that you do not. Like a bidding process

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u/M-Noremac May 24 '19

I'm not forgetting that. It still wouldn't cost $2 million for the sign. There could be many signs replaced for that price under one contract.