Broadback wrote:
snip pipe cutting

By far my most unpleasant job what's yours?

So far it has been stripping ancient paper off of a kitchen ceiling
that hasn't been cleaned for years.

Imagine a room full of steam.

Imagine standing in a room full of steam.

Imagine standing in a room full of steam with condensed water dripping
from the ceiling.

Imagine standing in a room full of steam with condensed water dripping
from the ceiling, that hasn't been cleaned for probably... _ever_,
since it was last papered - I reckon about 10 to 20 years and it's
covered in congealed yellow fudgey grease.

Imagine standing in a room full of steam with condensed water dripping
from the ceiling, containing melted 20 year old yellow fudgey grease
and it dripping all over your face, your clothes, the floor, running
down your sleeves as you hold the steam stripper up.

Don't imagine the smell. It's rank. Oh and the paper is blessed with
a plasticy layer that refuses to peel off and refuses to allow the
steam through no matter how many times you run the spikey three footed
yellow hedgehog over it.

We had to bin the carpet at the end of the day because it smelt so bad.
Yep. That's been pretty much our worst job so far.