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$12 million reasons to consider a career change
Posted by Fired Fred on April 18, 2007 5:06 PM
People make mistakes on the job. It happens. Sometimes it's a costly mistake, and assuming the cops aren't waiting for you at your cubicle you can probably resurrect that career someplace else.
An unidentified plumber's apprentice from England probably won't be among those people...
The first day of a new job can be a nerve racking experience prone to professional mishaps.That's around $12 million in good old American greenbacks, for a mansion that's been in movies like the chick flick "The French Lieutenant's Woman." Yes I did say chick flick. Why? Two words: Meryl Streep. Four more words: it ain't The Matrix.
And even the most experienced worker might expect to feel the heat.
So spare a thought for the rookie plumber who attempted a soldering job at this £5 million waterside home - and saw his efforts go up in smoke.
The pyro plumber is rumored to be 17 years old. That really sucks because the drinking age in England is 18, so this guy can't even go out legally and drown his first day on the job in warm ale.
The guy who owns the now-smoldering wreckage made his money in greeting cards. I wonder if he publishes any cards that say "Roses are red, and fire is too. A kid torched your waterside mansion; man it sucks to be you."
Ok, maybe a limerick would be more appropriate.
Photo courtesy of the BBC