Have you ever had to do something that you weren't looking forward to but you did it because it had to be done?
One time I lived in a house with a bunch of people, we shared rent and it was a cheap way of living. On one occasion the toilet backed up, it didn't over flow but the water was at the top, with all the people living there it had to be fixed fast and we were going to have to do it ourselves.
We were all pretty young and none of us had any experience fixing a plugged toilet, there was no internet or "how to" manual and we had to figure it out ourselves. The plunger wasn't going to work because the water level was to high, so my buddy decided he was going to duct tape a garbage bag to his arm, reach into the toilet and try to unplug the problem by hand.
All of us were extremely grossed out by this idea, but he seemed to think this was a "good plan", he reached deep into the bowels of the toilet, his face hovering dangerously close to the water and started to pick away at whatever horrors were blocking the waterway, after a few seconds he freaked out and tore his arm out of the toilet, splashing water everywhere. We were all hovering over him to see if he fixed the the problem when this happened and we all got a little bit of toilet water on us. Apparently he did fix the problem but in the process the bag had ripped and poop water was filling the bag where his hand was.
All of us freaked out as soon as the toilet water hit us, some of us stood there and screamed, some of us ran to the sink in the kitchen to wash up, some of us laughed hysterically at the anarchy happening all around us.
The toilet was fixed, none of us died, and we all got cleaned up. We all had a good laugh and a great story was told at parties and to friends and family.
Sometimes when you have to do something that you don't want to do, invite some friends along to help, who knows maybe it will turn out to be a fun experience and a great memory.
Scott Goerz
