Dallas Plumbing Services: Plumber Retains Job After Blowing Jackpot Earnings On Golden Plumbing Fixtures

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Plumber Retains Job After Blowing Jackpot Earnings On Golden Plumbing Fixtures

LOS ANGELES, CA — Local Plumber, Joe Schweddy (56), used his jackpot earnings he received in March to trick out his bathroom in gold instead of retiring or doing more sensible things. KWLA News caught up with Joe after rumor spread throughout the city of his spending. The following is a brief exchange we had.

Reporter: Why the gold bathroom?

Joe: Why not?

Reporter: Wouldn’t you rather do something else than handling feces for a living?

Joe: I like my job. It’s no different than something like sitting in a cubicle all day.

Reporter: It’s very much different from that.

Joe: Maybe to you.

Reporter: He’s playing with numbers. You’re playing with poop.

Joe: Maybe I enjoy poop more than numbers.

Reporter: ….

Clearly, Joe has different priorities. Maybe he’s onto something in that life and what we do is all a matter of perspective and that we can choose to believe whatever we want. But until then, society will continue to judge Joe for his career and purchasing decisions.

This article was purposefully biased against Joe to highlight how the media manipulates the truth in many of their stories

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