Fired from the Donut Shop

Teddy Zelnick was feeling like two pounds of manure in a one pound bag. He had worked for Rutherford Plumbing for twenty seven years. He had been their most experienced plumber and handled all kinds of difficult backed up toilets. When Lester Rutherford took over the company he vowed changes and he was making them. Teddy was his first target, Lester didn’t care about loyalty or the number of times Teddy had dealt with almost impossible plumbing issues.

The fact that Lester fired him was no big surprise. Teddy had been Lester’s mentor when he wanted to be a plumber and Teddy knew that the kid didn’t have what it took to solve plumbing issues. He was missing the common sense element. As an example, one morning they received a call to go to the Medwell Estate. There was a faucet leaking and it was bothering Mrs. Medwell. Big Jim, who owned Rutherford's told Teddy to let Lester fix the problem and just observe. It was time his son gained experience and a leaky faucet would be a great way to start. When they got to the bathroom, Lester saw the tap was leaking and instead of examining the situation, he just put on a new washer, he never looked at a possible bigger problem. It was a lazy solution. Teddy kept telling him to check the pipes and the connection to the taps, but Lester or as Teddy called him Lesser refused to listen. When they left the house, Teddy felt uneasy. He would have spent a few extra…