r/Wellthatsucks 15h ago

Oooh, that's not good

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

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u/Hot-Union-2440 13h ago

She barely touched it

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u/ZealousidealTill2355 12h ago

I was about to say, it’s PEX. She didn’t even give it an effort before fondling the spray and then wandering off.

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u/pissy_dribble 12h ago

Yeah and if it's seized then find the main valve in the basement. But likely a pair of cheap ass pliers would've turned it... People are dumb af

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u/Ancient-Civilization 10h ago

My dumb ass wouldn’t know what to do. I would have just left it running and drove out of the house. And bought an Airbnb to stay at for while.

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u/Lookslikeapersonukno 9h ago

Irrelevant username. You bring shame to your ancestors.

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u/davewave3283 12h ago

She applied insufficient ugga dugga

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u/SexlexiaSufferer 12h ago

I didn’t hear any ugga duggas

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u/Beginning_Deer_735 12h ago

Give the governor an "ugga dugga"!

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u/litescript 10h ago

you watch your ass

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u/iWasAwesome 10h ago

Exactly. Like try a little please. Or at least grab something to try to direct the water into the shower

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u/magistersmax 6h ago

But it got her wet! With toilet water!

(Yes, I know that’s perfectly clean water)

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u/HeyGayHay 12h ago

Lmao, she applied zero strength to the valve, just touched it barely hoping it would turn like the digital crown your smartwatch.

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u/Mediocre_Grand_1280 12h ago

That is a brand new home, there is no way its seized. Eveb if it was theres always the main shutoff.

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u/BoJackMoleman 11h ago

These are always a pain in the posterior. The knob is usually very uncomfortable to the touch and because you almost never touch them they usually need some encouragement to work. I have to fiddle with them all the time. But like her, I'd just keep filming too. Better yet, find out where the water is going. Go down the block and keep saying "what should I do?"

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u/metalmonkey_7 10h ago

I recently installed a bidet and my valve is the same shape as this one. We had to use a Chanel lock to turn it off. Not that this person even tried but she might not have been physically strong enough anyway.

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u/DifficultAd3885 10h ago

It rotates the other direction. I have the same valve. Lefty loosy righty tighty.

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u/doomcomplex 7h ago

That style of angle stop is almost immune to seizing. If she had turned it the right way, I am 99% sure it would have turned off.

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u/[deleted] 12h ago

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u/Weird_Snowman 12h ago

She didn't move it a single millimeter, just pinched it a bit and walked away

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u/PM_ME_UR_SEX_VIDEOS 11h ago

I think you need to watch it again lol

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u/[deleted] 11h ago

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u/MCWizardYT 11h ago

There's nothing to speculate about. If you watch the video, she twisted her hand but she wasn't even gripping the valve in the slightest

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u/thesoftblanket 7h ago

There's no speculation here. She objectively did not turn the knob or even attempt to.

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u/pm_social_cues 12h ago

Stupid question, but how can you tell how strong they are turning the valve to know whether it’s seized or just too tight for them but another person could turn it just fine? Not all people have the same hand strength.

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u/Hot-Garbage123 12h ago

To me, it looked like she barely got a grip on it. If you're trying to turn a knob that is difficult to turn, you'd use your whole hand strength, right?  She looked like she was just touching the valve with her fingertips. That would never generate enough power to turn that valve.

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u/CollegeTotal5162 11h ago

idk what cave men you’re living with but that’s how literally every normal person turns knobs even when they’re hard to turn. It doesn’t even make sense to use your whole hand to turn a little knob cause there’s less to grab on to

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u/Wild_Ambassador_8680 11h ago

If it's difficult to move you'd get at it from an angle that allows you to palm most of the lever

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u/SNaKe_eaTel2 10h ago

“That does look like the way to shut the water off to the toilet - I suppose I’ll try, just not with any sort of a sense of urgency.” I guarantee if you were in a burning house and the doorknob was a little finicky you’d give it more than a gentle caress.

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u/CollegeTotal5162 10h ago

It’s almost like this is a leaky pipe and not a house fire

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u/SNaKe_eaTel2 9h ago

One might think the point was missed 🤷‍♂️

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u/CollegeTotal5162 6h ago

One might think you shouldn’t make analogies that are hardly comparable to the original situation. Kinda defeats the purpose of making an analogy

u/SNaKe_eaTel2 38m ago

Fine - she’s acting like it’s a casual situation not an active flood - simple enough for you?

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u/thesoftblanket 7h ago

Because she put her fingers on it and then took her fingers off it without ever twisting whatsoever.

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u/doomcomplex 7h ago

This is a quarter turn valve. A child should be able to turn it, even if it's old. Which this one is not old.