But the work i do relies on copper from China, porcelain from Mexico, brass parts from China/India, plastic parts from the US but also from Canadia, plumbing fixtures/repair parts from the UK, Germany, Italy and France.

The shop i work at we all pulled 45 hours a week with a couple of us pulling 50-60 hours weekly when on call. Two weeks ago thereabouts, the bottom dropped out of my work. I pulled 20 hours this past week on service calls, 11 hours cleaning the shop, and layoffs are coming the next week or two.This is the first week ive been on call and not had to actually go out on emergency calls. Ive got enough seniority and endorsements that ill survive the first round of layoffs but i am redundant as i have all the same endorsements as the company owner, minus actually owning the company myself.

Here, it hasnt reached buying all the toilet paper levels of panic but its certainly fucking with things already. A friend of mine manages a small pizza shop im a regular at, and they are down to one driver all weekend, down from 3-4.

Its not just ipads and iphones you fucking dingus.