05/22/2026
Memorial Day Weekend Story time w/ your local drain line professional....
It was Memorial Day weekend, and while most people were grilling burgers and waving flags, Chris—the plumbing tech everybody hoped would answer the phone—was cruising to an emergency campground call with classic rock blasting through the van speakers. The campground owner sounded panicked on the phone: “Every RV hookup is backing up, the bathrooms are gurgling, and the pancake breakfast starts in 20 minutes!” Chris pulled in to absolute chaos. Kids were riding scooters through puddles, dogs were barking at the drain machine, and one guy in an American flag tank top yelled, “Thank goodness you’re here!” Chris stepped out of the van, took one sniff, and said, “Sir, Memorial Day is a time to honor the ultimate sacrifice of fallen military personnel… and judging by this smell, this sewer line gave everything it had too.”
Chris got right to work like a man born for holiday plumbing emergencies. Every time he fed the drain cable farther into the line, somebody flushed another RV toilet. A retired Marine followed him around with a flashlight offering tactical advice like, “Attack the clog from the east flank!” Meanwhile, a lady carrying a tray of pancakes asked, “Can you just make it hold together until after bingo night?” Chris laughed, wiped his hands off, and said, “Ma’am, this pipe stopped holding together sometime yesterday.” Then suddenly—BOOM—the clog broke loose with a noise so loud the entire campground went silent. A second later, everyone erupted into cheers. One guy started chanting “USA! USA!” while another saluted Chris with a spatula.
As Chris packed up his equipment, the campground owner handed him two cheeseburgers wrapped in foil and said, “You saved Memorial Day.” Chris grinned, climbed back into his van, and looked at the next emergency call coming across his tablet: “No water at lakeside cabin.” He smiled even bigger, took a bite of burger, and said, “Now THAT’S a holiday weekend.” Then he fired up the van and rolled off toward the next adventure like a patriotic plumbing superhero.