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A comment on Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them for Not Having Licenses. Parent comment

Re:Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them fo... by irrational on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:23PM (#22260485)
>trained professionals

Ha ha! Wait, you are joking right? I live in Oregon and they are about as trained professionals as the teenager working at McDonalds is a trained Michelin chef.

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Re:Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them fo... by dzamie on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:49AM (#22265877)
Yes, they're using sarcasm to ridicule their parent comment's claim that someone hired to just unhook a toilet should legally NEED to be a licensed plumber, by comparing it to similarly low-skill tasks "needing" to be highly trained in case something goes wrong.
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