If you scroll down to yesterday's thought, you can see that Vicky hypothesized that self-esteem directly correlated with the height at which people wear their pants.
This does not hold up well for plumbers. For them, low riding pants and borderline hygiene are marks of professionalism and experience.
Most of you by now have at some point in your careers known of or worked for one of those overbearing, micro-managing, constantly looking over you shoulder douche bag pointy haired managers. We all hate these people. Justifiably so.
What we fail to realize, however, is that when we become homeowners, we invariable become that douche bag. Which brings us to why plumbers seem to be so oblivious to their personal odors and ass cleavage.
It is quite easy for pointy haired boss to lean over a worker's shoulder at his or her computer and pepper them with a bunch of inane questions.
It takes real intestinal fortitude for pointy haired homeowner to lean over that smelly butt cleavage to do the same.
So when you wander into your kitchen and see (and smell) a little too much of your plumber, rest assured that you have hired an experienced, competent professional. And leave him alone.