On Saturday, two tiny drips of water appeared on the ceiling of my front room (I believe some of you will call this the lounge or the living room). We called a plumber and he said it won't be a serious problem and would get to us after the weekend. (1/7)
The very slow moving drip continued but by Sunday, it had stopped. By Monday morning, nothing was happening. Perhaps there had been an escape of water that had stopped. Perhaps someone had got out of the bath too quickly. It happens, come on. (2/7)
Our problem was seemingly gone, and I faced waiting in for and then dealing with the plumber. From previous experience, this would take many hours (the plumber is methodical and meticulous). Couldn't we gamble that the leak was over? And then that thought passed. (3/7)
Even if it was through the motions, getting a man in seemed preferable to a pipe bursting in the night. When he arrived, talking about raising carpets and floorboards (with the risk that they'd be damaged and need replacing), I wondered about the wisdom of my decision. (4/7)
But he took extra time to get the floorboard out undamaged, and when it was up, I spotted the leak straight away. A tiny drip caught before it could do any harm, but which would almost certainly have turned into a real problem if left unattended. (5/7)
He also replaced a part in the water tank that would have caused us problems, at a point where we didn't know it was an issue. Even though the leaking pipe was just one of those things - not a result of poor planning or maintenance - ignoring it would have been a disaster. (6/7)
I don't need to perform acrobatics to draw out a data protection analogy: far better to recognise problems early and deal with them, than to let things fester because they're awkward to deal with. Get yourself a #GDPR plumber. Better yet, be a #GDPR plumber. (7/7)
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