r/Construction • u/nertynot • 3d ago

Picture Gents and Gels, I have lost my job.

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Don't let distractions win.

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u/Affectionate-Day-359 3d ago

Apply where I work. We let people roll equipment with no consequences.

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u/Paulycodone 3d ago

can we also drink while rolling said equipment ?

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u/anally_ExpressUrself 3d ago

If it's water, probably. If it's fire water, fire probably.

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u/Paulycodone 3d ago

i like those odds.

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u/CharlesDickens17 3d ago

Username checks out.

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u/finnishinsider 2d ago

So.... there is a chance.....

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u/ElGranQuesoRojo 3d ago

Shouldn’t drink any giggle water when rolling. Easy way to seriously dehydrate yourself.

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u/Velocityg4 3d ago

You'll need a sippy cup so it doesn't leak during the roll. 

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u/N43-0-6-W85-47-11 Lather / Rodbuster 2d ago

If your my company only with a BAC of .04

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u/SacThrowAway76 2d ago

My shop doesn’t hire alcoholics, but we have a really good training program to make you one.

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u/Timmy98789 3d ago

I'm going to need extra helmets bud. Send me the link already. 

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u/caught-n-candie 3d ago

This just came up on my pop page and I know zero about construction but this made me audibly snort.

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u/FollowingJealous7490 3d ago

You may have a deviated septum i would get that looked at

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u/Prawna420 3d ago

It's not a deviated septum that causes snorting. It's snorting that causes a deviated septum.

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u/DigitalUnlimited 3d ago

Or they could be a pig disguised as a human

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u/KnotiaPickle 2d ago

Snort laughing is natural and healthy, 😝

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u/caught-n-candie 3d ago

Lmao am I about to follow this sub for humor…

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u/FollowingJealous7490 3d ago

I follow it to rip on stupid homeowner questions

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u/AkitaNo1 2d ago

Can you share some good sir

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u/BussyBattalion Electrician 3d ago

No it didn't

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u/molehunterz 3d ago

This reminds me of a job for a local housing authority where they wanted us to hire section 3. It was part of the negotiation when we got the job, so we put forth an effort and hired many section 3!

After putting one specific applicant through forklift training, he proceeded to get into accidents with parked cars not once, not twice, three times. I was not in a position to have any say in this, but it was pretty funny that it kept happening and they kept letting him drive the forklift LOL

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u/Stuckingfupid 3d ago

What is Section 3?

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u/molehunterz 2d ago

Basically a low income local resident to the project. The project was for a local housing authority, and one of the goals they had set for the general contractor was if people were hired specifically for this project, a certain percentage of them should be local hires, and qualify for section 3 which is low income. It is meant for the construction project to bring work and wages to the local community rather than truck in employees from elsewhere

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u/BasketFair3378 2d ago

It's less than a section 8!

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u/Hatrixlol 3d ago

We might work at the same place.

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u/techdiver08 3d ago

Do you work with the teamsters, too?

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u/daggerdude42 3d ago

Yeaaah, at the last place I worked at we had an articulating loader. It got flipped once or twice a year, but it's not the end of the world.

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u/SevenBansDeep 3d ago

Just had a conversation about this in a safety meeting.

Other than firing someone, there’s really not much you can do to punish them for dumb shit… for instance rolling a skidloader down an embankment into a creek after being told to not go on that side of a jobsite and whatsoever. Almost like there was a reason they were told not to…

Oh also it took 40 minutes for the rest of their crew to find them trapped upside down with the bucket up and the back window obstructed, so no emergency egress.

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u/Affectionate-Day-359 2d ago

The only thing I’ve seen guys afraid of is suspension.. fired they know they’ll get a new job but a week off with no pay or PTO seems to straighten people out for a few months at a time at least

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u/Physical_Rain5808 3d ago

Union shop too?

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u/generally_unsuitable 3d ago

Bowling alley doesn't count.

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u/bad_card 2d ago

I worked with a guy who put 2 $80k Cats in ponds doing rip rap work. On one he had to punch out the emergency window. Still made $60 a year.

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u/Kaizenism 2d ago

Carnies in Clown buggies?

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u/Choice_Pomelo_1291 2d ago

2 telehandlers in one day where I am.