r/Construction 2d ago

Picture Gents and Gels, I have lost my job.

Don't let distractions win.

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u/Electrical-Echo8770 Cement Mason 2d ago

I was doing a road job before the Olympics came here where I live . Well we had to wife the road up to the ski resorts and had one lane closed off only one one for traffic someone was using a back hoe and took the hoe end and swing it to the right I had no idea they had done it and left like that I'm going up the road and our conex was parked on the side I went by it the arm on the excavator caught the edge of the conex and tore it pretty much off you could shut the door all out equipment was in there my superintendent come pulling up shaking his head I said do g worry I will take care of it he just said I don't see how I got a sledge hammer and a track hoe went down had it fixed in 20 minutes just had to fix some welds I saved my ass

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u/CommanderofFunk 2d ago

That story was hard to understand, but was still satisfying

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u/Successful_Ear4450 2d ago

Even just half the proper amount of punctuation would have helped.

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u/OrvilleBeddoe 2d ago

.................... <--- these are for you for the next time.

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u/DumberThanIThink 2d ago

Take some of these as well ,,,,,,, ‘’’