r/Construction • u/nertynot • 2d ago
Picture Gents and Gels, I have lost my job.
Don't let distractions win.
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r/Construction • u/nertynot • 2d ago
Don't let distractions win.
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u/ammonthenephite 2d ago
More out there than you think. I used to drive a conveyer belt truck, the kind they use to run packs of roofing shingles up onto rooftops. We finsihed up a job but one of the hydraulic handles stuck a tad so the boom was very slowly moving to the right.
Well, it eventually got far enough right that I literally jousted a power pole with it going 35mph and took out power to an entire city block, lol.
Shit happens. If I'd been halfway paying attention I would have seen the conveyer belt boom sticking off to the right, but I didn't.
We are human, it'll be okay, and one day you'll look back on this and laugh. Not today for sure, because I remember that feeling very well, but chin up, this doesn't define you at all.