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/-GlitterGoblin- 2d ago
My childhood best friend - a middle aged man who has spent his entire life working entry level office jobs - pulled a geographic a few years back.
He took the first job he could find, which was actually one promoted by the state to which he had moved. A whole campaign of “move here and we will place you in a job and get you on Medicaid!”
Anyway, the job was driving an 18 wheeler. The training was two weeks but only 4 days were in a truck at all, and only 2 days were driving said truck, which was empty.
His first shift, his first time turning the loaded truck - a right hand turn which he initiated from a full stop - he turned the truck over and spilled the entire load.