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post 1623072211 11-19-2020, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted By swoleyo⏩
How are you going to replace plumbers, steam fitters etc with robots?

Out of all the trades realistically the only ones that can be replaced would be truck drivers and that's only on long haul.
robots will eventually be advanced enough to make BETTER tradies than real tradies
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post 1623072371 11-19-2020, 07:01 AM
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Has anyone had to take half the day off to bail a colleague out of jail yet? That is a thing that often happens.
Nah, fukk that. I’m not doing that.
post 1623072991 11-19-2020, 07:11 AM
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I worked as a tradie for years to pay my way through university. I have direct experience witnessing some of these stories or stereotypes. Some work hard, some are as lazy as you might think. Particularly the older guys. Some unions make permanent workers untouchable.

But the coffee, energy drinks, tradie breakfasts at a&w or mcdonalds, constant diarrhea dump breaks due to decimated intestinal health, dirty often sexist and racist jokes aplenty, etc. It's all true.
*Look at reflection in car window and flex every time crew*
*Use half the roll to wipe after a poo crew*
*Fart in the gym and blame rotten smell on faulty ventilation crew*
*Fart at home and blame it on the dog crew*
*Watch neutron-star density poop mock me as water flushes around it and it stays put crew*
*Drive 2 minutes in the summer and back of shirt gets completely wet crew*
*Coffee black as midnight on a moonless night crew*
*Fat shame my cat on a daily basis crew*
post 1623074681 11-19-2020, 07:34 AM
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If tradies get paid per hour, there's no reason for them to not take frequent breaks. Often they don't have a supervisor so they can just slack off.
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post 1623075481 11-19-2020, 07:46 AM
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The supervisor popped in with cans of Coke and Greggs for lunch, then immediately left.

Electrician turned up seemed the most put together in the hierarchy, had he's toddler out in the car for like an hour.
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post 1623077051 11-19-2020, 08:02 AM
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I had some tradie put in new flooring in my house a while back and every morning he’d knock on the door, I’d come open it up and without saying a word he’d put his Carl’s Jr. on the table and then go straight into my bathroom to take a dump. Every fukking morning.

It was fukking gross but I just kept my distance. I appreciated him not making small talk with me.
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post 1623077261 11-19-2020, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted By Blasting⏩
I had some tradie put in new flooring in my house a while back and every morning he’d knock on the door, I’d come open it up and without saying a word he’d put his Carl’s Jr. on the table and then go straight into my bathroom to take a dump. Every fukking morning.

It was fukking gross but I just kept my distance. I appreciated him not making small talk with me though.
WTF, he was absolutely marking his territory. Why would you allow this? give tradies an inch and they'll take a mile.
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post 1623077681 11-19-2020, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted By Blasting⏩
I had some tradie put in new flooring in my house a while back and every morning he’d knock on the door, I’d come open it up and without saying a word he’d put his Carl’s Jr. on the table and then go straight into my bathroom to take a dump. Every fukking morning.

It was fukking gross but I just kept my distance. I appreciated him not making small talk with me.
I wouldn't let someone come into my place without saying "allright mate" or some sort of greeting

Just saying
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post 1623077721 11-19-2020, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted By JustMoved24⏩
Make 200k a year work 2 hours per day. Endless overtime of doing “paperwork.”

Some of us get paid for what we know, not what we do, just in case emergency you’ll be happy we are around

Last but not least

Fist yourself

Have some reps tho
lol at thinking this describes even 5% of tradies
post 1623077801 11-19-2020, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted By Slayermanlet⏩
WTF, he was absolutely marking his territory. Why would you allow this? give tradies an inch and they'll take a mile.
next time this tradie is going to sit on your leather couch, place is dirty carharrt boots on your coffee table and take a cigg break while telling you how fine your sister is
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post 1623077871 11-19-2020, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted By Supaduck0⏩
I wouldn't let someone come into my place without saying "allright mate" or some sort of greeting

Just saying
Ya the first day obviously we talked about what his job was but after that no word. I didn’t mind because I don’t speak tradie.
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post 1623077891 11-19-2020, 08:11 AM
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Gonna be impossible, but USA brahs hire some Mexicans(no racist, im hispanic) and they'll get the job done way faster and in great quality (srs). Depends what people you get too but thankfully i'd always get a good group and we'd get stuff done. We never drank beer until the whole job was finished

used to be a tradie 2013-2019
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