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Today was my first day as a tradie on a construction site - not sure I can handle it
11-06-2023, 08:26 PM
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Today was my first day as a tradie on a construction site - not sure I can handle it
Woke up at 4am and got to site at 6am
Carrying a large backpack with all my tools
Work started at 6:30am
I had to carry a 6ft ladder everywhere
It was cumbersome
A lot of waiting for the lift to take us up to the 55th floor
I was covered in dust by break at 9am
There wasnt anywhere to get food so I had Mcdonalds
Suprisingly lunch at 12 came quick
And I left work at 3:30
Manual labor suxx
I should be asleep right now
Edit - saw this in the bathroom

Carrying a large backpack with all my tools
Work started at 6:30am
I had to carry a 6ft ladder everywhere
It was cumbersome
A lot of waiting for the lift to take us up to the 55th floor
I was covered in dust by break at 9am
There wasnt anywhere to get food so I had Mcdonalds
Suprisingly lunch at 12 came quick
And I left work at 3:30
Manual labor suxx
I should be asleep right now
Edit - saw this in the bathroom

11-06-2023, 08:27 PM
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Nobody works construction unless they have to:
1) backbreaking labor
2) Low IQ, annoying, argumentative tradie coworkers
3) Low pay
1) backbreaking labor
2) Low IQ, annoying, argumentative tradie coworkers
3) Low pay
Everything I post is satire.
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11-06-2023, 08:28 PM
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I tried it, its brutal.
11-06-2023, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted By imiscubb⏩
I'm so proud of you. ♡ I wish I could have been there to pack your first lunch.Woke up at 4am and got to site at 6am
Carrying a large backpack with all my tools
Work started at 6:30am
I had to carry a 6ft ladder everywhere
It was cumbersome
A lot of waiting for the lift to take us up to the 55th floor
I was covered in dust by break at 9am
There wasnt anywhere to get food so I had Mcdonalds
Suprisingly lunch at 12 came quick
And I left work at 3:30
Manual labor suxx
I should be asleep right now
Carrying a large backpack with all my tools
Work started at 6:30am
I had to carry a 6ft ladder everywhere
It was cumbersome
A lot of waiting for the lift to take us up to the 55th floor
I was covered in dust by break at 9am
There wasnt anywhere to get food so I had Mcdonalds
Suprisingly lunch at 12 came quick
And I left work at 3:30
Manual labor suxx
I should be asleep right now
Edit: don't stick anything in any holes in that bathroom.
11-06-2023, 08:30 PM
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Save enough money to get out of that shiy asap
Losers let it happen, winners make it happen.
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11-06-2023, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted By imiscubb⏩
lol yeah sure.nobody is actually "working" at 6:30 unless your just setting up tools and chit.can smell you posers a mile a way.source:been busting my ass in roofing,plumbing,electric,carpentry,HVAC and all kinds of chit for 20 plus years.lol at quiting at 3:30.only way you are done by then is if they told you to leave cause you were just getting in the wayWoke up at 4am and got to site at 6am
Carrying a large backpack with all my tools
Work started at 6:30am
I had to carry a 6ft ladder everywhere
It was cumbersome
A lot of waiting for the lift to take us up to the 55th floor
I was covered in dust by break at 9am
There wasnt anywhere to get food so I had Mcdonalds
Suprisingly lunch at 12 came quick
And I left work at 3:30
Manual labor suxx
I should be asleep right now
Edit - saw this in the bathroom

Carrying a large backpack with all my tools
Work started at 6:30am
I had to carry a 6ft ladder everywhere
It was cumbersome
A lot of waiting for the lift to take us up to the 55th floor
I was covered in dust by break at 9am
There wasnt anywhere to get food so I had Mcdonalds
Suprisingly lunch at 12 came quick
And I left work at 3:30
Manual labor suxx
I should be asleep right now
Edit - saw this in the bathroom

11-06-2023, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted By N0stradamus⏩
its only low pay if your a useless peeon that dont know what they are doing.we use guys like you for all the chitty labor.learn a skill or dont step on a job site expecting $20+ an hour.not gonna happenNobody works construction unless they have to:
1) backbreaking labor
2) Low IQ, annoying, argumentative tradie coworkers
3) Low pay
1) backbreaking labor
2) Low IQ, annoying, argumentative tradie coworkers
3) Low pay
11-06-2023, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted By N0stradamus⏩
DamnNobody works construction unless they have to:
1) backbreaking labor
2) Low IQ, annoying, argumentative tradie coworkers
3) Low pay
1) backbreaking labor
2) Low IQ, annoying, argumentative tradie coworkers
3) Low pay
Originally Posted By Xgamer791⏩
DamnIt gets way worse boyo.
Originally Posted By PantyPirate⏩
DamnI tried it, its brutal.
Originally Posted By redmelly⏩
The only hole Im stickingI'm so proud of you. ♡ I wish I could have been there to pack your first lunch.
Edit: don't stick anything in any holes in that bathroom.
Edit: don't stick anything in any holes in that bathroom.
anything in,
Is your's
<333
You being proud of me
Will keep me going
Originally Posted By Nonsense916⏩
No cap fr frSave enough money to get out of that shiy asap
I need to save every penny
And have a plan with the money
Start my own thing
11-07-2023, 04:25 AM
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11-07-2023, 08:50 AM
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Those shoes dont scream construction. best get some boots before the other tradies notice.
Not a tradie, but spend time on construction sites, heres a tip.
Pack your lunch everyday, get there early to get good parking, try not to wear shiney new gear, dont talk to anyone, keep to your area, dont get phased by the countless fat bearded men mean muggin in their $10 sunglasses, try and chat up the latina honeys on break, they wish a white guy would wife them up, srs.
Also get a better job, non skilled construction is broootal.
Not a tradie, but spend time on construction sites, heres a tip.
Pack your lunch everyday, get there early to get good parking, try not to wear shiney new gear, dont talk to anyone, keep to your area, dont get phased by the countless fat bearded men mean muggin in their $10 sunglasses, try and chat up the latina honeys on break, they wish a white guy would wife them up, srs.
Also get a better job, non skilled construction is broootal.
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11-07-2023, 08:53 AM
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Learn how to weld. You will make more money. Some colleges offer free welding classes. If that doesn't work out, get an IT certification, and you'll get a better job. If that doesn't work out, become a bartender, you'll make more money. If both options don't work out, learn how to be a dealer at a casino, and become a dealer. You'll make more money.
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11-07-2023, 09:06 AM
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Lololoo dassit meng.
Why is it 6:30 doe we start at 7:30. Suks to be u srs
Why is it 6:30 doe we start at 7:30. Suks to be u srs
11-07-2023, 09:10 AM
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My day yesterday: Woke up at 4:15, shop at 5:30- power plant at 7 am. Work till five. Get home 6:45. , eat shower, **** my girl sleep wake up at b4:15 and do it again.
We usually pay unskilled labor $25 an hour but Arizona is hot and it’s worth to have the helpers
We usually pay unskilled labor $25 an hour but Arizona is hot and it’s worth to have the helpers
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Commercial construction work was fun. The hardest part was ignoring the tradies, a lot of them are on drugs and low class people. Work goes by fast and if you care about doing your best, it's fulfilling. Good for body from 20's and 30's bad for body 40's and 50's.
Woke up at 5:30 - Jobsite at 6:45 - Work at 7am but usually went into the gate at 6:50 to get in before the scum. Leave at 5pm, sometimes 7pm sometimes 4pm.
I only worked it for a summer/winter/summer/summer. If I was going to continue being a tradie I would have become an piledriver, or a lower skilled operator; later on working way to school for project manager, safety, engineer etc. I don't have the steady hands to be a welder, cutter or large machine operator and I don't have the tradie mindset to be a foreman or superintendent. I liked concrete work.

Paid a fire watch to sit 100ft away with a fire extinguisher, like that would help if we drilled and hit something. Paid another guy to watch the gate, the gate was in the refinery. Paid another guy to flag the crane when it walked, which was twice per month...but just in case.
Brb Lock out Tag Out signs everywhere even on non hazardous equipment. We had to LOTO our chop saw.

Woke up at 5:30 - Jobsite at 6:45 - Work at 7am but usually went into the gate at 6:50 to get in before the scum. Leave at 5pm, sometimes 7pm sometimes 4pm.
I only worked it for a summer/winter/summer/summer. If I was going to continue being a tradie I would have become an piledriver, or a lower skilled operator; later on working way to school for project manager, safety, engineer etc. I don't have the steady hands to be a welder, cutter or large machine operator and I don't have the tradie mindset to be a foreman or superintendent. I liked concrete work.
Originally Posted By DamianFeria⏩
I worked in a oil refinery before. Worst work ever. Hurry up and do nothing, 3 safety meetings a day, paid to be a snitch on other workers. All workers were dumb and if you asked them to help you -- "not my job". This was Louisiana.My day yesterday: Woke up at 4:15, shop at 5:30- power plant at 7 am. Work till five. Get home 6:45. , eat shower, **** my girl sleep wake up at b4:15 and do it again.
We usually pay unskilled labor $25 an hour but Arizona is hot and it’s worth to have the helpers
We usually pay unskilled labor $25 an hour but Arizona is hot and it’s worth to have the helpers
Paid a fire watch to sit 100ft away with a fire extinguisher, like that would help if we drilled and hit something. Paid another guy to watch the gate, the gate was in the refinery. Paid another guy to flag the crane when it walked, which was twice per month...but just in case.
Brb Lock out Tag Out signs everywhere even on non hazardous equipment. We had to LOTO our chop saw.

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11-07-2023, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted By DamianFeria⏩
for real?My day yesterday: Woke up at 4:15, shop at 5:30- power plant at 7 am. Work till five. Get home 6:45. , eat shower, **** my girl sleep wake up at b4:15 and do it again.
We usually pay unskilled labor $25 an hour but Arizona is hot and it’s worth to have the helpers
We usually pay unskilled labor $25 an hour but Arizona is hot and it’s worth to have the helpers
Damn heat doesn’t bother me at all I prefer it to cold
11-07-2023, 09:32 AM
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After one day as a laborer on a construction site working for my Dad, my uncle threw his brand-new boots in the dumpster said he would never do it again. He became a lawyer. He and his wife are both partners at different law firms. My Dad did construction his whole life and was pretty successful.
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You get used to it and you start thinking of ways to make things better.
Meal prep and buy yourself one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Buddew-Electr...375057&sr=8-10
Meal prep and buy yourself one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Buddew-Electr...375057&sr=8-10
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Originally Posted By Akd123⏩
Actually $18-21 is about right for a laborer right out of Highschool. You want a young dependable 18 yr old? That's what you pay him, decent pay for an honest days work. Wages have gone up everywhere, got to stay competitive. Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Walmart all pay like $14/hr.its only low pay if your a useless peeon that dont know what they are doing.we use guys like you for all the chitty labor.learn a skill or dont step on a job site expecting $20+ an hour.not gonna happen
If you're in the right company you can move into a superintendent role and get salary. Superintendents make between $60k - $120k. No degree needed.
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I happen to think OP is a retard. But I'll give him advice regardless.
Sucky work is great, with the proper attitude it will give you great experience dealing with plebs, and motivation to better yourself. If you can work a construction site in 100° heat day after day, you can do anything if you set your mind to it.
Don't listen to the poverton who says to not talk to anyone. Be friendly, be willing to learn. You can always learn something from absolutely everyone. Make friends, but be reserved and keep it clean so nothing can backfire on you.
Keep your head up, we're all gonna make it.
Sucky work is great, with the proper attitude it will give you great experience dealing with plebs, and motivation to better yourself. If you can work a construction site in 100° heat day after day, you can do anything if you set your mind to it.
Don't listen to the poverton who says to not talk to anyone. Be friendly, be willing to learn. You can always learn something from absolutely everyone. Make friends, but be reserved and keep it clean so nothing can backfire on you.
Keep your head up, we're all gonna make it.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
11-07-2023, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted By metroins⏩
Trolling used to mean something ….Commercial construction work was fun. The hardest part was ignoring the tradies, a lot of them are on drugs and low class people. Work goes by fast and if you care about doing your best, it's fulfilling. Good for body from 20's and 30's bad for body 40's and 50's.
Woke up at 5:30 - Jobsite at 6:45 - Work at 7am but usually went into the gate at 6:50 to get in before the scum. Leave at 5pm, sometimes 7pm sometimes 4pm.
I only worked it for a summer/winter/summer/summer. If I was going to continue being a tradie I would have become an piledriver, or a lower skilled operator; later on working way to school for project manager, safety, engineer etc. I don't have the steady hands to be a welder, cutter or large machine operator and I don't have the tradie mindset to be a foreman or superintendent. I liked concrete work.

I worked in a oil refinery before. Worst work ever. Hurry up and do nothing, 3 safety meetings a day, paid to be a snitch on other workers. All workers were dumb and if you asked them to help you -- "not my job". This was Louisiana.
Paid a fire watch to sit 100ft away with a fire extinguisher, like that would help if we drilled and hit something. Paid another guy to watch the gate, the gate was in the refinery. Paid another guy to flag the crane when it walked, which was twice per month...but just in case.
Brb Lock out Tag Out signs everywhere even on non hazardous equipment. We had to LOTO our chop saw.

Woke up at 5:30 - Jobsite at 6:45 - Work at 7am but usually went into the gate at 6:50 to get in before the scum. Leave at 5pm, sometimes 7pm sometimes 4pm.
I only worked it for a summer/winter/summer/summer. If I was going to continue being a tradie I would have become an piledriver, or a lower skilled operator; later on working way to school for project manager, safety, engineer etc. I don't have the steady hands to be a welder, cutter or large machine operator and I don't have the tradie mindset to be a foreman or superintendent. I liked concrete work.
I worked in a oil refinery before. Worst work ever. Hurry up and do nothing, 3 safety meetings a day, paid to be a snitch on other workers. All workers were dumb and if you asked them to help you -- "not my job". This was Louisiana.
Paid a fire watch to sit 100ft away with a fire extinguisher, like that would help if we drilled and hit something. Paid another guy to watch the gate, the gate was in the refinery. Paid another guy to flag the crane when it walked, which was twice per month...but just in case.
Brb Lock out Tag Out signs everywhere even on non hazardous equipment. We had to LOTO our chop saw.

Then again I’ve never done industrial work in the electrical trade ….
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You're dredging up memories of my past. And not fond ones, mind you. I worked all kinds of working class/tradie/labourer jobs to put myself through school. I used to work with some real special people. It's a pretty miserable existence. The only saving grace was that it was a means to an end. I can't imagine the dread that would accompany the realization that this is it for me.
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
My dad was making 90k as Superintendent around 2002. In 2021 when he retired it was 110k base, 30k bonuses + all the other benefits added up to 175k. He traveled all around region, as a subcontractor the jobs lasted 2 weeks to 3 months.Actually $18-21 is about right for a laborer right out of Highschool. You want a young dependable 18 yr old? That's what you pay him, decent pay for an honest days work. Wages have gone up everywhere, got to stay competitive. Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Walmart all pay like $14/hr.
If you're in the right company you can move into a superintendent role and get salary. Superintendents make between $60k - $120k. No degree needed.
If you're in the right company you can move into a superintendent role and get salary. Superintendents make between $60k - $120k. No degree needed.
Originally Posted By lightsarefallin⏩
One dude was promoted to Foreman, got a company gas card and a bunch of tools. He ended up selling all the tools and standing outside a gas station selling gas from the company credit card.You're dredging up memories of my past. And not fond ones, mind you. I worked all kinds of working class/tradie/labourer jobs to put myself through school. I used to work with some real special people. It's a pretty miserable existence. The only saving grace was that it was a means to an end. I can't imagine the dread that would accompany the realization that this is it for me.
Another foreman did a suicide murder because his wife cheated on him.
Another foreman picked up street walkers. He died of a heart attack around age 45, was grossly overweight. Taught me the saying "It's your world, I'm just living in it"; I say that when the person I'm watching is about to do something dumb.
Originally Posted By dogorman7⏩
Wasn't a troll. Had to LOTO all power tools, was crazy and annoying.Trolling used to mean something ….
Then again I’ve never done industrial work in the electrical trade ….
Then again I’ve never done industrial work in the electrical trade ….

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11-07-2023, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted By 129iq⏩
Same way you feel when you walk by kids with their fathers wincelI guess you were extra mad at the black people walking by in their business suits
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Don't worry, them boys will work that soy outta your system and you'll be loving it in a few weeks. Isn't getting off at 330 the absolute goat! I woudn't trade it. Get to bed by 945 or so in the evening and your body will adapt quicker.
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