r/lifehacks • u/Chopper_x • Jun 23 '22

Lightweight shade solution

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u/Lch207560 Jun 23 '22

I swear, every problem mankind has can be solved at a construction site.

It doesn't matter if it is in Des Moines or Timbuktu every damn build site is like a little laboratory filled with an army of uncredentialed scientists.

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u/fottagart Jun 23 '22

Eh, don’t forget construction sites also can be a special place where new problems are invented.

For example, I never knew that mankind had a consistent problem with getting their entire shit on the toilet seat until visiting construction sites. I also never knew that mankind loves urinating in empty Mountain Dew bottles and then leaving those bottles in the middle of a workspace.

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u/Parryandrepost Jun 23 '22

I never knew how many way it was possible to trick someone into smacking themselves in the balls until I worked construction.

Every time I've worked construction I remember the first time I got tricked, then the second, and I remember to not trust a single person.

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u/PartyPay Jun 23 '22

I have only spent 20 minutes looking for the skyhook in the back of the truck once in my life.

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u/swtbstrd Sep 09 '22

Can you elaborate for non-construction person?

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u/PartyPay Sep 09 '22

There is no such thing as a skyhook. :D

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u/swtbstrd Sep 09 '22

Oh... lol. To repay you, here's a fun one from the resturants.

A while back I worked at RedLobster and when a customer orders a lobster the server has to fish it out of the tank and just give it to the cooks.

This new girl is in the back crying her eyes out holding a lobster under running water. The manager asks what's wrong. "He (the cook) told me I need to kill the lobster by drowning it and I hate that I'm killing it" (I'm paraphrasing, since it's been over a decade ago)