@@robertgarrett7007 **stops eating tostata** No no , you had it right the first time honestly we even call it that , espically the roofers when i use to go with them. They loved the mexican drag line! It was amazing how fast they could throw them shingles roll off trailer! I got fired i was to slow. They were shooting nails fast as they could literally load them in to that hatchi gun. I could not bring the shingles up fast enough before they already had them nail down. Most efficient machine i ever had the postion of chance to slow it down to a stand still. You don't know what fear is until all at once 11 people are looking dead at you. because you can only climb a ladder so fast with heavy ass shingles !!!111!!
Now as a person, who’s pissed about you fuckers taking so long. I still appreciate y’all, you’re actually important people in this world. BUT WHY? Why can’t you let me rip home on a Friday after a bullshit week, crack a jar on the way to the pond with the boys?
They aren't traffic police, if I'm clear I'm going. Burned plenty of rubber through work zones and have yet to see that moonlight shift cop take even a step toward their cruiser. Act Accordingly.
@piccilo72 lmao OK man, with no way to prove who was operating the vehicle? You got cameras on those signs? Maybe you're right, I don't know where yore working. Have a good one, stay safe
I was an emergency dispatcher for a utility locating service. I think I still have bruises from facepalming every time the lines got hit or just people calling the numbers on the truck to complain. LOL This is 100% accurate. LOL
I worked for a company where the meetings before a project were about as long as this video and while the conversations didn’t sound exactly like this it was a good example of how small a percentage of communication is actually verbal. Bang on once again BossMan!
Felt this on a spiritual level. The one character i havent seen potrayed yet is the cigar chain smoker in a confined space who is the bane of 4gas systems.
I felt that...lol. I am actually the cigar chain smoker myself (black & mild casino). I was water repair foreman, for my city, for 6 years and laborer before that. Yup, any hole I got into to do a repair, I was smoking...lol. Smoked constantly in my city truck too!
@@zackbalins658 yep, thats me too. work on a directional bore crew as a locater/drill guide doing a fiber overlay job. We daisy chain on pullbacks so i have to hang upside down in 1.5×1.5×4 holes to hook and unhook product... always with a backwoods russian cream or honey berry lit up. Ballsier than me smoking in the work truck though lol
@@lieutenantdan1413 lol, yeah, brand new 2020 Ford F450 too....we were told not to but I didn't care, as much work we had to do, I said screw it. Plus, there were no "no smoking" stickers on my truck, lol. It was never brought up to me either...and I know I had a few big wigs see it happen. I let my laborers smoke too, but always told them to keep it low key because I didn't want to hear any sh*t from management. Your job sounds interesting...I don't believe I've seen that done before, I'll have to look it up.
When I worked for a pizza delivery place back in 04 part time there was late night road construction with a crew of 10. After driving through a bunch of times and they waved me threw I came back after work with 4 pizzas and 3 2 liters of soda. Everyone was laughing because they didn't expect that.
I drove and operated hydro excavators and those comments about the locator paint marks are 100% true, I honestly don't even know how I had a job with how accurate those paint marks were 😂😂😂 /S
as a private locator, i can confirm the marks are accurate within the 3ft rule.... now if theyd only remember to call me a few days before they start the job rather than 3pm the day before they might have a chance of not needing the emergency team...its not like they knew theyd be doing a huge project a few weeks am i right?.... im sure the boss just woke up and said today is the day to get this job started... not like theres contracts, deposit checks, approvals, permits or anything else to remind them a few times
@@Charles-ps1eo customer: "i need you in a town 3hrs away for 7am monday" me: "ok ill be there for 10am" cust: "but we start at 7" me: "funny.. so do I, would you like me there on friday instead?" (its now thursday 3pm)
I worked as a groundman out of the Portland, OR IBEW outside Local 125 for about six years (2007-2012). During that time, I spent many days working near roadways (everything from flagging to hickory boom operator). I don't recall a pre-job meeting that went like this, but sometimes, the day turned out exactly as described.
Ohh man, great video. This one hit home so well. I use to work for PAR Electrical and we had 14mi of trench to do for a 230kv line through an area with blue granite. People were so mad at us we had one guy try to run over a traffic flagger that had him stopped coming out of a parking lot. Needless to say the sheriff knew right were to find him, stopped up at the next traffic control where he was arrested and hauled off lol. We had rock drills, line bores, 48 double manhole vaults for splicing, an army of backhoes and excavators, some large 10klbs breakers, cranes, steel lagging, We had all the plates you could want that had to be welded back together at the end of every shift. We had up to a mile of plates in one location, try welding all those together in the rain without getting the starter arc going into you a few times because you are dripping wet and touched your knee to the plate.
Not even going to lie when I'm feeling done and want to cheer up I watch these videos. Never been in the construction business or warehouse but I can relate to the ppl on so many levels.
Only 8" off that's pretty close We had to dig under a 450 main water line last year got it located he was off by 1.3 meters for alignment and 900mm for depth
@Mooty moot moot 8 feet off, I found out later that if it was 2 1/2 feet or less, it would have been on the construction company. As it is, whoever marked it is in the shit.
I have been an operator for almost 40 years and all I can say is you put the biggest fucking smile on my face every time I bring up a video from you. Thank you!
@@lieutenantdan1413 so rare that in my 23 years in the trades I have seen one and he got arbitrarily fired (because he actually wasn't a useless moron like the rest of them)
I had a 12" water main break on friday at 445 while I was looking at it on an air force base. We were planning next week excavation and the thrust block pushed back due to no locking lugs on old pipe. Made a swimming pool of the site in minutes. Everybody found out and was there, everyone. Commanders and all. It was really really bad and I worked 35 hours to fix
It’s good to see that this standard has become a worldwide standard. This will eliminate any confusion when travelling to other countries. This is well prepared and presented and should really be considered for translation into every single language on the planet. Well done 👍
As a former paver i can "confirm" those lines are totally accurate . . . I definitely havent had to spend hours with a shovel trying to fix something that was paid to be done with equipment . . . Though if the banks are messed up, thats on you. Hard enough making up an alibi for burning down your own place of employment, let alone two.
You know what will happen. Ricky and Roscoe "Hey Boss Man we forgot the shovels." Boss Man "OK y'all just lean on each other until I get there with the shovels".
There were 811 contractors marking across the road from my house this morning. I expect heavy traffic within the next 2 weeks, but luckily I know there are currently no utilities where they plan to work.
Don't forget to call the inspector a little too late before trying to backfill the hole!! Because then you'll have to leave the it open, leave a pump running all weekend so you don't lose it, & have to throw down some way oversized road plates that could empty every cup holder in the minivan when people run over it!!
As a welder. This is so accurate as I have worked on pipe and complained only for the traffic to come to a dead halt. And giggle as I knew we were gonna make everyone wait at least 2 hours to get anywhere.
You forgot spreading the half load of chat across the road and the closest side roads at irregular intervals to make it look like gravel/dirt is being carried in and out of there
lmao....my buddy hit a fiber optics cable over a meter away from the ground paint! We still got dinged for it because there's a disclaimer on the locate. And the construction zone skits are funny!
Our old boss NEVER used the backhoe. He said it was cheaper for him to use a couple laborers to spend 3 hours digging a hole, than for him to use the gas for five minutes on the backhoe. Of coarse, our old boss only had an eighth grade education sooo....😂
I worked on a sign crew many many years ago. if we saw someone complaining, oh they’d sit longer and the more mad they got the longer they’d sit. I’d have to turn my back so the pissed off person wouldn’t see me laughing. Those were the good ole days lol
I mark out utilities for some of my projects to verify and update maps. I'm always reminding people that I'm not marking for digging and that I'm not liable for anything if someone decides to dig since that's not what my contract says and I'm not paid for that. But I'll still mark up your easement, right of way, and sidewalks like I got the paint for free
