How Do Construction Workers Push Their Bodies To Finish Olympic Stadiums On Time? 

The way they describe his injuries only in how it limits his effectiveness, it’s perfect.

They still haven't paid me

I can't even find it funny because its so well done it just loops around to being sad again.

Construction workers never get the respect they deserve. It is a skilled and demanding field that is one of the backbones of our society. Real shit

Age: 23 Weight: 174 lbs Family: Wife, 2 children Hourly Wage: $1.23 Yep, that checks out.

This isn't even satire, this is pretty much just how it is.

The desperation and fear of being replaced that made Rodrigo endure through injury, sickness, and exhaustion is so real, in so many fields of work.

You know, it’s messed up how the treatment of workers in Qatar leading up to the World Cup this year has been even worse than what workers had to go through leading to the 2016 Olympics. The people behind these events need to start taking some responsibility.

God bless all the Rodrigos of our world.

Why is every single person on the onion news such a good actor. This is better than hollywood

This is not even a joke at this point. This is reality.

Something about the fact that he is just innocently holding a card outside their office hoping someone listens, while nobody is giving a shit, angers and saddens me immensely.

As a former construction worker in a third world country I can relate especially to the not getting paid part.

Reality is the best form of satire.

I know it's satire, but this one made me feel genuinely shitty.

The ones who are really impressive are the ones who built the stadiums in Qatar. They were barely paid anything, and 6,500 of them died in the process. What amazing athletes.

As a Brazilian, I must say that this is straight up what happened in the Olympics. The only thing they forgot to mention as how overpriced the stadiums were.

1:06 saddest nod I've seen in history :(

Rodrigo was carrying 60 lb. sacks of concrete, not 90 lb. bags. That's a full 33% less than televised. He should have lasted longer before collapsing.

Everybody: Man Brazil is really killed it overworking those migrant workers. Qatar: Hold my banned beer.

Too real

This would have been funny if it weren't so tragically accurate.

I’m guessing the joke is that after this people will be celebrating the “physical endurance” of Olympic athletes

Just remember that every building you walk into, every road you drive on, every utility like water and electricity, and every other bit of infrastructure you enjoy was built by guys like this.

Sad to say this is not very far from the truth.

Impressed by the blue muscle overlay graphics. Loved how the red portions signified tissue damage. Would've appreciated more insight on his respiratory system and digestive tract though.

Brazilian Government: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

Qatar said 500 migrant workers died constructing the stadium that hosts the 2022 World Cup soccer games. This is most likely a low figure. Building the Hoover Dam caused the death of 96 people. While the Hoover Dam has been generating life saving electricity for almost 100 years, the soccer stadium in Qatar will probably be left unused after the tournament like so many construction projects for major sporting events including the Olympics. Life is cheap, and increasing so these days.

People who perform the most crucial, dirty and dangerous tasks are usually the least paid in our society. They don't have careers or nice retirement plans. If anything happens to their health along the way, they're usually on their own. And they suck it up day after day. Amazing.

I thought this was supposed to be a satire channel xD

0:05 holy shit that bullet save I am already laughing

Rodrigo's wage: $1700 Materials: $2500 Total cost: $2000000 in taxpayer money

man this is pretty much how it is lol. I currently work as a tile setter here in L.A. our crew is 15 people 13setters and 2 helpers as most helpers quit after only a few weeks because the job can be really demanding. We finished a 45ft×30ft wall with 100lb+thinset/mud tile sheets. carrying a 100lb stone sheet then adding mud and thinny was a pain. last week due to corona, our team was cut so now we have less workers and i had to mix 7k pounds of Mud to float a 2nd floor patio, then another 3k for the 3rd floor. They have to be mixed by hand since the whole build is done except the balcony/patio as they had issues and we weren't able to work on them till they were corrected. Working like this you really dont need the Gym lol but I like it, money's good and potential to grow is huge as well, luckily I don't work in this business in a 3rd world country.

The Onion being more informative than 90% of newsfeeds on this topic.

I remember working on those stadiums, that was hard work. We only lost 6 guys that month; we didn't even have time off to attend their funerals. Dios los bendiga.

honestly, construction workers are so underrated. they are the true gold medal heroes

At least the CEO got to buy his 82nd investment property.

Imagine being that migrant worker that the Onion had on hand just to sit there and watch Rodrigo finish his work after all those days.

“the average person will come to muscle fatigue after carrying dozens of 90lbs bags” My heart randomly has shape pains by doing nothing

This aged magnificently

""""low skilled worker"""" as the media would have described him if this were fr

Praise and Honor to you at the Onion, for bringing us such high quality humor bearing hidden truths. Beautiful and well done to such detail it is astonishing, THANK YOU, Chris

This is satire, yet I can't help to feel bad for him and every other construction worker living in such conditions :(

The timing for this recommendation is *chef's kiss*

As a brazilian, just leaving a side note: 99% of all workers that made stadiums in Rio actually where from Bahia, therefore no São Paulo people were hurt.

1:08 I love how genuinely defeated he looks, excellent work

My favorite Onion moments are when they commentate on real life problems. Don’t get me wrong, I love the silly ones, but these I feel are when the team’s creative muscles really flex

This is the REALEST thing I have ever seen about construction. Pretty much my experience during my short lived construction career. Dont forget not having any work during winter.

I work in construction. Do everything from setting up steel to finishing concrete. Etc etc. I can confirm this legitimacy

This is undoubtedly the most cynical piece of comedy I've ever seen in my life

Aged like fine wine

This is too real. Do one for the Qatar world cup. Wait, all their workers are dead.

Sustained many injuries and a torn ligament working the oilfields in Texas. Now, in my twenties, I have become unable to work manual labor jobs. I have no money.

Every history book: Back then in those dark times, slavery was common. Unlike today, where everybody has the same rights. Me: 🤔

A funny The Onion video -- I'm getting a bit nostalgic over here!

im in a union now, and this last contract had us working 10-11 hour days mon-sun.. no breaks, just 30 min lunch. . . im pretty sure this is why unions were made, to avoid 80 hour work weeks and nearly life threatening conditions . .

I know this is satire but i almost cried cuz my dad is an undoc. construction worker

This isn't joke, satire, or sarcasm. This is real life documentary.

i love how relatable this is in 2022

It's terrible that this happens, and it doesn't just happen to construction workers, some bosses just try to avoid paying their workers as much as they can

I normally laugh a lot at Onion videos, but there wasn't much that was funny about this one since it's just 100% accurate to the way things actually are.

According to capitalism theory, you will succeed if you work hard enough. This man didn't succeed, therefore he is lazy.

Another case of Onion's video coming true.

3:09 Before: Untreated Infections - 1 After: Untreated Infections - 3 The nonchalant subtlety is hilarious.

I thought this would be real Saw the channel after 30 sec, knew it was a joke Ended up being real lol

6 years ago, just in time for the 2022 olympics in Qatar

LOL $1.23 US an hour LOL

They better not have fed him, that would make it way too easy for him.

Withe 2022 World Cup in Qatar this is too grimly true

The only unrealistic part of this is seeing the worker slow down or show weakness no matter how messed up his body gets. The other workers tear you apart if they see that on site.

Rodrigo Henrique Moreira da Silva is a really good Brazilian name, and at 3:18 they even wrote a portuguese part to the sign that says "you should be ashamed sportology!" Why does the onion have better brazilian representation than most movies😭😭

This shit was in my recomend list and I didn't notice that it was made by the onion so I almost spent half of the video thinking it was a legit documentary i feel so stupid rn in my defense Im pretty high lol

As a construction worker working on the "i4-Ultimate" project in Orlando florida, this is how it REALLY is being a construction worker

That was absolutely brilliant, the part at the end made me LOL. Makes you think though, who the real athletes are...

it seems like the real test of human strength and ability is the guys who build the stadiums instead of the ones who compete in them.

This is too real for the World Cup Construction workers in Qatar.

Great way of giving voice to workers.

Every construction worker knows the best job-related skill to have is being able to play "Chase your check" for weeks on end.

History repeat it self isn't it?

This is a summer holiday compared to conditions in Qatar

This type of work is true. I’m from Houston and we have to work 24/7 in the construction site. The ppl who are in charge sleep around 2hrs and it’s no lie that how my boss works. We start work at 2am and finish around 4pm then the next crew works from 5pm-10pm my boss stay for all of those shift and after work he makes sure everything is prepared for the next crew. Body builders won’t stand a chance. There is a difference between working hard and training hard. Just because you have big muscles doesn’t mean you are strong.

"But, since rodrigo relies on wages to provide rent and food for his family, he maintained a steady pace of ten cement bags per hour" Holy shit this is so dead on it isnt even funny

Qatar be like

I don't get how The Onion makes so much lazy crap, and then makes something great like this

qatar rn:

They didn't even attempt to explain why he had not been paid, haha.

I love how Rodrigo looks very excited and doesn't look like he was forced to do this.

Again the Onion shows us that reality and parody are indistinguishable in our Brave New World.

This is 6 years old i thought it was a joke about qatar... Darn

This aged both good and bad

Qatar: Interesting * *takes notes*

1300 hours for 1700 dollars 💀💀

This is true as hell. I'm a landscaper which is hard enough work but then I get to watch them construction guys go to work every day and I could not imagine their toughness

This is no longer satire

Thanks for leaving these older ones up, we love watching them again!

Do people not realize the message? It's that their labor goes unappreciated because they aren't decorated sports figures. Most people actually work much harder than pro athletes.

Why isn’t anyone talking about how he worked 1334 hours in 8 weeks lol he did 24 hours a day

Please add subtitles in spanish so I can share!

Thank you for this honestly it’s nice that someone notices the negative things us construction workers do to our body’s just to make money for our family’s .

FINALLY! A news channel that presents the most challenging aspect of the Olympic Events: The construction of the stadiums!