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Reminds me of the time when I went camping and we got a giant costco-sized bag of corn chip. By the end of the trip it was stale and we didn't have any more dips or anything to go with it, no one wants to eat it anymore. So of course we started throwing it into the camp fire. Let me tell you, it burnt surprisingly well and had a nice smell to it.
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When this video first made the rounds, I seem to remember something about how the despite being told his truck couldn't handle the weight the owner was insistent it be loaded. That just adds a nice little cherry of schadenfreude on top for me.
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Jun 5, 2020 04:00
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Proteus Jones posted:When this video first made the rounds, I seem to remember something about how the despite being told his truck couldn't handle the weight the owner was insistent it be loaded. It sounds to me like the guy is being a dick for show and that their end goal was just to trash the truck. There's nobody screaming at the end about 'oh my god my poor truck' or anything. I totally did want to punch the guy talking about 'better not scratch my truck' up to that point though
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Jun 5, 2020 05:18
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Also, what was his plan to get the rock off hsi truck at the other end. There's no way to get a forklift under that pallet. You'd need a crane and some loving hefty chain to lift it straight up. Dumbass probably thought he could use an engine hoist or something.
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Jun 5, 2020 07:29
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"Maaaan, I'm just gonna drop the tailgate and floor it, and it'll roll right out!"
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Jun 5, 2020 07:44
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Doctor Zaius posted:"Maaaan, I'm just gonna drop the tailgate and floor it, and it'll roll right out!" Well the tailgate was dropped alright. Along with the rest of the truck bed. 
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Helen Highwater posted:Also, what was his plan to get the rock off hsi truck at the other end. There's no way to get a forklift under that pallet. You'd need a crane and some loving hefty chain to lift it straight up. Dumbass probably thought he could use an engine hoist or something. 'Plan'?
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Jun 5, 2020 08:23
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I'm baffled by the thought of people working barefoot in warehouses. But then i remember that this is in the US and that over here in socialist europe, if your job requires any sort of safety wear, your employer has to supply it. And no, your pay can't be docked to cover the cost. And if you work anywhere that moves pallets around safety shoes are pretty much required. Working in an Amazon warehouse over here stinks too though. I was a picker for a couple of months and it was just the most tedious boring job that made my feet hurt like hell. It was in the middle of the winter (i was hired a couple of months before christmas. They always hire a couple hundred/thousand people for like three months to cover christmas) but the warehouse was warm as hell so you had to run around in shorts and a t-T-Shirt all the time. There were like five floors in the warehouse and everyone dreaded going to the top floor because of the warm air rising to the top and it was like a loving sauna up there. Shorts and T-Shirt are also great when they do a fire drill and you have to stand outside in the freezing wind for an hour! Because the little hand scanner tracked everything you had to pick and where it was the supervisors could also see how long you took between picks so i had to explain that yes it took me five minutes to get from one shelf to the one right next to it because its warm as hell so i'm drinking a lot of water so i have to go to the bathroom all the time and the bathroom is three floors down. Everyone had to take their break at the same time, which might work if the warehouse is staffed normally but does not work when there are a couple hundred people more. Everyone had to squeeze through a couple of metal detectors so the first 15 minutes of your break are spend standing in line waiting for everyone to be scanned. If you wanted to get some warm food from the cafeteria it was another 15 minutes wait because that line is long as hell now too. Hope you brought a sandwich! Same thing happened when the shift was over. Long lines at the exit because people needed to catch the bus/train into town and had like five minutes from clocking out to change out of their work clothes and get to the train station. And they all had to get through the metal detector again.. This lead to people forming lines fifteen minutes before the shift ended at the time clock to clock out immediately and run out of the doors. This, of course, made the supervisors mad because they weren't hitting their targets anymore so this was no longer allowed. Instead everyone suspiciously hung around the time clock at the end of the shift because they suddenly had a dead battery in their scanner or their cart was making a funny noise and they wanted another one and whoops would you look at that shifts over, might as well clock out! Don't even get me started on cramming a couple hundred more people into a warehouse without making sure that there are enough carts or working scanners available... I know this is nothing compared to some other horror stories but after a couple of months it was just draining the will to live out of me because of so many little things that sucked. You could just tell that they did not give a single gently caress about you and if they could they would gently caress you over as hard as possible. Thank god for decent labor laws over here. I walked out of that warehouse on christmas eve and never returned to work the rest of december. I don't think they ever noticed that i stopped coming in. Right after that i started working an office job for DHL which was soul draining in an entirely different way! I make good choices!
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whee https://i.imgur.com/Fy9xurg.mp4
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:It sounds to me like the guy is being a dick for show and that their end goal was just to trash the truck. There's nobody screaming at the end about 'oh my god my poor truck' or anything. I totally did want to punch the guy talking about 'better not scratch my truck' up to that point though
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Jun 5, 2020 11:51
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Collateral Damage posted:It's also one of those things where you have to think "Why would anyone be filming this unless it's deliberately set up?" What the hell? No, the exact opposite. They where filming because they knew what was going to happen next and wanted it on camera.
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Serephina posted:What the hell? No, the exact opposite. They where filming because they knew what was going to happen next and wanted it on camera. The kind of video I had in mind are the ones where someone is filming a perfectly everyday situation and then suddenly something random happens. Or maybe I'm underestimating the kind of mundane stuff that people will pull their phones out for?
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There's nothing mundane about that. Purchesor of shiny new rock wants it in his ute, vendor warns that his vehicle is nowhere near able to handle a load like that, customer stamps his foot and the staff get their phones out to record resulting hilarity.
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Jun 5, 2020 13:08
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Did he say what I thought he said at 1:33?
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chitoryu12 posted:Did he say what I thought he said at 1:33? "this muh-fucker just turned into a mini truck"
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Serephina posted:There's nothing mundane about that. Purchesor of shiny new rock wants it in his ute, vendor warns that his vehicle is nowhere near able to handle a load like that, customer stamps his foot and the staff get their phones out to record resulting hilarity. I love that he seems to think that his little truck could handle 1700 pounds. Maybe it could, though it's probably actually rated for more like 1200. But that rock has gotta be like 4000 pounds.
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glynnenstein posted:I love that he seems to think that his little truck could handle 1700 pounds. Maybe it could, though it's probably actually rated for more like 1200. But that rock has gotta be like 4000 pounds. Per a youtube comment, closer to 5000
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Shai-Hulud posted:I'm baffled by the thought of people working barefoot in warehouses. But then i remember that this is in the US and that over here in socialist europe, if your job requires any sort of safety wear, your employer has to supply it. And no, your pay can't be docked to cover the cost. When I worked at UPS we had a young guy in the unload with acromegaly. He was about 7'3" and couldn't find/afford size 17+ work boots so he was allowed to wear sneakers. He also wasn't required to use a load stand to get to the top boxes in the trailer because they were easily in his reach.
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When you see the tsunami coming, you don’t hang out on the beach to finish your crip walk routine.
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Memento posted:"this muh-fucker just turned into a mini truck" I thought he said a word that started with "nig--". chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Jun 5, 2020 |
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chitoryu12 posted:I thought he said a wort that started with "nig--". Well, he didn't.
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i think of demons posted:sweet summer child, in the USA if you perceive an outstanding employee as slightly uppity you can kick their rear end to the curb and the organization will just eat the consequences even though it was a horrible decision in many cases The hire / fire also shocks me. I have more protection than most (I am a hospital physician) but even if I did something profoundly unprofessional I could only be suspended pending investigation. Similarly noone has the authority to just hire someone. There needs to be due process, formal job descriptions, suitable job advertisements on the nhs jobs page, blind scoring of all applicants etc. Employment law is very prescriptive and there is due process for everything. The workers rights are invaluable but if we need another doctor the quickest we could get one in post is about 3 months, assuming they are not already employed somewhere else as my notice period is also 3 months.
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Shai-Hulud posted:I'm baffled by the thought of people working barefoot in warehouses. But then i remember that this is in the US and that over here in socialist europe, if your job requires any sort of safety wear, your employer has to supply it. And no, your pay can't be docked to cover the cost. And if you work anywhere that moves pallets around safety shoes are pretty much required. Here in the US, I have had a handful of different employers where PPE was necessary and each had offered reimbursement up to a certain amount or supplied stock from their own supply. Boots, overalls, eyewear, hard hat, hearing protection, etc, covered. Oil and gas industry.
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On the books employers are explicitly responsible for required PPE in the US. They used to play a game and everyone was suddenly contractors responsible for their own PPE but that loophole is also closed on the books. If you're responsible for a job site you're responsible for the PPE. Contractors can ask and you should provide. Stipends are also looked down on because they encourage dumb stuff like getting the Harbor Freight freebie glasses that look like safety glasses but aren't. I keep saying on the books because a lot of companies skip it because lol OSHA. CRUSTY MINGE posted:Saliva tests pop for use within 48-72 hours, they don't tell you the last time someone smokes. You could smoke right after work on friday, abstain for the weekend, and still test hot monday.
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My mom worked at McMaster for 25 years. They got a yearly (I think) $75 for safety shoes. (I still have the pair that I bought using that money when I worked there for a summer 20 years ago). I worked for a college text book warehouse that had no PPE requirements (just don't stick your fingers into the conveyor!). I had an office job that reimbursed me for safety shoes the one time I went on site. My last job we had a manufacturing center but didn't reimburse anyone. Hell, it took them ten years to write an employee handbook that mandated safety glasses at the machines (though everyone was pretty good about wearing them without being explicit).
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zedprime posted:
They've probably improved since I last took one like, four years ago, but they would definitely pop hot if you're a heavy weed smoker well past a 24 hour break. They're also stupid easy to defeat, just sip some water or soda a few minutes prior and hold a bit in your mouth and soak the stick with that rather than saliva. Granted it will mix with your saliva over those couple minutes, but it will still allow you to pass. As always, when dealing with drug tests that you stand a chance at manipulating, dilution is the solution to the pollution.
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Uthor posted:My mom worked at McMaster for 25 years. They got a yearly (I think) $75 for safety shoes. (I still have the pair that I bought using that money when I worked there for a summer 20 years ago). My dad worked for a railroad. The railroad bought him a new pair of prescription safety-goggle sunglasses (he said they were something like $600 glasses) once a year, every year. They paid him to get a new pair of boots, new gloves, a new coat every year. He had all the earplugs he could use. He was in a union, of course. All that free PPE was part of the contract negotiated by the union.
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FuturePastNow posted:My dad worked for a railroad. The railroad bought him a new pair of prescription safety-goggle sunglasses (he said they were something like $600 glasses) once a year, every year. They paid him to get a new pair of boots, new gloves, a new coat every year. He had all the earplugs he could use. But union bad!
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Aren't mudslides meant to go downwards, not loving sideways? Aaah, I see. Next up for 2020 is just, no more Physics. WarpedNaba posted:All this train talk is reminding me that I don't actually know how train wheels grip the tracks. I once came up with the idea that for steep hills, there could be a toothed section of track for a gear connected to the train's wheels to help it up/down. Ak Gara fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Jun 5, 2020 |
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Ak Gara posted:I once came up with the idea that for steep hills, there could be a toothed section of track for a gear connected to the train's wheels to help it up/down.
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zedprime posted:Wow cool. Maybe even after it gets to the top it could do something like coast or roll. "Attention passengers, this is the conductor. Anyone who doesn't have their motha fuckin hands up for this next hill is a pussy."
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now I wanna see this coastpunk world where iron trains get cranked up the Rocky Mountains then zoom down the other side and coast across the country at hundreds of miles per hour
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Uthor posted:I had to take one for my first engineering job (and a second time when they rehired me after the Recession), not for my second job. Both had written language that they could make you take one at any point, but never did. I'd imagine it'd only come in play if there was an accident. At my job you can opt in to randomized drug testing. There are no benefits to doing so and, according to the guy who runs our Drug Free Workplace program he's literally the only one in the pool. It's pretty bizarre.
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The Moon Monster posted:At my job you can opt in to randomized drug testing. There are no benefits to doing so and, according to the guy who runs our Drug Free Workplace program he's literally the only one in the pool. It's pretty bizarre. The only reason I could think of to opt in to something like that would be if you'd had serious substance abuse problems in the past and thought that having the threat of random testing hanging over your head would help you stay clean. But I've never been an addict and I'm not sure if that would actually work. Would be cruelly ironic if you relapsed briefly and that was when they happened to decide to test.
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Cojawfee posted:"Attention passengers, this is the conductor. Anyone who doesn't have their motha fuckin hands up for this next hill is a pussy." gently caress that every train has ropes attached to the outside so when they get to a hill that's too steep, everyone has to get out and fitzcarraldo that motherfucker over the peak
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Uthor posted:I had to take one for my first engineering job (and a second time when they rehired me after the Recession), not for my second job. Both had written language that they could make you take one at any point, but never did. I'd imagine it'd only come in play if there was an accident. My work has a policy of testing if there's an accident and drugs are suspected but thankfully it's illegal to do random tests here. As far as marijuana goes, there are apparently tests now that can distinguish from "had a joint three days ago" and "has a joint three hours ago."
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Mokinokaro posted:My work has a policy of testing if there's an accident and drugs are suspected but thankfully it's illegal to do random tests here. Those tests are the ones they use for white people though.
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Celebrities, they're just like us!
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Mozi posted:what if there were trains that could run on top of other trains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONwe96StEpA&t=1598s
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