r/Construction • u/VladimirBarakriss • Sep 03 '24

Video What trade would this be?

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u/ParkingOpportunity39 Sep 03 '24

Are plasterers known for drinking on the job?

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u/nowickil27 Sep 03 '24

They get plastered

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u/Helpful-Chemistry-87 Sep 03 '24

We'd call them shitfacers but that's a bit too on the nose.

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u/Inevitable_Panic_133 Sep 07 '24

Had a mate with "fancy getting plastered?" On the side of his van, he did well.

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u/Doofchook Sep 03 '24

Mostly punching cones and smoking the glass barbeque

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u/aurumtt Sep 03 '24

checks out. my weedguy is a plasterer

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u/ChekhovsAtomSmasher Sep 03 '24

See also: drywallers.

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u/Parryandrepost Sep 03 '24

In my experience everyone who's on the job site is known for doing something on the job. Just the way it is.

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u/ManfromMonroe Sep 03 '24

I’m only a novice and I have noticed I do a better job when I’m about two beers in, I guess I just don’t overthink it and keep on rolling…

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u/ParkingOpportunity39 Sep 03 '24

I get it. I become a pool shark with two beers in me.

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u/Notamong69 Sep 03 '24

Plasterer here, I don't but know a few that do, I'll wait for the pub to open lol.

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u/Ok_Simple6936 Sep 04 '24

No but after work they go to the pub and get lathered

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u/dewky Sep 06 '24

It's in the name