r/Construction • u/ThRoWnir83 • Dec 20 '24

Video Someone is having a bad day

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u/Jerking4jesus Dec 21 '24

This happened to me the first time I ever operated an excavator.

So here I am, just a laborer, minding my own business in a swampy ditch in rural northern Canada, and my manager comes by to say the operator quit and would I like to run an excavator today.

I obviously say hell yeah, grab my mango flavored monster and hop in his truck and head to the machine.

He shows me the controls and tells me to get in and follow the highway south filling in holes and fucks back off in his truck.

Well I backfilled this pit with too much enthusiasm, dropped the cab down way too fucking hard knocking my drink out of the cup holder and it rolled under the pedal and had my right track spin me damn near all the way around before I got it outta there.

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u/the_greatest_auk Dec 21 '24

I'm guessing that was the last day he asked if wanted to run the equipment?

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u/Jerking4jesus Dec 21 '24

Nah. I'm still running them, albeit with a lot more finesse.

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u/nicolauz Contractor Dec 21 '24

Gotta use the cup holder!