Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The most enjoyable parts of working a construction job.

1. You never shower before work.
2. Why bother brushing your hair, no one else does.
3. No need for clean work clothes, keep you dirty coveralls at the job and wear then over and over.
4. Smelling bad defines you as an individual.
5. The dirtier you get, the more productive you look.
6. The view is always incredible!
7. You can see all sorts of wildlife when you work outside.
8. You work in the rain, and the storms.
9. People are willing to tell you lots of new creative curse words.
10. You learn useful adjectives to call the boss.
11. It is acceptable to throw a tantrum when your measurements are wrong.
12. If you like you can throw your tools into the drink when you get really angry.
13. Cursing at your co-workers can be considered affectionate.
14. Your foreman will feel like he is doing his job if his name appears in the blue portable potty.
15. You get a great tan.
16. You have muscles.
17. You feel energetic and fit.
18. You are a part of a team that really gets close to each other.
19. You are breaking stereotypical roles for women everywhere.
20. You set a president of how easy it can be to incorporate a woman into the trades.
21. There are really expensive toys to play with.
22. You never have to pay someone to fix something for you.
23. You can open jars of sauce easily with out asking your husband for help.

5 comments:

Mrs. M said...

Wuhoo! Love it!
Strong, dirty, varied vocabulary and tantrums allowed. Better than a day in the life of a toddler. :)

Overpriced Designer Man Bag said...

i'm guessing you've seen 'north country'. anything like that go on where you work?

vanishingword said...

There is hazing on the job, but your union protects you from alot of it. The main thing is that you can't participate in hostile work environments. Tempting as it may be to put a brick through someone's windshield, its a miscalculation. You are better off telling your foreman then tell your union rep. In that order.
I've had a gentleman try and stroke my hair when I was talking about what size Safeway Bars to load on a truck. He was escorted to the parking lot by the big boss, and it ended there. It made me very angry.
So in answer, I think the North Country movie was fairly accurate. I've heard of an abundance of situations, but I haven't experienced them myself. A friend of mine got a truck backed up to the port-a-potty and she was locked in. Most common is that you get handed a broom or are set to work on projects you are over qualified for. The way I got around that was by doing them as fast as possible so they would see I was serious.

Skye said...

Oh, we should go for a drink someday and have some real laughs!!! coffee, tea or lattie?

Two Mittens said...

I think I would totally suck at your job, but it sounds quite freeing in a lot of ways.
You get a lot of bad looks if you swear at your 'bosses' in our current job!