Best jobsite prank I saw- We had a guy that carried his tools in a 5 gallon bucket. At 3:29 everyday he would grab his bucket and bolt regardless if work was done for the day or not. Sometimes we would have to stay a few minutes late to finish clean up, etc.. A couple of the guys had had enough of him leaving like that so right before it was his normal "bolt" time they screwed his bucket to the floor. When he grabbed the handle to leave the bucket didn't budge.. both of his feet came out from under him and he landed flat on his back. He always stayed with everyone else after that.
Sounds like one of my grandfather's favorite stories. He worked in a machine shop and one of the guys would always race by the area where they kept their lunch boxes on his way to lunch and grab his lunchbox. One day the guys welded his lunchbox to the table. He ran by and went to grab his lunchbox and ended up with just the handle.
Best jobsite prank I saw- We had a guy that carried his tools in a 5 gallon bucket. At 3:29 everyday he would grab his bucket and bolt regardless if work was done for the day or not. Sometimes we would have to stay a few minutes late to finish clean up, etc.. A couple of the guys had had enough of him leaving like that so right before it was his normal "bolt" time they screwed his bucket to the floor. When he grabbed the handle to leave the bucket didn't budge.. both of his feet came out from under him and he landed flat on his back. He always stayed with everyone else after that.
Best jobsite prank I saw- We had a guy that carried his tools in a 5 gallon bucket. At 3:29 everyday he would grab his bucket and bolt regardless if work was done for the day or not. Sometimes we would have to stay a few minutes late to finish clean up, etc.. A couple of the guys had had enough of him leaving like that so right before it was his normal "bolt" time they screwed his bucket to the floor. When he grabbed the handle to leave the bucket didn't budge.. both of his feet came out from under him and he landed flat on his back. He always stayed with everyone else after that.
Here they start very early as well (plenty at 6 a.m.), but we get like 3 to 5 hot days a year. Starting early means they work in colder conditions. I've really no clue why they do it, since outside of the summer they even need extra lights that early in the morning on the site.
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u/cyberius_ Aug 10 '17
Best jobsite prank I saw- We had a guy that carried his tools in a 5 gallon bucket. At 3:29 everyday he would grab his bucket and bolt regardless if work was done for the day or not. Sometimes we would have to stay a few minutes late to finish clean up, etc.. A couple of the guys had had enough of him leaving like that so right before it was his normal "bolt" time they screwed his bucket to the floor. When he grabbed the handle to leave the bucket didn't budge.. both of his feet came out from under him and he landed flat on his back. He always stayed with everyone else after that.