Money Hypothetical: your new construction job. - Page 4

**Rain Man** · 03-15-2018, 08:45 PM

Here's the situation: You go into a 7/11 and witness a mass murder. Running out the door, you escape, and when the police arrive you give them a description of the murderer. (It's a bigger guy with bad glasses wearing an orange jersey that is two digits, first digit being a five.)

In order to protect you, the FBI gives you a new identity and a job working at a front firm operated by the FBI. It's a construction company, so you're required to take a construction job. You will receive the necessary training to do the new job.

What occupation do you take?

Poll coming as soon as I get my toolbox open.

Dayze · 03-16-2018, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TrebMaxx

I think I will be laying pipe.

**Easy 6** · 03-16-2018, 12:37 PM

Construction equipment operator, I have plenty of experience with backhoes, front end loaders, bobcats and skid steers

**Bugeater** · 03-16-2018, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

In which of these jobs would I be in air conditioning?

You'd have the best chance doing flooring. It's one of the cleaner gigs because it's at the end of the project, also everyone else has to GTFO while you're there so you don't have other trades to work around. It's hell on your knees though.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I wasn't sure how this would turn out, but we seem to have a strong pattern in what we feel are the most most desirable or easiest jobs. I'm not particularly surprised that hazardous material removal isn't getting a lot of votes. How does a person end up in that profession anyway? You must be really uncertain of your career path and then get recruited to do it.

That's pretty much how you end up in any type of construction job. There's an old saying "If you can't decide what to do with your life, life will decide what to do with you", and most often, life decides to stick you in a construction job.

**Bugeater** · 03-16-2018, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

This.

But I chose painter.

You chose poorly. Enjoy watching everything you accomplish get destroyed by other trades along the way.

**Bugeater** · 03-16-2018, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

If Chiefsplanet starts a construction company, I may need you to do it. And I'll assign a few of our electricians to be your assistants.

I look at these jobs, and boy, I would not be a good construction worker. These all require skills and aptitudes that I simply don't have.

You aren't born with the skills, you develop them. A lot of it is just a matter of having the proper tools. Others, such as hanging drywall or wallcoverings, require patience more than anything else.

**The Franchise** · 03-16-2018, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

You chose poorly. Enjoy watching everything you accomplish get destroyed by other trades along the way.

What the **** do I care if I'm getting paid?

**sd4chiefs** · 03-16-2018, 01:22 PM

I chose Sewer Pipe Cleaner because I would be shitty doing any construction job so it might as well be a shitty job.

**Bugeater** · 03-16-2018, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

What the **** do I care if I'm getting paid?

I started off with the same attitude, but trust me, it's starts getting tiresome very quickly.

Randallflagg · 03-16-2018, 01:59 PM

One of my best friends in the world graduated High School and his old man got him an Apprenticeship with the IBEW. He did that for 4 years, got his Journeyman license and went to work for Ford - working on the robotics system on the assembly line at the Ford Truck Plant in Louisville, KY. He used to laugh and tell me that he slept most nights - the damned robots hardly ever broke down.

When he passed in 2010 - he was making $119,000 per year. He'd been an electrician for 35 years.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 03-16-2018, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

What the **** do I care if I'm getting paid?

You'll care by the time you get your ass dragged back to the 3rd or 4th job site.

You NEVER pick a trade where you will be one of the last phases of a job. I KNOW.

Chiefs4TheWin · 03-16-2018, 09:27 PM

I would of picked Fence Erector, but I know who the murderer is.

View Poll Results: My new construction career would be in the profession of ...
Boilermaker	0	0%
Brickmason, Blockmason, Stonemason, or Reinforcing Iron And Rebar Worker	0	0%
Carpenter	4	5.97%
Carpet, Floor, And Tile Installer And Finisher	1	1.49%
Cement Mason, Concrete Finisher, or Terrazzo Worker	0	0%
Construction Laborer	0	0%
Paving, Surfacing, And Tamping Equipment Operator	2	2.99%
Construction Equipment Operator, Other Than Paving, Surfacing, And Tamping Equipment Operator	10	14.93%
Drywall Installer, Ceiling Tile Installer, or Taper	0	0%
Electrician	24	35.82%
Glazier	2	2.99%
Insulation Worker	0	0%
Painter or Paperhanger	1	1.49%
Pipelayer, Plumber, Pipefitter, or Steamfitter	2	2.99%
Plasterer or Stucco Mason	0	0%
Roofer	0	0%
Sheet Metal Worker	0	0%
Structural Iron or Steel Worker	1	1.49%
Helper, Construction Trades	0	0%
Elevator Installer or Repairer	1	1.49%
Fence Erector	1	1.49%
Hazardous Materials Removal Worker	0	0%
Highway Maintenance Worker	0	0%
Rail-Track Laying And Maintenance Equipment Operator	4	5.97%
Solar Photovoltaic Installer	3	4.48%
Septic Tank Servicer or Sewer Pipe Cleaner	1	1.49%
Gosh, I would take whatever job they needed the most help on. I'm a team player.	1	1.49%
I would take the job where I go up high on a building, and then I would jump off.	2	2.99%
I think I know the identity of the murderer.	7	10.45%
Voters: 67. You may not vote on this poll

03-15-2018, 08:45 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3368491 VARSITY	Hypothetical: your new construction job. Here's the situation: You go into a 7/11 and witness a mass murder. Running out the door, you escape, and when the police arrive you give them a description of the murderer. (It's a bigger guy with bad glasses wearing an orange jersey that is two digits, first digit being a five.) In order to protect you, the FBI gives you a new identity and a job working at a front firm operated by the FBI. It's a construction company, so you're required to take a construction job. You will receive the necessary training to do the new job. What occupation do you take? Poll coming as soon as I get my toolbox open.
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03-16-2018, 12:37 PM	#47
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3777775	Construction equipment operator, I have plenty of experience with backhoes, front end loaders, bobcats and skid steers
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03-16-2018, 01:22 PM	#52
sd4chiefs error 404 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Bizarro World Casino cash: $8830445	I chose Sewer Pipe Cleaner because I would be shitty doing any construction job so it might as well be a shitty job. __________________ “It's Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” – Mark Twain.
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03-16-2018, 01:59 PM	#54
Randallflagg MVP Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Olathe Casino cash: $9987156	One of my best friends in the world graduated High School and his old man got him an Apprenticeship with the IBEW. He did that for 4 years, got his Journeyman license and went to work for Ford - working on the robotics system on the assembly line at the Ford Truck Plant in Louisville, KY. He used to laugh and tell me that he slept most nights - the damned robots hardly ever broke down. When he passed in 2010 - he was making $119,000 per year. He'd been an electrician for 35 years.
Posts: 9,578

03-16-2018, 09:27 PM	#56
Chiefs4TheWin Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hollidaysburg, PA Casino cash: $3492783	I would of picked Fence Erector, but I know who the murderer is.
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