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Not all construction jobs are equally engaging. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For example, drilling or enlarging a hole can be boring, but fixing two pieces of metal together is often riveting.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Working as a crane operator can be really a uplifting job!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Polishing a mirror is a job I can see myself doing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

Most people are shocked when they find out how incompetent I am with electrical work.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know, it got me down quite often too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You know what they say, what comes up must go down.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

Construction is a good way to build character, but you sure do deal with a lot of tools.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes, when I've been drilling through siding all day, it really feels like I've hit a brick wall...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that means you should stop...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I once drilled all the way through the concrete wall at Home Depot on accident. It cost a ton of money to fix. Whoops! Check your depth gauges for slippage every now and then, people!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hanging sheetrock is screwing in every position imaginable, in every room of the house.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

and if you've done your job well, there's mud in all the cracks

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And sometimes road work can leave you stuck at a dead-end.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

And you never know, driving truck may put you down in the dumps.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Warning...probably an uncle joke...

I used to play in a orchestra until I popped my g-string while fingering a minor...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I may of also blown the f-hole on another piece ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Tryna strike a chord

and it's probably A minoooor

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I saw that coming a mile away.