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Taught the new guy how to squeeze today...

submitted by Salacious_Salicylic to whatever 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 18:48:23 ago (+3/-0)     (whatever)

Apprentice, first job, 18, green as fuck.

Kid couldn't squeeze 3/4" crimpers together on PEX. Finished out the job and had a coaching session with him. Dude was squeezing using his wrist and thumb, not his forearm.

Took me 10 minutes to even figure out what the fuck he was doing wrong. I never thought I'd have to explain safe and correct squeezing to another man.


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[ - ] Zyklonbeekeeper 7 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 18:58:53 ago (+7/-0)

Look at how many kids don't know how to operate a can opener

[ - ] Fascinus 6 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 19:19:58 ago (+6/-0)

Or manual car windows, rotary phones, etc.

[ - ] jfroybees 4 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 21:42:22 ago (+4/-0)

Telling time. Tying shoes. Using a dictionary.

[ - ] WhiteCollarCriminal 2 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 20:43:50 ago (+2/-0)

That's just depressing.

[ - ] KyleIsThisTall 2 points 7 monthsSep 17, 2024 01:26:56 ago (+2/-0)

Butter churns, oxen yolk, Morse code telegraph

[ - ] jfroybees 1 point 7 monthsSep 17, 2024 15:14:22 ago (+1/-0)

Go ahead and laugh. Seems like "going back" is the solution to modern stupidity.

[ - ] con77 6 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 19:46:48 ago (+6/-0)

Or read an anolgue clock

[ - ] RMGoetbbels 3 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 20:03:54 ago (+3/-0)

I heard about this one first hand from another guy. No shit, I couldn't believe it.

[ - ] KyleIsThisTall 1 point 7 monthsSep 17, 2024 01:29:14 ago (+1/-0)

It is literally the entire perception of the sun

[ - ] Love240 0 points 7 monthsSep 17, 2024 01:46:49 ago (+0/-0)

Then why aren't clocks globes? Checkmate ba'al earthers!

[ - ] con77 1 point 7 monthsSep 18, 2024 13:25:44 ago (+1/-0)

they cant read or write cursive either

[ - ] BloodyComet 6 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 19:51:49 ago (+6/-0)

It's your job to help him, then. He's 18, he's fresh out of high school- what do you expect? He's malleable and will look up to you, be a good example and don't be too hard on him.

If it all goes well, ten years from now, he'll be telling the new guy about how you taught him how to crimp because he was a limp-wristed bitch when he first showed up. And you will laugh.

[ - ] WhiteCollarCriminal 1 point 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 20:45:23 ago (+1/-0)

Good advice! Every white man needs this advice!

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 -1 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 21:10:36 ago (+0/-1)

what do you expect?

A ready to rock fully functional adult. His father should have taught him this shit and so much more. At 18 he should be on his 3rd or 5th job.

[ - ] MaryXmas 3 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 21:39:57 ago (+3/-0)

There are not many of those fathers around anymore. I didn't know how to start a lawnmower till I was 27. ...Wish my dad would have taught me that one.

[ - ] BloodyComet 0 points 7 monthsSep 17, 2024 15:24:21 ago (+1/-1)

Yeah, sorry, not everyone has wonderful dads and begins their career as a working man at age 12. And it's up to those of us who are competent to step in and show these lost young men the way.

What purpose does shitting on him for being incompetent at a job he's never done before serve? It won't make him want to do better, it'll make him want to quit. Help him to build confidence.

[ - ] RMGoetbbels 3 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 20:02:56 ago (+3/-0)

Apprentice, first job, 18, green as fuck.

We were all green at one time but there is something wrong with this generation and I suspect it's our fault.

Fathers/mothers just aren't teaching life skills to their children. Things that were common before have been pushed by the wayside. How to swing a hammer, what that thingy does, basic electricity. I had a 22 year old ask me what ohms are for.....and I suspect he had never really used a drill before.

Your kids need to be a part of your day, your projects, your work, so that they know how to do something. Maybe it's just easier to let them play video games.......

They need to know how to cook, do laundry, balance a checkbook, hell, start a chainsaw!

Fuck it, I'll come work for you but you better not yell at me.

[ - ] Salacious_Salicylic [op] 3 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 20:08:51 ago (+3/-0)

I wasn't a jerk about it, just asked him to step aside so we could get the job done. I make fun of him on the stuff that won't demoralize him, like forgetting his tools on the back of my truck when he went home.

It was just odd. Using the strength in my hands has never been a thing I thought of as a skill. We're probably more fucked than I realized, but I'm not gonna mock a kid that is trying.

[ - ] WhiteCollarCriminal 4 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 20:52:43 ago (+4/-0)

Well good for you then! I remember teaching my friends little brother to swing a hammer and how odd it was he didn't know how. Then it occurred to me his dad walked before he was 10 and he genuinely wanted to know so I took the time and he learned. I remember how happy he was to finish hammering a nail and I was waiting for him to hit his thumb but he didn't!

[ - ] KyleIsThisTall 1 point 7 monthsSep 17, 2024 01:33:16 ago (+1/-0)

You bozz

[ - ] lolxd 1 point 7 monthsSep 17, 2024 02:24:23 ago (+1/-0)

Kids are so retarded today they don't even know what deodorant is at 18.

Just be patient with the generation Z retards, they grew up playing with a tablet, not sticks and rocks.

[ - ] notanigger 1 point 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 22:05:34 ago (+1/-0)

I'm telling you now , just ask any of them what time a quarter past ? is and whatch their brains spin

[ - ] clymer 1 point 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 21:30:26 ago (+1/-0)

Let him drive your standard transmission. It's a skill every kid needs

[ - ] MaryXmas 0 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 21:43:28 ago (+0/-0)

You can get the car to rock back and forth violently. Vrrrr ka ka ka kch kch kch uuuuuuuuuuuu urgghhhhhh.

[ - ] KyleIsThisTall 0 points 7 monthsSep 17, 2024 01:20:57 ago (+0/-0)

I dont even understand what you are saying. Just tried squeezing like you were saying and it felt like milking a goat.

[ - ] SumerBreeze 0 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 18:55:05 ago (+0/-0)

Thought you were talking about your baby boy for a second there.

I can imagine the pause that held you in disbelief.

[ - ] Salacious_Salicylic [op] 2 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 19:42:53 ago (+2/-0)

Its definitely the gayest sentence I've said since becoming a plumber. Which is sorta impressive really, because off-color commentary is a professional skill for us.

[ - ] RMGoetbbels 2 points 7 monthsSep 16, 2024 20:06:36 ago (+2/-0)

Ballcock. IT'S A FUCKING BALLCOCK no matter how much it hurts your fucking feelings pussy.