Beware Of Falling Hammers And Never Let Jesabelle Leave Your Side

Despite the strange and slightly deceiveing thread title this is about my new job.

Now some of you may have heard that I'm working for a manual labour agency doing general labour jobs during the summer and some of you may have also heard that the first job they gave me made my feetses die.

3rd job in, started today, I'm a builder.

A scaffolder's assistant thingy to be precise.

I have a hardhat, a Hi Viz Vest and some safety boots.

After a Health and saftey induction, which involved a video that highly resembled the osrt that we were forced to watch back in school, we got to work.

The work is hard and fast and requires me to manouver and handle large poles.

You know you love the way I played with your dirty little minds there =P

Anywho back to the story, since it is me and somehow I end up in the most fucked up situations/adventures it only seems appropriate to tell the tale as it deserves to be told.

Unfortunatley I have no drugs or alchohol in the house or in my bloodstream so I'll do it sober.

Anywho back to the story...again.....



After the induction it was straight to work, unloading a lorry of the scaffolding poles and frames required for the job.

Once that was done me and my colleague from the agency went inside. oh yeah! I forgot to mention, we're working inside a swmng pool and before someone stupid asks, yes it was empty.

we were helping the pro scaffolder peeps with the erecting of towers, thses things were pretty all considering it was indoors and when I was up there I was scared shitless.

at the time we hadn't placed any bracers on the tower to keep it steady since it was still under construction and that thing swayed like a bitch.

So there I was inside this scaffolding tower looking both down and up and wondering "which is going to kill me first? the fall or the decks (floors) that were hanging precariousley above me".

luckly neither destroyed me and I was able to get down safley, but the dangers os a construction site were ever present and it only really hit me at the end theda that I could have been seriousley inure several times.

I know that by now most of you are thinking "okay but wtf has this got to do with falling hammers and jesabelle?", so I'll give you the answer.

It was during the placement of the bracers once two of the towers were completed that it happened.

One of my colleagues and a pro was handing down a rubber mallet to me from a height that I couldn reach, as I was about to climb the scaffolding to get it he dropped it thinking that I was going to catch it rather than climb up.

This is where jesabelle comes in.



THRACK!!!!!



The mallet, which was fucking heavy for it's size would have either seriousley injured me or in hindsight considering where it hit may have done worse was deflected by my hardhat.

even the others were surprised that I didn't get screwed.

just after impact when I picked the hammer up from the floor I took off my hardhat to adjust it's size slightly.

When replaced the name Jesabelle popped into my brain, like a freshly cooked corn kernel.

yes. I named my hardhat jesabelle.

She saved my life and is my freind and is also suprisingly comfortable to wear.

now for pics.

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Nice story, luckly you are not hurt.

Your story somehow is very gay friendly.

old T-shirt = hanging neckline, it's not intentional

do you get to keep your sweet Jesabelle after the work is over?

@dios... a bit village people-ish perhaps?

Just dont start signing YMCA :P

Young man, there's no need to feel down.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy.

Young man, there's a place you can go.
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...

Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you've got to know this one thing!

No man does it all by himself.
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
And just go there, to the y.m.c.a.
I'm sure they can help you today.

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...

Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
I felt the whole world was so jive ...

That's when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
It's a place there called the y.m.c.a.
They can start you back on your way.

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
Young man, there's no need to feel down
Young man, pick yourself off the ground

It's fun to stay at y-m-c-a
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
Young man, are you listening to me?
Young man, what do you wanna be?

y-m-c-a
you'll find it at the y-m-c-a
no man, does it all by himself
young man, put your pride on the shelf

Y-m-c-a
then just go to the y-m-c-a
y-m-c-a
young man, i was once in your shoes
y-m-c-a
young man, I said, I was down and out with the blues.
y-m-c-a



I accept all challenges and emrege victoriouse!!!!!!!

Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Hmm, well now...

Dam if only they didn't give you a hat you could have sued the mofo'ers for some money.
Then again you wouldn't be able to find a job in construction again for a while at least in your area

Also... Never sing that song again lol

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Originally Posted by Dios

First (?)

Nice story, luckly you are not hurt.

Your story somehow is very gay friendly.

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No wonder it's so easy for me to understand the story.:ala:

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Originally Posted by Wh005h

Hmm, well now...

Dam if only they didn't give you a hat you could have sued the mofo'ers for some money.
Then again you wouldn't be able to find a job in construction again for a while at least in your area

Also... Never sing that song again lol

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just wait till my net is back and I can go on TS again ^_^

haha thank goodness for not being able to accept voice clips at work :P

1. Good LOL
2. More Pics to my collection
3. Now he can stop pole dancing at the gay bar. :icon6:

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Originally Posted by Dios

Your story somehow is very gay friendly.

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Amen.:jester:

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Originally Posted by Wh005h

Also... Never sing that song again lol

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NEVER!

Yesterday was my last day working on site so I have another pic for you lovley lot...I'd post the video but I really cba to convert it and whatnot, but anywhore;

That place was like fort fucking knox. It needed a 6 digit pin number and used a face recognition system that was sensitive to the slightest detail.

what I never understood is why they needed that on a contruction site when an ID swipe card would have beeen enough.

have you gained a builders arse?

nope, I have a flameing arse =P

how many women did you shoud at from the top of the scaffolding?

none, we were indoors in the middle of an empty swimming pool XD

Holy God! He's smiling in that pic.

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When replaced the name Jesabelle popped into my brain, like a freshly cooked corn kernel.

yes. I named my hardhat jesabelle.

She saved my life and is my freind and is also suprisingly comfortable to wear.

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Hats have a specific gender now?

Only if you smoke enough pot :wink:

Do you also get the wreck stuff? If so then I'm jealous of you. Being paid to wreck stuff is the best job in the world. :tongue:

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Originally Posted by Pieman

Do you also get the wreck stuff? If so then I'm jealous of you. Being paid to wreck stuff is the best job in the world. :tongue:

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hes a builder not a demolisher o.o, unless you count the wood.

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Hats have a specific gender now?

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they do now.

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Do you also get the wreck stuff? If so then I'm jealous of you. Being paid to wreck stuff is the best job in the world. :tongue:

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You have obviously never had a demolition job then before ;)

Wrecking is what it looks like from when your driving by, or in the movies..

What you dont see, is when you have to grab a 15 lb sledge hammer and start breakign concrete, throwing it into a wheelbarrow, and tossing it into a truck for 10 hours a day all week..

Demo sucks, trust me, I've done it over and over again ;)