You can't help stupid #2
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381865)
Rockingham, Australia
June 20, 2025 9:55pm CST
In my last discussion, I wrote about the groundsman at my husband’s school who was a bit short on commonsense and even shorter on intelligence. Some time after the lawn incidence, the same guy had a Workers Compensation claim citing a sore arm. When Vince inquired about it, it seems the man had been standing on a Sulo/wheelie bin, cutting off a branch with a chainsaw. The branch fell on him, knocking him off the bin.
The groundsmen had recently had a workshop on safety including never using a chainsaw without a second person in attendance, and certainly never to use a bin instead of a ladder.
I feel I might have written about this before, but it would have been years ago. The photo is of our method of moving two bins at once.
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@DaddyEvil (174296)
• United States
21 Jun
But it takes time to go get a ladder and find someone to watch you do the work... Much faster to just get it done and over with. 
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@DaddyEvil (174296)
• United States
21 Jun
@JudyEv A lot of people DO think that way... I wouldn't have climbed on top of a trash can, though. Those things are flimsy here. I'd be scared it would fall or break under my weight.
I had one low level boss at Walmart that was always telling me to "hurry up, I was taking too long" when I followed the company rules about using ladders. I finally asked another low level boss to hide while I did something by the book so they reported my direct boss to the store manager for telling me to cut corners. My boss got fired for it... Good riddance!
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@JudyEv (381865)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jun
@DaddyEvil Firing was the best thing that could happen to him.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
21 Jun
I watch enough Ridiculousness to know that people do stupid things. You can go on YouTube and see a whole bunch of episodes of the program.
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@JudyEv (381865)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jun
@LindaOHio I didn't mean the same show - just YouTube clips of people doing stupid things.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
22 Jun
@JudyEv I'm surprised that you get it there.
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@MarieCoyle (59144)
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21 Jun
One of my son's friends had to get something from a very high shelf in his garage. Instead of going for a ladder, he propped a bicycle up against the wall and stood on the seat! Of course, it fell over and so did he, and broke his arm. You know what they say, you can't fix stupid.
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All you can do is hope he learnt from it.
@snowy22315 (208801)
• United States
21 Jun
Standing in a wheelie bin with a chainsaw is just all kinds of wrong!
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@wolfgirl569 (135643)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Jun
Some people have no sense.
That's a great way to move them
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jun
And he probably still hasn't learned a thing
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@JudyEv (381865)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jun
I've seen cartoons about this too. Is it like a folk tale? Was Kalidas someone special or just the character in the story?
@Ineeddentures (34004)
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22 Jun
Do you think that I could move two bins like that with a motorcycle.
A bin instead of a ladder, how funny is that.
He is lucky that he did not take his arm off
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@Ineeddentures (34004)
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22 Jun
@JudyEv
That would have been a great comedy sketch though
Monty python would have been proud of him for ladder maimed by chainsaw guy
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