You can't help stupid #2
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (356472)
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 (151339)
• United States
8h
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 (151339)
• United States
3h
@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 (356472)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
@DaddyEvil Firing was the best thing that could happen to him.
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@MarieCoyle (45219)
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4h
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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@JudyEv (356472)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
Surely that would have looked very unstable even to a kid. 
All you can do is hope he learnt from it.
All you can do is hope he learnt from it.
