Idiots climbing scaffolding at company picnic - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 01:40:33 am
content: Where I work we currently have some building expansion going on. We had the company picnic recently and according to a coworker who had volunteered to help with the canned food drive there he had to yell at kids and adults who had gone behind the construction fence and climbed up about 15 to 20 meters on the scaffolding and we're walking around on the top.The fence had all the appropriate warnings in English , Spanish, and French (not that I see many French here in Texas...) These were either employees or relatives of employees. Had one fallen I'm sure that would be a few million down the drain. We recently laid off couple hundred line workers at this site due to a seasonal sales slump. Our products are extensively customized to customer specs so we don't have the ability to keep building when sales slow.What the hell is wrong with people?

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 01:43:09 am
content: they could be doing it to sue

author: John_ITIC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 02:24:31 am
content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection"Individuals with certain variants of the trait may survive and reproduce more than individuals with other, less successful, variants."

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 02:37:16 am
content: I think that the problem with people is that they're people...(not saying I'm excluded from this)

author: JoeN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 02:45:09 am
content: They had an art exhibit at the Met with bamboo scaffolding on the roof. I climbed it. Am I screwed?http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/design/23bambu.html?_r=0

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 03:53:59 am
content: Quote from: Stonent on October 18, 2015, 01:40:33 amI have no idea.

author: JoeN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 04:15:34 am
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on October 18, 2015, 03:53:59 amI see your image and raise you these two. (they are real)

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 05:48:34 am
content: And then this happens...http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/selfie-dangers-teen-falls-9-floors-his-death-he-poses-rooftop-russia-1521743

author: Derick Freese
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 05:51:17 am
content: Climbing things is fun.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 08:02:27 am
content: I used to climb elevator shafts for a living, the engineers that stayed around used two attachment points when working and the brave ones used one. There's no way that I would do some of the idiotic things I see on YouTube and I'm not afraid of heights!This one makes my blood run cold every time I see it:

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 08:36:03 am
content: Eek, I'm not afraid of heights, but that makes me cringe!

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 08:52:03 am
content: This thread suddenly reminded me of the movie "idocracy'.If you have not seen it yet, it's what happens to us in the future. The rednecked hillbilly dumb type people take over the world because they mass produce like rabbits and their family trees branch out exponentially, while the educated liberal freaks take time for their career and other things before having children. It's a pretty stupid, but funny movie.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 09:02:44 am
content: Quote from: JoeN on October 18, 2015, 04:15:34 amBut are they you?

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 11:08:59 am
content: This one offers two different views:Insane Russian Girl Walks On Narrow Ledge On High Rise

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 11:22:21 am
content: Judging from that camera angle she probably couldn't see her feetPlease correct me if I am wrong but the story I heard was that most of the original ironworkers who erected the New York skyscrapers were Native American. The reason was the way that they walked, one foot in front of the other in a straight line rather than two steps side by side which is the way most of us walk.

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 12:10:23 pm
content: I've climbed a lot of silly stuff in my youth, way too old for it now

author: Noise Floor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 02:09:32 pm
content: I use to climb trees as a kid. Then a neighbor boy feel while climbing and became paralyzed.I stopped climbing after that.

author: bitslice
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 03:28:06 pm
content: Quote from: Stonent on October 18, 2015, 01:40:33 amBut those are people in America, a culture seemingly concerned with writing signs telling people what to do, the possibility of danger and of being sued.Elsewhere in the world the warning sign would have a dick picture scrawled on it, with people busy taking selfies from the top floor.

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 03:58:52 pm
content: Quote from: JoeN on October 18, 2015, 04:15:34 amAh, these are from Vadim and Vitaly, two famous russian photo bloggers. Check out their blog, they have tons of breathtaking images...http://dedmaxopka.livejournal.com/

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 04:17:27 pm
content: You never feel so alive as when you're about to die.Something that won't happen in your cubicle."typed from cubicle"

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 05:39:42 pm
content: i have several theories- oxygen starvation at birth- lack of braincells- an iq that is, numerically, slightly below the average log cabin inside temperature , in finland, in winter , with all doors and windows open and no roof on it . in degrees celcius.

author: Derick Freese
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 06:43:29 pm
content: Something tells me that a lot of you guys have lived rather sheltered lives. There are some of us that like to get out and see things few others have the opportunity to see. While I don't climb things I can readily fall off of, I do rooftop buildings and explore abandoned places all the time. Sure, it's unsafe, but I'm careful and haven't been hurt beyond minor cuts and bruises in the 10+ years that I've been doing it.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 07:17:43 pm
content: I've spent plenty of time on roofs installing CB and Ham Radio antennas. I have no fear of heights but I don't test the waters so to speak. I've been on top of a 40 story building to work on a club VHF repeater. Ft Lauderdale beach is beautiful from that height, especially at night, but I never ventured near the edge as there was always a pretty strong breeze that high up. Besides, the building has a 4 ft tall parapet surrounding the roof so no one can accidentally fall off. The club repeater that I am the trustee for now is only 253 ft AGL and, again, no need to go near the edge. Still a nice view, depending on where we are on the roof, we can see the Daytona International Speedway, track and stands.I was very adventurous in my youth through my mid twenties, when I first got married. Most of it was at ground level or modest heights-no more height than the roof of 2 story houses. Now I am way past my prime for fun stuff like that.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 19, 2015, 12:50:17 am
content: Quote from: Derick Freese on October 18, 2015, 06:43:29 pmHi from a fellow urbexer! If you are ever in Sydney, we'll be happy to give you a tour.