I’v had the same with small boys and seeing any sort of construction equipment or tools. Even a shovel got a point and stare. It was a nice shovel tbh
I’d like to see this shovel
😮👉
Oh that’s def a nice shovel. Where you get that? I need a new one, mine is all worn out from doing shovel stuff.
You can pick them up at any construction site if you’re fast enough.
This is the reason why we need to put them behind a lock at the end of each day lol. Any sort of equipment, fuel, all sort of shit is wanted by some sort of thief. I feel like if I left a bag of literal garbage there with some construction equipment manufacturer’s name on it, it would get stolen lmao
feel like if I left a bag of literal garbage there with some construction equipment manufacturer’s name on it, it would get stolen
What I’m hearing is that you’ve solved the local hazardous waste disposal problem.
Wait, is that what I have in my trunk right now??
I bought a school bus a few years ago and had to park it at a lot in a pretty bad neighborhood (like, the kind of place where you step on a syringe if you’re not careful). I started converting it to a motorhome and I would leave my tools in it overnight. Of course I got robbed and everything was stolen - hand tools, power tools, even my generator, although I found that again stashed behind another vehicle on the lot because one of its wheels had fallen off. So I started leaving only cheap supplies in it and I still got robbed, three more times. One of the robberies was them taking sponges and masking tape. The only good thing was they stole the seats and ceiling panels I’d removed, sparing me the expense and hassle of getting rid of the things myself.
One of my dad’s friends does exactly this with traffic cones. He makes sure it’s a council construction zone, since he hates the local council that much to only punch traffic cones from them.
I gotta respect his dedication haha, he’s got a ton of them
The building site already had it when I came there. Don’t know where they got it, Würth or Puuilo probably since those have a company billing account for us.
Based on the response to that shovel, which is nice btw, it seems like some things don’t change with age in some people.
OOP describes kids at daycare where - shock - the kids leave the clink and go on walkabout.
This happens in my neighbourhood daily: a platoon of brightly-coloured kids walk down the sidewalk to the playground and back about 2 hours later. Like any decent march it’s in good formation (a rope setup like a backward sled dog rig pulled by a staff member, but just with rings each kid holds; just to keep them together) and has support-wagons so the whiny laggards don’t hold up the march.
It’s fucking adorable; and if I happen to see it, it’s the highlight of my day. They need a pied piper and it’d be #chefsKiss.
It’s sad all that control is necessary just to allow children to walk around town with some modicrum of safety. Pedestrian deaths in the US increased 90% in the past 15 years and it’s not because people in the 2000s used to wear high visibility outfits or leashed themselves together.
I always find it strange to see Hi-Viz on the item/user that would be the least of a safety hazard. As opposed to being on the item in the area that has the moat potential to be a safety hazard.
It makes sense, it should be the driver that’s on the lookout for the pedestrians and not as much the other way around. So extra visibility stuff to those that are supposed to be spotted. Also cars have lights and whatnot.
Winter in Southern Finland, no snow, dark as hell, everyone wearing black clothing, no reflectors, walking with nose on the phone… Even with properly working lights, street lighting, driving slow just in case, it can be hard to see some pedestrians. I make sure to at least have a few reflectors hanging about when I’m walking around.
When I was a kid (not in SF) they didn’t put us in high vis, they just got us all to hold on to a jump rope.
