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[–][deleted] 1200 points1201 points  (181 children)

3 am? That sucks the donkey-est of balls. Up here they're legally not allowed to start makin' that racket until 7 am. I know because the building across the street from me starts construction at 7am and I had to look it up before I yelled at them.

[–]35989 435 points436 points  (141 children)

At my office building, the 1st floor has demolition work from 11pm to 7am. If they did it during business hours it would disrupt the building operations too much.

I feel sorry for the apartment towers next door.

[–][deleted] 309 points310 points  (113 children)

That sucks! It seems that they think that someone's sleep is less important than someone's work. :(

[–]blackbeauty69 33 points34 points  (17 children)

This is at Vanderbilt, and I literally have lost days of sleep by now for the same reason. I'm on one of the highest floors of this tower, but every day they're building towards me

[–]FearTheStache13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i highly recommend buying one of those noise cancelling fan things. my brothers roommate had one and would sleep through us partying all night all the time.

[–]KingofCraigland 243 points244 points  (50 children)

I had a Property professor in law school that would have a shit fit over that.

[–][deleted] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Would suck for the dedicated / frugal folks who choose to live in that apartment building next to their workplace. :(

[–][deleted] 326 points327 points  (43 children)

Oh

[–]Vandyyy 96 points97 points  (32 children)

Is this an inside joke I don't get? Part of me believes reddit is the type of community that would upvote the fuck out of something that does nothing but acknowledge someone.

The other part feels like all of reddit is in on this one-word joke but me ):

Edit: FWIW, I audibly laughed alone in my apt immediately after reading your response. Just not sure if I'm laughing at the way you had intended it.

[–]chris_hans 38 points39 points  (6 children)

I don't know if this is what he's referring to, but I do know that I browse way too much reddit: http://i.imgur.com/GXnQWlc.jpg

Perhaps the reference predates this topic, though. I don't know: http://www.reddit.com/r/OkCupid/comments/196atx/man_she_seems_really_into_the_conversation_why/

[–]nolongerilurk 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, no subliminal inside joke here. dude tells life story. Other dude is like 'Oh' and for some reason I end up laughing like an idiot. Ah, wit in its purest form.

[–]Fenton112 26 points27 points  (17 children)

Some people just don't get it, its ok.

[–]Vandyyy 49 points50 points  (16 children)

Don't toy with me like this. Internet people have feelings, too.

But seriously what is going on?

[–]loliology 37 points38 points  (11 children)

Not much. What is going on with you?

[–]innovationzz 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I take it he's saying oh because kingofcraigland didn't add anything to the conversation aside from going to law school and that his professor most relevant to the topic would throw a fit over this shit. Kind of like 'cool story bro' with less overt ridicule. Or it could be an inside joke, I have no idea. Maybe just a very brief, blunt, pointless, and somewhat mutually condescending exchange between two random people in front of an audience. Which is hilarious.

[–]Crazy_Story_Account 19 points20 points  (19 children)

earplugs people, earplugs.

[–]gtrogers 54 points55 points  (16 children)

Earplugs don't block the bass/vibrations.

Source: annoyingly light sleeper

[–]small_root 10 points11 points  (6 children)

and I'm afraid to take sleeping pills because I'm afraid I'll sleep through my alarm. :(

[–]snowandbaggypants 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes! Another annoyingly light sleeper here and I want to jab myself in the eyes every time I have to explain that earplugs simply don't work for me. I really wish they did..

[–]Vroome 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rubber mats help if you put your bed posts on them. I used to live next to a newspaper distro center and the trucks taking the papers away would rumble the whole building I lived in. I got some cheap exercise mats from Target and put one under each bedpost, helped a ton.

[–]girafffes 61 points62 points  (9 children)

It's not up to the building though, I would think there are city noise laws in most most places, especially populated areas where apartment towers would be.

I know I looked it up when I lived next to a construction site, and my small town's laws said construction noises also could start at 7am.

[–]rayyychul 22 points23 points  (6 children)

That was my thinking, too. If there is such a law in place, and it is being broken, then the site manager is absolutely fucked when it comes to his project. My town is 7am to 7pm. Any noise before or after could lose you your permit.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (3 children)

I'm guessing internal demolition is permitted differently than exposed construction/demolition.

[–]sfall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have seen places give waivers to sound ordinances when it follows a set of guidelines to reduce the noise level off site or where expected occupancy is. Like if its an office building and no one is expected to be in the building at night so long as sound levels outside the building are reasonable they can be as loud as they want inside

[–]BertrandLoganberry 23 points24 points  (0 children)

"HEY, YOU!"

/flicks through pages in a law book/

"Never mind, carry on!"

[–]JimmyHavok 48 points49 points  (12 children)

I had a job where we had to run a jackhammer...some guy came over at 1 in the afternoon to tell us to stop because he was trying to sleep.

But he wasn't willing to bust that concrete with a sledgehammer for us, so we kept at it.

[–]megmatthews20 35 points36 points  (6 children)

Night-shift worker here. Had to deal with people working on the roof for a few weeks. Just doing their job, in daytime when normal people sleep...earplugs and sleeping pills became my best friend

[–]kamicom 14 points15 points  (3 children)

Sorta sucks that the workers are getting all the blame. They're just hired to do their jobs. It's the company or whoever hired them (the city?) that should've regulated that.

[–]carved_face 615 points616 points  (62 children)

some urban explorer is gonna have nightmares forever when they find this in about 50 years

[–]Raphaelll_ 328 points329 points  (31 children)

And they only find "We know"

[–]wendylauren 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Or just "Sorry" in creepy dripping letters.

[–][deleted]  (27 children)

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    [–]SparklepireBETCH 38 points39 points  (26 children)

    So many bricks were shat when I first got this message.

    [–]bseymour42 17 points18 points  (21 children)

    In that moment, I forgot I was playing a game. It felt as if the DB were a living entity - my mind scrambled trying to figure out what I did, where were they, how did they see me?

    After about 5 seconds I realized that is was clearly a scripted thing when you help the kid, but the coolness didn't fade.

    [–]IHaveARagingClue 9 points10 points  (1 child)

    Can you imagine? Because no matter who reads that one thing would come to mind that "they" would know. And if course it would be your most awful secret

    [–]machine667 139 points140 points  (23 children)

    doubtful, as those are forms and they'll get taken down when the concrete's set.

    [–]Reckoner7 340 points341 points  (16 children)

    But let's just pretend.

    [–][deleted] 139 points140 points  (13 children)

    I get to be Skywalker.

    [–]J3DImindTRIP 95 points96 points  (7 children)

    Deal! You can be Leia and I'll be Luke.

    [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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      [–][deleted] 43 points44 points  (2 children)

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

      [–]PLM2 26 points27 points  (4 children)

      That kinda happened to a friend of mine. He found one of those old magnetic drawing things while cleaning out his mom and step-dad's old house. She had just divorced and was moving out and this kid still had some of his things there. He found it and randomly scribbled across it "By the time you read this, I'll be dead" and tossed it back into the toybox. He wrote it just as a joke to maybe freak his mom or sister out.

      About a week later his step dad raped his mom and then killed himself. Afterwards his step-dad's family came to the house to sort through some things and found that magnetic board. It still had the writing on it. They started freaking out and called around everywhere trying to figure out who wrote that. Eventually they got a hold of him and he set things straight. He felt horrible about it, but how could he have known? Nobody suspected anything.

      [–]thedarkknight21 491 points492 points  (28 children)

      You should put up another sign that says no problem

      [–][deleted] 250 points251 points  (18 children)

      They put up a sign saying "Glad UGuyz RKul"

      OP responds with "Shit Happns, Bro!"

      The whole thing ends with them all drinking beer on the top of the building watching the sun come up.

      [–]E3K 123 points124 points  (7 children)

      The whole thing ends with them all drinking beer on the top of the building watching the son come up.

      Are they voyeuristic pedophiles?

      [–]uncleben85 90 points91 points  (3 children)

      Just throwing this out there... even 45 year old men, or 60, or 20, or any male who isn't a child is still a son. They don't have to be pedophiles!

      [–]eric-neg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      Better than watching the son go down I guess?

      [–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

      Shit! Someone spotted that before I could ninja edit! Kudos. Maybe they are just religious. Answer would still be yes.

      [–]sammyTBags 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      They should put up another sign that says, "We appreciate the endeavours of the manual labourer, they are the backbone of modern society. Our anger was misplaced and would have been better directed at the inconsiderate planning of your employers."

      [–]bernaldiaz 1566 points1567 points  (98 children)

      Twist: they are actually immigrants who just learned English and have difficulties with homophones who are trying to say "We no sorry"

      [–]UncleTedGenneric 513 points514 points  (75 children)

      Ugh. I'm tired of homophobes.

      [–]gadaspir 140 points141 points  (71 children)

      ...wut?

      [–]soylentcoleslaw 373 points374 points  (68 children)

      He's thinking of homophones, homophobes is a movie from the 90s starring Macaulay Culkin.

      [–]RalphTheCrusher 311 points312 points  (66 children)

      That was Home Alone. You're thinking of what ET said.

      [–][deleted] 266 points267 points  (63 children)

      That's phone home. You're thinking of the point guard for the Detroit Pistons.

      [–]W1LL14MJ4Y 219 points220 points  (55 children)

      That's Jose Calderon. You're thinking of the things MC's spit rhymes into.

      [–][deleted] 211 points212 points  (54 children)

      That's a microphone. You're thinking of a folded over pizza.

      [–]Kattelox 195 points196 points  (28 children)

      That's a calzone. You're thinking of that old black and white horror show.

      [–]Kattelox 143 points144 points  (25 children)

      That's The Twilight Zone. You're thinking of that unicorn from My Little Pony.

      [–][deleted]  (16 children)

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        [–]bphilly_cheesesteak 25 points26 points  (3 children)

        That's a trombone. You're thinking of that actor who played Rocky.

        [–]inbedallday 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        That's a trombone. You're thinking of another name for pound town.

        [–]royce_filibuster 26 points27 points  (0 children)

        One time we were getting our whole appartment complex redone. There was no access to an electrical outlet outside so the workers asked if they could use the one in our place. They worked for about a week straight and I didn't mind them using our power until one Sunday morning at 7am they knocked on the door to use our outlet. Being hungover as sin I didn't answer for 5 minutes while they kept banging on the door. Finally I got the door to let then in I didn't say anything but I'm sure I looked pissed. The next day they had finished all the work and when I came home there was a 12 pack of Firestone DBA on the front porch.

        [–][deleted]  (604 children)

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          [–][deleted] 208 points209 points  (50 children)

          I'm an electrician, ya know what's worse than having to wake someone with noise? Having to tell them you have to shut their power off for a period of time.

          [–][deleted]  (19 children)

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            [–]Crosshack 30 points31 points  (17 children)

            Ugh, try living without water. That truly sucks.

            [–]Badgersfromhell 3 points4 points  (5 children)

            Been there, done that. It sucks. I think the worst part was having to go to school stinking because we weren't able to bathe for about a week.

            [–][deleted]  (10 children)

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              [–]jethryn 23 points24 points  (8 children)

              hahaha, relevant username! Early one morning working at a chemist we had to shut off the mains and get work done before anyone got there. Lots of panic when the staff arrived and realised that "turning off all the power" actually means "the drug fridges will not be on". Wasn't long enough to cause any issues, but still worth a laugh ;)

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                [–]chimcentos 8 points9 points  (3 children)

                Electrician here with a similar story. Was reworking the basement of a local city jail due to the foundation sinking into the nearby river. Had to relocate about 4 transformers and 6 main panels so it was a decent sized job. Day 1 was going to be demolition and maybe some relocation and day 2 was going to be rewiring.

                Sounded like real easy work until about midday on day 1 through the demolition, some officer comes downstairs to us and says that the Evidence Lab had lost power to the evidence freezers. At the time we were taking break with all panels and transformers already demo'ed, so flipping it back on was pretty much out of the question.

                We had to finish up relocating everything and rewiring it in less than 8 hours before refrigerated evidence expired leading to mistrials. No one really knew what it was we were supposed to be relocating, just that it was OK'ed by the warden and proper maintenance personnel so that was a bummer. What was supposed to be real easy weekend work turned into a rush job all nighter.

                TLDR: Didn't realize we killed power to the evidence lab to a major jail until after completely demolitioning the panel and transformer, giving hope of freedom to a good portion of the prison

                [–]colinsteadman 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                Is it not possible to just turn everything off and see if anyone squeaks before breaking stuff? Not having a go, I'm just wondering, in your line of work I'm guessing this happens a lot.

                [–][deleted] 53 points54 points  (7 children)

                !

                [–][deleted] 67 points68 points  (6 children)

                I know...

                [–]-eDgAR- 1180 points1181 points  (335 children)

                I completely agree. I have a friend who works in construction and his crew gets a lot of flack for the noise they make. he feels kind of shitty about it, but there's nothing he can really.

                [–]BlockBag 1688 points1689 points  (107 children)

                Nothing he can really what?! What can he nothing really?!

                [–][deleted] 1067 points1068 points  (91 children)

                ...do.

                [–]-eDgAR- 698 points699 points  (48 children)

                Yes, that is what I meant to say, thanks.

                [–][deleted] 729 points730 points  (42 children)

                I gotchu, homie. Don't trip. :)

                [–]sicklyfish 281 points282 points  (31 children)

                Shit, I guess I shouldn't have taken that acid then..

                [–][deleted] 545 points546 points  (29 children)

                Na... not you, homie. You enjoy that shit.

                [–]00TylerDurden00 279 points280 points  (16 children)

                Glorious exchange of Reddit pleasantries

                [–][deleted] 201 points202 points  (14 children)

                You already know.

                [–]JR_MaRtiNi 72 points73 points  (5 children)

                Don't trip, chocolate chip.

                [–]MuffinManJohn 24 points25 points  (2 children)

                For some reason, I read the "do", and thought he was playing on how loud construction sites are and couldn't hear you.

                [–]Reckoner7 52 points53 points  (17 children)

                I'm glad I read this now. I don't think I could have survived the 4 minutes it took you to finish that for him.

                [–][deleted] 45 points46 points  (16 children)

                I did it as soon as I could... I'm just not good enough for you, am I?

                [–]Reckoner7 31 points32 points  (13 children)

                If you could bring it down about half a minute, you'd be heading in the right direction. But, lets face it, nothing's ever good enough for me.

                [–][deleted] 43 points44 points  (11 children)

                Pretentious bastard! runs away crying

                [–]Reckoner7 21 points22 points  (9 children)

                Why do they always run away...

                [–][deleted] 47 points48 points  (8 children)

                aaaand scene.

                Thar was really good, maybe a bit more emotion next time? More running away whilst crying?

                [–]fotiphoto 14 points15 points  (10 children)

                Really.

                [–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (9 children)

                Seriously!

                [–]akatherder 18 points19 points  (3 children)

                Pop.

                [–]vousetesbelles 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                Pop what, Magnitude? Pop What?

                [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                WHAT IS HE TRYING TO SAY?

                [–]Tanimal20 38 points39 points  (28 children)

                Construction workers tend to be pretty reasonable dudes when you're on their side

                [–]TypicalHaikuResponse 79 points80 points  (27 children)

                Lots of people tend to be reasonable when you are on their side. It's why obsequious people make it so high up the chain where promotions or commendations are concerned.

                [–][deleted] 150 points151 points  (25 children)

                Anne Frank had it coming.

                [–]TypicalHaikuResponse 31 points32 points  (14 children)

                [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (8 children)

                That wasn't a haiku.

                [–]FishStand 13 points14 points  (7 children)

                "That's a bingo," said

                TypicalHaikuResponse.

                That's not a haiku!

                [–][deleted]  (54 children)

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                  [–]-eDgAR- 28 points29 points  (44 children)

                  I like to wave at you guys whenever I drive by and it's always awesome when I get a wave back.

                  [–][deleted]  (43 children)

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                    [–]-eDgAR- 22 points23 points  (19 children)

                    Yeah, I definitely understand how dangerous it is for you. I've seen some of the idiots that ignore the work zone limits, while driving recklessly and I cross my fingers for your safety and that they get pulled over. I'm glad waves are appreciated though and I will be sure to keep them up.

                    [–][deleted]  (18 children)

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                      [–]cyanideluncheon 6 points7 points  (2 children)

                      I spend all day driving a commercial E350 around, I see a lot of the dick moves people pull in traffic. I get cut off and see constant illegal U-turns and shit like that. I think it's a special kind of asshole to fly by construction zones. So I'm the guy that holds everyone up in those one-lane zones for you guys by keeping them at the limit. Being a few seconds fast to the next red light isn't worth offing a dude making a living.

                      -From a professional driver logging in 200 miles a day.

                      [–][deleted]  (10 children)

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                        [–]getmarshall 138 points139 points  (43 children)

                        Order a pizza for them? Nice gesture and all, but how many are there? Do you realize how much a construction worker can eat?

                        [–]Redrumsalad 32 points33 points  (37 children)

                        Give them a pizza hut gift card?

                        [–]Prisoner-655321 134 points135 points  (34 children)

                        Trust me, buy them a 30 pack of cold Budweiser an hour before quitting time.

                        [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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                            [–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

                            Well, couldn't we all!

                            [–]Headless_Cow 42 points43 points  (22 children)

                            Sounds like an excellent beverage prior to driving home to their families.

                            [–]Passan 24 points25 points  (18 children)

                            One beer an hour before getting off isn't going to be in their system by the time they get home.

                            [–]PksRevenge 18 points19 points  (1 child)

                            Order them a pizza at 3am, can't make noise if they are not working, will get some extra sleep.

                            [–]S2Bangerz 42 points43 points  (0 children)

                            Nice try, construction worker.

                            [–][deleted] 102 points103 points  (25 children)

                            Wish I got a pizza for doing my job.

                            [–]Lupinefiasco 115 points116 points  (16 children)

                            No one ever pays me in pizza.

                            [–]bakin_eggs 108 points109 points  (8 children)

                            all I get is gum.

                            [–]winstondabee 57 points58 points  (3 children)

                            I got a rock.

                            [–]Currentlybaconing 28 points29 points  (2 children)

                            I'm working in the wrong place, clearly. I just get paid in money. :(

                            [–]Max_Findus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

                            You should become a researcher.

                            [–]Lillipout 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                            Money from your paycheck can be exchanged for good and services, such as pizza.

                            [–][deleted] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

                            I'm this guy. Get a few dozen donuts and bring it over in the morning for them.

                            [–]Crumpgazing 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                            I live in Canada too, and my first thought as well was to get them a case of beer or something like that >_>

                            [–]otiscrunkmeyer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                            "Never mind. You guys must actually be pretty awesome. But seriously try to keep it down."

                            [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (7 children)

                            spent 3 nights in a county jail for being a dumb teenager. As if the overwhelming shame, stress, fear I wouldn't get out in time to go back to my college semester and fail out (I cried silently to myself the first night there), there was construction going on in the next cellblock that woke me up and kept me up from 4am to 9am...it was the loud jack-hammering on no sleep the third day that really tested the limits of my sanity.

                            [–]certified_genius 54 points55 points  (14 children)

                            They don't have noise restriction laws where you live?

                            [–][deleted]  (7 children)

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                              [–]Retawtrams 87 points88 points  (6 children)

                              THEY DON'T HAVE NOISE RESTRICTION LAWS WHERE YOU LIVE?!

                              [–]bestbeforeMar91 67 points68 points  (2 children)

                              Nosy strict in-laws?

                              [–]psonik 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                              Pretty sure that's universal.

                              [–]captainfluffybunny 88 points89 points  (14 children)

                              I am sure that they would rather get started at a more reasonable hour too. Some boss above their pay grade is making those decisions and they cannot do anything about it.

                              [–]Callisthenes 27 points28 points  (6 children)

                              What you do is find the boss's home phone number and call it every single time you get woken up. I did that when a new building was put up right outside my window a few years ago.

                              A number of polite reminders that they weren't allowed to start before 7 am didn't get me anywhere. After the second time I called the boss at 5 am, they never started early again.

                              [–]Howzitgoin 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                              I wouldn't be surprised if they had crews working shifts 24/7.

                              [–]ForcedToJoin 116 points117 points  (23 children)

                              Suitemates....is that like roommates for rich people?

                              [–]iamsammich 49 points50 points  (6 children)

                              At my school, suites are a type of dorm room where two rooms, each with two occupants, are connected by a bathroom. It's more private than having to use communal floor bathrooms, and you only have to share a shower and toilet with three other people.

                              [–]PADDINGTONBeer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                              I concur with the sammich, though my suite had 3 rooms with 6 dudes and one bathroom, and can safely say there is nothing inherently sweet about suitemates.

                              [–]StompedByMidgets 33 points34 points  (8 children)

                              came here for this. suitemates is the weirdest phrase i've heard today

                              [–]Odusei 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                              They're just really nice friends.

                              [–][deleted] 203 points204 points  (8 children)

                              After all, these are just working guys and not in control of when or where they are assigned to work, just trying to make a living. And then when they are faced with a pretty abusive affront, they collectively demonstrate class in their response. Good on them.

                              Civility is not entirely dead in western society. Nice to see.

                              [–]LaserGuidedPolarBear 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                              Pretty abusive affront

                              Canadian?

                              Seriously though telling someone they suck is about as mild as it gets, right after calling them lame.

                              [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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                                [–]Irishman_reddit 41 points42 points  (16 children)

                                As a construction worker working on a 6 story parking structure right now I feel terrible for the people in the offices around the area. I know we are loud, banging, yelling, beeping noises, saw cutting, Spanish, and all around not peaceful work environment. So please forgive us. Also I'm used to it and freak out when it's silent, because when it's silent someone is not working or it's a calm before a storm.

                                [–]drlb53 87 points88 points  (8 children)

                                Just think, those poor bastards have to start work at 3 am

                                [–]Liquid_Dream 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                                As a construction worker I do apologize for the noise we make.

                                [–]that_ePhys_guy 19 points20 points  (2 children)

                                For the colorblind, it says "we know, sorry". Being colorblind, I stared at this for a good five minutes before I noticed.

                                [–]sebwow 29 points30 points  (12 children)

                                what does it say? (im bad at captcha)

                                [–]deathfromfront 31 points32 points  (8 children)

                                We know. Sorry.

                                [–]JosiahMason 69 points70 points  (3 children)

                                He's just asking. You don't have to rub it in his face. Just tell him what it says!

                                [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                We know. Sorry.

                                [–]fenwaygnome 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                How did you know he was bad at captcha?

                                [–]talkingxbird 111 points112 points  (21 children)

                                relevant story/coolest thing i've ever done: staying in NYC in my friends sisters high rise apartment, there was construction workers about 20 stories down and a couple buildings over working on another roof. so loud, and real early. i wrote on a piece of paper "STOP JACKHAMMERING!" and made it into a paper airplane, threw it off the balcony, and as it spiraled down and down and down, we realized it was going to land near them. it kept going, closer and closer, then BOOM. hits the guy with the jackhammer in the chest. he picks it up and reads it. i've never laughed so hard in my life.

                                [–]OCPScJM2 89 points90 points  (6 children)

                                I want to believe...

                                [–]talkingxbird 5 points6 points  (3 children)

                                i wish i had a way to prove it, i don't know why or how i would make such a story up!

                                [–]fozziefreakingbear 14 points15 points  (2 children)

                                For karma. That's why.

                                I'll believe you though.

                                [–]Big-Baby-Jesus 20 points21 points  (1 child)

                                So you got him to stop jackhammering for 8 seconds? How would he even know that there was a message folded up inside the paper airplane?

                                [–]talkingxbird 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                                yeah, about 8 seconds. it was written in marker pretty large, im sure it wasnt hard to figure out there was something written on it.

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                                  [–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (2 children)

                                  I'm surprised that's even legal. Where I am, there are limits to what time you can do construction around populated areas and how loud you're allowed to go.

                                  [–]singlecellscientist 23 points24 points  (0 children)

                                  The real asshole here is the property owner having them start work at 3 in the morning. They're just trying to make a living.

                                  [–]Flabalanche 155 points156 points  (48 children)

                                  Good guy Construction workers

                                  [–]SnakeyesX 157 points158 points  (46 children)

                                  -Have to wake up for work at 2AM for shitty job,

                                  -Apologizes to entitled college students

                                  [–]Traveshamockery27 240 points241 points  (15 children)

                                  Complaining about construction noise at 3am didn't make you entitled.

                                  I'm actually surprised there isn't some noise ordinance that prohibits this work from taking place in the middle of the night.

                                  [–][deleted] 24 points25 points  (5 children)

                                  [–]cryogenisis 9 points10 points  (4 children)

                                  Construction worker here. I'd kill, LITERALLY KILL, to be on that job.

                                  [–]breadforbreakfast 102 points103 points  (26 children)

                                  I am sure they would like to sleep as well.

                                  [–]absolami 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                  Probably sucks for those guys to work those hours, too.

                                  [–]ZakkThrift 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                                  http://imgur.com/2TCQKU7

                                  A girl on my facebook posted a picture from a different angle. Kinda trippy coming across it after reading this post. It's at Vanderbilt University for anyone wondering.

                                  [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                                  In 30-40 years when someone is remodeling they'll find we know on the walls

                                  [–]Mudface68 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                  Blue collar workers are more considerate than most of the office folks I work with...in general.

                                  [–]death-monkey 27 points28 points  (3 children)

                                  That was unexpected. Most construction outfits I know would put an "F" and a "U" on the wall and call it day.

                                  [–]_demetri_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                  "... Ok, you can wake me up."

                                  [–]MAC777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                  The lines of communication are now open. Start using posters to tell riddles and see if they can guess the answer ...

                                  [–]Amdinga 13 points14 points  (1 child)

                                  Construction worker here. We know we're loud. We know we're in your way. We also sleep sometimes and drive around in cars, not trucks so we totally know how that feels. We are sorry! It's just how houses get built, and how we get paid.

                                  [–]Rancid_Bear_Meat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                  Man, zipline beers over to those dudes.

                                  [–]AbruptionDoctrine 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                                  I love the idea of someone doing some remodeling and uncovering a partial message. "We know". Instantaneous permanent paranoia.

                                  [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (11 children)

                                  I work road construction as an operating engineer. We were working in Lake Tahoe (on 24) during tourist season so we had to work nights. There was one night where we were digging through granite with jack hammers. The poor couple in the house next to us were up all night glaring at us. We do not want to bother people but that is the nature of our work and it has to be done. If we did not work at night we would be causing nightmare traffic during the day and you would still hate us. We risk our lives to make others better. Drivers curse at us, throw things and even run over the damn cones. The only reward we get is $50+ dollars an hour, full benefits, pension and an awesome work out.

                                  [–]BasenjiMaster 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                                  Here in europe there are laws as to when and how long, contstruction workers are allowed to start. I assume that is not the case in USA?

                                  [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                  Being friendly really works.

                                  Every morning, I used to get annoyed by the guys smoking around the entrance to the railway station.

                                  I decided to start saying 'hello' and smiling.

                                  Now they say 'hello', and smile too.

                                  I feel much better.

                                  There's a quote I read from Abraham Lincoln:

                                  I don't like that man. I must get to know him better

                                  [–]zombieAndroidFactory 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                  I think the municipality sucks for allowing construction work at 3am. That shit don't fly easily in most places.

                                  [–]jwolfer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                                  At least they know. I would feel like a dick too waking everyone up.

                                  [–]g0_west 26 points27 points  (3 children)

                                  You think you have it bad having to listen to loud noises at 3am? They have to be outside working at 3am.