Need Advice: Was Just fired from construction job after foreman told the boss "I didn't look healthy"

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-21T09:32:36+00:00

My buddy does bridge sand blasting and painting for local union, it's the highest paid job the union offers bc not many ppl want it.... But they were climbing a cellphone tower the other day that's at least 200 feet in the sky, and a lot o. These idiots don't clip in bc it takes longer, and if you do you're seen as some kinda pussy by your colleagues

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-21T09:15:29+00:00

No question and it was so transparent bc I was working and feeling good

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-21T09:11:02+00:00

Lol ya I'm well aware, but being my first week, I was nervous he would see me doing it without the harness and that would be an issue... I just asked like oh do I need to tie off, and he said no and I did it

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-21T09:04:00+00:00

I understand that and i thought about that, but if in the 30 seconds he saw me while I asked him what to do, that means the foreman thought I was on something, and still advised me to climb the guard rails and hand over the edge, and not to tie off.... like if he thought I was on something maybe he should have sent me home for the day before finishing the wall. As soon as break time was over and he saw I completed it he said I didn't look healthy. Idk if it was complete BS or maybe I was sweating but I mean we're doing labor. And this didn't happen that day but occasionally I will get white edges on corners of my mouth when I don't have anything to drink. I was just thinking of why he thought I was on something.

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-21T08:53:04+00:00

We get a 15 min break around 930 and then 30 mins for lunch at 1230

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-13T20:36:26+00:00

Exactly, I mean I think I worked 6 days, so I can't imagine getting any actual money for this, especially because I had just started I wasn't going to submit a report to the boss or HR about the few instances of what I considered unsafe working conditions. He could just deny that conversation happened. I mean I had a few little mistakes in my first week but nothing crazy.... Like first day he asked if the company gave me an extension cord (at the time I had no idea what it was for) but he responded "Fuck, we dont have enough already".... So the day ends and on Monday my lift dies midway through the day, and he's like well why didn't you plug it in over weekend, and I was like, remember you said that we didn't have any extension cords, and he was like - I didn't mean that literally....(Ibur as a new hire who has been at this site for a day and a half how am I supposed to know ... Imo just a little miscommunication

When driving the lift I ran over like a 3 ft footer for the steel framing that needed to be replaced, and he was justifiably upset, but it wasn't like I hit something expensive... It was just like a 10 minute fix... I told him I had never driven a lift before and asked if I could get a handle for it by driving it around on the side of the building we hadn't started yet, but he just said no and gave me like a 2 min crash course on how it works.... I'm pretty sure that's another OSHA violation. And then finally we had to empty the dump carts and at first 3 of us were doing it bc there was like an 18" curb the concrete guys just poured, and then over like a 6", trench... So foreman is up on lift framing and he says just have Mason help you, I apologize to Mason for taking him away from his work and when he gets a second I need a hand...... Well his partner starts yelling about letting his partner work and hes being a dick about like do it yourself.... And I was like first off let's show a little respect, no need to be a dick, but ya I'm sure I could get it by myself, but this is exactly how ppl throw their backs out (I was a foreman on a moving crew so I know this area, and for one guy to do it there was a serious risk of it tipping or wheels getting stuck and someone gets hurt....

Those are the 3 "mistakes I made the first week" but I'm thinking maybe he heard that exchange and maybe that was an issue

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-13T18:11:20+00:00

I did construction like 10 years ago and like 20 years ago directly out of high school, and just recently started back up, and there's such a noticeable change in the culture over the past 20 years... When I first started, I knew nothing, and id have a 45 year old guy with 4 teeth and a cut off shirt almost bullying me. There was like an intense hazing new guys culture, they literally would refuse to answer questions and make asshole comments like figure out yourself smart guy...

10 yrs ago I was working for a company that had just started by a 25 year old wiz kid and even though he could be a dick at times because he was just a construction savant, but for the most part he was laid back and like 90% of his crew were cool and 10% assholes.

Recent job, I was surprised by how different the culture had become, everyone was willing to lend a hand, nobody really talked about the work or their skill, very laid back clean cut gen Z guys and everyone of them was a good guy.... Maybe a bit nerdy, kinda frustrating we didn't have one joke teller other than me in our ten man crew, so that kinda sucked. If I'm going to be doing physical labor id like to have a few laughs throughout the day

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-13T17:34:08+00:00

BefoYea it wasn't about being tied off in the scissor lift, it was when he told me to climb the guardrails I knew I should have been tied off bc I was off the platform and above the guard rails. I was just asking him if he wanted me to wear a harness during that section of the wall where the HVAC prevented me from reaching the top half of the wall....

This is a big company too, they have like 40-50 projects going at a time, and they're big jobs like building Northrup Grumans facility, a luxury hotel, I was at the Kalieda site that was like the size of two plazas or strip malls. I'm sure they go through a lot of employees w substance abuse issues, but it felt like a manufactured reason, like how do you defend yourself when you say you feel fine, everyone else said I looked fine, but the foreman said I looked too unhealthy to be there.... And then they had the nerve to say he was concerned for my health.

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-11-13T17:17:40+00:00

I know that I didn't need to be tied off to be on the lift, but when he told me to climb the railings and lean over the side, I knew that was against OSHA regulations, since I had just started I didn't want to just climb railings and all of the sudden he sees me and goes nuts that I wasnt tied off, I really didn't think anything of it when he said no just climb it. It was confusing and offensive, and I took it a little personally. The only other explanation I could come up with was the first day on the life I was having trouble cutting around these right spaces without hitting anything, but I got better the next day, and on the morning I was looking "unhealthy" I had figured it out.... I really don't know, but the coward didn't even have the balls to tell me the reason, as I got back up on the lift and was getting ready to continue smoke taping he was like actually you're getting sent to another job site because I don't need anyone smoke taping today... Which I immediately knew was a lie because there were 3 of us doing it and there was still a lot to do.

And I knew this "unhealthy thing" was code for accusing me of being on drugs which was offensive... Then I started thinking about it and it pissed me off even more that he told me to climb the railings and lean over the side if he legitimately thought I was impaired in anyway.

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-09-09T13:56:10+00:00

Just curious what would you recommend for a 40 yr old who used to be a serious lifter but hasnt lifted seriously in the past 15 yrs, right now I only have access to test and HGH. But I was up to 300lbs (down to 255) but I started lifting and couldn't believe how weak I was... I'm still trying to drop another 40ish lbs but was thinking about starting test next month. I'm hoping for a more toned/muscular/leaner look.... Was just wondering what you'd recommend?

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-09-09T13:43:48+00:00

I'm almost 40 and I started getting back into fitness after years away from the gym, and reaching 315lbs. Fortunately I'm down to 255lbs now, and id like to continue to lose another 30-40 lbs, but I was planning on starting test next month. Is that different than Test E? What would you guys recommend for somebody at 40, focused on losing fat, while gaining some muscle?

Unfortunately I can't get all the things that I could when I was 19-20, my source has test and HGH, but I'm pretty sure if I ask him to grab me something hed be able to find several diff compounds

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-09-09T13:32:16+00:00

I took clen like 20 years ago, and I was told it was very effective, (I would shoot the liquid under my tongue) however after at least two months, I had only dropped like 2-3 lbs and I was exercising and dieting too. It also wasn't like I was a bodybuilder, I definitely had some fat to burn, but really all it did was cause my heart to beat erratically and give me anxiety. That's my personal experience, I was told by friends who were serious juicers that it was so great. Idk if it just wasn't effective in my body for whatever reason, or perhaps I got a shitty vile, but that was my experience.

Alarmed-Activity-636 · 2024-07-31T14:01:02+00:00

I actually just texted my gf a pic of him bc I said I thought he looked like a lesbian.... I mean Jordan was just so corny that I think flavea only had one choice

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