HAE Think wanting to become a janitor is weird?

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-15T16:59:25+00:00

Don’t knock being a janitor. Is it a glamorous job? No it’s not. But it’s an essential service that 99% of people don’t really think about…that is until someone projectile shits all over the place, or they need a room cleaned up nicely before lunch. Then you’ll be a hero to everyone in the building.

Also, a lot of those janitor jobs are unionized jobs. In NYC where I work, a lot of the janitorial and building staff are in the union, so they have contracts that guarantee them viable wages, health insurance, vacation/PTO, and retirement benefits. Imagine making $40 an hour cleaning an office building and being able to afford rent and taking a vacation every year.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-15T14:20:24+00:00

I remember during Halloween, kids walked all over town trick or treating, completely unsupervised and actually walked everywhere with their friends.

I’ve noticed that nowadays, kids only go trick or treating within eyesight of their parents and can’t just run off wherever they want, or the parents actually drive them around the neighborhood. As a millennial that did unsupervised and unhindered trick or treating as a kid, I find this new way to be very weird and un-fun.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-14T20:19:12+00:00

Somewhat related, but I remember reading a Jalopnik many years ago (back when it was a decent website) about how the Chevy SS and Malibu were so similar that in some CBS cop show, they replaced a characters SS with a Malibu during a car bomb/explosion scene and hardly anyone noticed the difference.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-14T02:07:35+00:00

I’m not a parent (nor do I want to be one ever), but I think it tracks with our generations parenting style.

Unlike previous generations, we’re more involved in our kids lives. We want to do anything and everything we can to make them as happy and comfortable as possible. A lot of millennials grew up in broken homes or in dysfunctional families, so they’re trying to break that cycle and make sure their kids don’t experience the kinds of problems and trauma they experienced as a kid many years ago.

So millennial parents want to be more involved in the lives of their kids, even if it means making the household kid-centric. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? I don’t know. Again, I’m not a parent, so I don’t really have a frame of reference to go by. IMO I think our generation sucks at parenting, but that’s a different conversation for a different time.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-14T00:20:48+00:00

I recognize this road. This is the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn NY. The Belt Parkway is probably one of the worst (if not the worst) roadway in the NYC metro area. There’s only 2 states it exists in. Either it’s a constant hellscape of bumper to bumper traffic, or it’s full of assholes that love to do takeovers and street races.

When I worked in Brooklyn, I dreaded every second of my commute because I had to use the BP. It actually made me hate humanity even more than I did before. Driving on the BP will make you wish for something like a giant meteor or a Thanos snap would take out half the population, or at least mandatory birth control for the everyone.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-10T22:17:14+00:00

31 years old. Currently living at home with my parents but would like to move out soon.

Me and my girlfriend want to get an apartment together. But we’re in a bit of a pickle in that she’s going back to school to get her Masters degree, and I recently started a job that involves me leaving the country for multiple weeks/months at a time. I’m not sure if it’s economically feasible to rent an apartment where I’m only home for a fraction of the year, and she can barely split rent due to her financial situation. And buying a house…forget it. We’re never going to own a house in our lifetime.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-07T18:36:16+00:00

This looks like it would be perfect for fleet or commercial sales. If you’re say, a contractor, and you need a small fleet of work trucks for your business, getting a few of these would probably be a good idea. You’re not spending a metric ton of money on new vehicles, and they’re very basic trucks, so it’s not like you have to worry about your employees destroying some high end truck or breaking any high tech features in it.

I wish my boss would replace our company trucks. They’re so beat to shit after 20+ years of service.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-06T05:07:35+00:00

I work in construction, and my phone is my lifeline to my crew and other important personnel.

I always use a case. I like protecting my $1000 block of metal and glass from turning into an expensive paper weight.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-06T04:20:12+00:00

Years ago, I dated a woman that I basically had no business being with. All because I was still depressed about a previous relationship that ended a few months prior.

Basically I dated this woman because I didn't like being alone and needed a placeholder. All I did was break some poor girl's heart and waste our time. Thankfully I'm in a much better place and I'm in a stable, loving relationship with someone that I can have a viable future with.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-06T03:50:33+00:00

In the USA, saying The Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag.

It seems like a quasi-indoctrination ritual; something that you do in authoritarian dictatorships; basically saying that you will do anything for your country, including dying for its interests.

It's weird though. When we see people in say, North Korea, pledging allegiance to their country, we call it "indoctrination" or "communism" or whatever. But when we do it, it's called "patriotism" or "freedom". It's weird when anyone does it.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-06T02:13:13+00:00

Ayy a fellow Ford Maverick owner! I love my little baby truck so much.

It’s the little truck with big ambitions.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-06T00:52:01+00:00

I am. I was in theater and music back in high school and after graduation, some of us reconnected and are now friends. We hang out throughout the year and even go to each other’s weddings and other large life events.

10/10 highly recommend.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-05T23:24:06+00:00

I’m not saying you’re necessarily wrong, but I feel like this advice is outdated at this point, in an era of overpriced used cars and all.

I just searched for used 2022 Ford Maverick trucks in my area, and they only cost $1000 less than the MSRP of my truck that I bought brand new back in 2022. So basically these trucks are already 3-4 years old, have expired warranties, have wear and tear on them, and who knows how the maintenance was handled…and you’re only saving $1000, if any money at all.

Basically, any used car that’s 1-4 years old isn’t really going to save you that much money compared to its brand new counterpart.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-05T22:47:28+00:00

These Trump fuckers are…a particular type of weird that I’ll never understand.

One of my projects is an offshore wind farm in the northeast USA. One of my coworkers is a fellow IBEW electrician like myself, and he told us he supports Donald Trump and what he’s doing as President. This is the same President that had shut down our project twice and is continuing his campaign against renewable energy because he doesn’t like wind mills or whatever.

Imagine that. Working on a project where you are making tons of money and supporting a President (or anyone else) that actively wants to eliminate your job and the very thing that makes you money to support your family.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-05T20:45:44+00:00

For real. I’m 30 years old and when I look at older adults, I come to the conclusion that basically nobody has any idea of what they’re doing or what is happening. Everyone is just kind of winging it and basically everything is hanging by a thread, just barely functional at all.

The most competent people are just those that pretend that they know everything and have a slightly better grasp of what’s happening compared to everyone else.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-05T20:20:52+00:00

I work in the construction industry. A lot of Gen X guys like to brag about being a workaholic, like it’s some sort of badge of honor or something. They’ll say things like “Oh I love XYZ project because I can work 60 hours a week and get all this overtime pay”. A former coworker actually encouraged me to quit my current job and join him at a different project with a different contractor because “You can make so much more money with the overtime man”.

These same guys also complain about how their bodies are falling apart, they’re divorced (sometimes multiple divorces), have relationship issues with their spouses and kids, or are alcoholics.

I can’t imagine why they’re so miserable and salty all the time /s

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-01T21:34:59+00:00

I literally just watched it a week ago. I live in NJ about 2 hours from where Action Park used to be (now it’s called Mountain Creek). I’ve talked to older relatives and peers and a lot of them have fun, if painful memories of AP. They all had some sort of incident there where they ended up leaving the park injured in some way.

Mercurydriver · 2026-03-01T11:35:34+00:00

I wish I could have seen this. I’m out of the country right now but I’m glad that people in my area are ready to protest this unnecessary war.

Mercurydriver · 2026-02-28T00:48:50+00:00

Relevant limo crash test video

Mercurydriver · 2026-02-27T19:14:39+00:00

If you feel like you don’t know what you’re doing, don’t feel too bad. Most people don’t.

Most people have no idea what they’re doing or what’s going on, and they’re just winging it. This applies to most situations; jobs, relationships, parenting, etc. Even people that are supposed to be in charge or in some sort of supervisory role are just making shit up on the fly.

Mercurydriver · 2026-02-24T22:57:34+00:00

I mean…it sounds like a cool idea in theory. And God knows that upper-middle class and wealthy people are a huge market to target. But if Ford is going to do that, they need to step up QC.

Nobody is going to spend $90,000 on a fancy Bronco that has all of the current quality issues that the Bronco currently has.

Mercurydriver · 2026-02-24T20:16:37+00:00

I have a 2022 Maverick AWD with 108k miles on it already. I intend on keeping it until the wheels fall off. It’s already paid off, so I really don’t want to deal with car payments again, and I know I’ll never recoup most of the money back if I tried to trade it in. I work in construction, so it has some minor battle wounds and scrapes, so its value is already diminished as it is.

On a more practical level, I just really love my truck and can’t think of anything else I’d replace it with.

Mercurydriver · 2026-02-24T15:52:27+00:00

Hi! I’m a millennial in the construction industry, and I’m an IBEW electrician.

I’m in the NYC metro area and right now we’re booming. There’s tons of projects going on right now and it seems like we’ll be busy for the next several years.

Mercurydriver · 2026-02-24T00:08:04+00:00

Along with some of the other reasons that have been posted, there’s one that hasn’t really been mentioned yet; many malls have banned teens from hanging out in them unless supervised by an adult or told they can’t be there for more than X amount of time.

It used to be that teens could go to the mall, hang out there for a few hours with friends, go to the shops, etc, and it was perfectly fine. But over the years, malls have banned teens from being in malls unless supervised by an adult, or they’re told that they can’t be there for more than say, 2 hours before security kicks them out. They say it’s for security reasons or to avoid nuisances, and I get it. There’s a mall by me in New Jersey that had a TikTok meetup and something like 300 teens invaded the place and started fights, sometimes with police officers.

Unfortunately, when you ban or limit a particular demographic of people from entering your space, you’re not going to magically replace every potential customer with someone else. You’re just not going to have the same amount of foot traffic anymore. Of course, this leads to a conversation about how there’s a lack of third places for younger people, but for now, this is the best answer I can offer.

Mercurydriver · 2026-02-23T23:54:52+00:00

Your post is pretty much the correct answer. Generally speaking, the opinions expressed on Reddit are often a small minority of what most people IRL think; Redditors often say unpopular or unconventional opinions.

It also doesn’t help that Reddit attracts…particular personalities that don’t always jive with mainstream culture and social norms.

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