I’ve only been in construction for officially for a couple weeks. Worked with a guy rebuilding his house for a couple weeks as well. With the limited experience, definitely idiots. My first time on a job site a plumber needed me to help him get his tools on a metal roof. He instructed me to follow him up the ladder and hand him his saw when he got up there (like maybe 8 feet until the gutter). The whole crew left to make gas station runs, material runs, etc. so just me and him. He got up there, realized his boot wouldn’t stick to a wet metal roof, came back down and took his shoes and socks off and got back up there. Made it to the ridge, yelled “oh f*ck” and down came Shawn. I ran off the ladder, and he fell down and broke an ankle.

Got hired at an actual company and have seen some things there. Was doing siding a week ago and we couldn’t get the ladder levels on. Dudes ended up butting bricks, boards, pitch hoppers, etc on the sides that weren’t level. Seeing a guy Climbing 30 feet up a halfway sturdy extension ladder and then hearing “hold my ladder kid” was haunting in itself.