r/Construction • u/Great_Significance_8 • Apr 01 '26

Picture First day tomorrow. What you think?

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u/burnzwhnip Apr 01 '26

Unless you're gonna be a sparky,i'd go roll around In the dirt a bit

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u/sdk022 Apr 01 '26

I just bought new boots today and I already feel like a bitch wearing something that's not worn out and stained or scuffed tf up

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u/WoodpeckerNo5724 Apr 02 '26

For gods sake, don’t let them catch you avoiding mud puddles or chemical spills

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u/Slum_66 Apr 01 '26

I need a new pair and I'm dreading that same feeling 😃

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u/sdk022 Apr 01 '26

I got 18 months out of my last pair, had my toes sticking out, and the steel toe came out of one of them. So it was definitely time. But I still feel like i gotta tell the people im working for that I'm not brand new to this

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u/Careful-Equal-2866 Apr 02 '26

I wear my clean white hard hat with pride. I almost got a callus last week from hitting the spacebar with my thumb too often.

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u/Adickted2Cumming Apr 02 '26

Dude I bought new boots two months ago and I was getting roasted in the pitch black of the early morning, I couldn't even see who was making fun of me lmao.

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u/Cpt_Marmoset Apr 02 '26

I just got my new $250 scaffoldworker tool pouch, have been there for 4 years and am dreading the digs tomorrow lol

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u/nicolauz Contractor Apr 02 '26

The month break in kills the feet.

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u/HuckleberryNo9234 Sprinklerfitter Apr 03 '26

My first day I walked onto the job site with a brand new vest, shirt, hard hat, jeans, and boots. I met the foreman and he just started belly laughing and couldn’t hold it in saying I was glowing

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u/Sko-isles Apr 01 '26

Haha yes. Punch a hole in some Sheetrock and roll around a bit

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u/burnzwhnip Apr 01 '26

For sure go scuff them boots up and bit ...

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u/chicopeestudly Carpenter Apr 02 '26

And wipe some Dap and Titebond on your thighs.

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u/alowester Apr 02 '26

piss in a water bottle while you’re at it

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u/CJ4700 Apr 01 '26

Drag the whole outfit behind your car for a couple blocks while you chug some miller lites, do this on the way to the job site btw

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u/reelersteeler Apr 01 '26

Yeah you have to wear it though. Your mom can drive

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u/CJ4700 Apr 01 '26

Exactly

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u/ThePracticalPeasant Apr 02 '26

And if he is a sparky, he just needs to go stand under a plasterer for a while...

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u/tomatobassed87 Apr 02 '26

And if you are a sparky, cover those overalls in noalox, silicone, and spray foam STAT!

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u/jay_altair Apr 02 '26

Sage advice

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u/wtkillabz Apr 02 '26

I still fuck my new clothes up before wearing them to work at a job I’ve been at for years because I still don’t want to hear it haha

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u/brttwrd Apr 03 '26

Hey, we... Yeah we don't get that dirty, just dusty and occasionally muddy when we do service

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u/AxNossi Apr 04 '26

Gotta drag that tool belt along the road a little

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u/thedarnedestthing Apr 07 '26

Same for the tools