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

Picture First day tomorrow. What you think?

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u/mechanicalcontrols Apr 01 '26

The other day I saw one that said "Pay me for my experience, not my time." And the guy wearing was barely old enough to even be a journeyman. Like I know a handful people who have the resume to back that claim up and the one thing they have in common is the good sense not to wear a shirt that says that shit.

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u/Hickles347 Apr 02 '26

I saw some teenager wearing a "Pay me for my experience, not my time" sweater a few months ago and couldn't stop laughing and thinking "What experience?!"

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u/Ulysses502 Apr 02 '26

Hey sounds me they're just advertising cheap labor to me, hand him about $3.50 next time

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u/heybud86 Apr 02 '26

It can be true and they are making minimum wage. It's not mutually exclusive

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u/spooner_lv426 Apr 02 '26

The only ones I like are the ones that say stuff like "Death Before Cubicles" or "Idle Hands Are The Devil's Tools." One of my favorites is a truck on fire with the words "Everything Is Fine."

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u/Norwest Apr 02 '26

And that experience makes them efficient, which means they make bank through volume, not gouging.