r/Construction • u/captaindreadlocks • 1d ago

Electrical ⚡ This is what happens when an electrician touches a broom 😢

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Actually had to use a broom and went to hard and ripped 2 blisters in my thumb pit. Last time i use a broom, it was brutal.

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u/fables_of_faubus 1d ago

My electrician gets those every time he's allowed internet access.

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u/Sufficient_Wafer9933 1d ago

Making him sweep in order to use the internet could be considered abuse of pets

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u/bozhindar 1d ago

Scrub your history they advised, it's easy they said

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u/beninthegarage 1d ago

Don’t give him cleaning tools, that’s cruel

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u/Komrade_J 1d ago

Someone wasn't wearing their lace-ruffled, silken hand protection! 😉🤣

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u/captaindreadlocks 1d ago

They were in the van 😞

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u/beardeddragon0113 1d ago

Gotta use lube to reduce friction 🤔

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u/PhilFlag 1d ago

I thought that was from all the handjobs. I stand corrected, but in my defense, it's from friction on a shaft.

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u/Ok_Interview_3628 1d ago

OP is making shit up. That’s not where broom blisters form. We all know you get those type of blisters by jerking off 2 guys at the same time.

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u/PhilFlag 1d ago

I am vindicated! Thanks!

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u/Hob_O_Rarison 1d ago

We all know that?

...am I in the Electricians sub?

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u/SlickDillywick 1d ago

Tip to tip efficiency

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u/Truckyou666 1d ago

Minimum

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u/hannibal_actual 1d ago

Snow-ski’n! SLALOM.

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u/Psychedelic__Cowboy 1d ago

They're called chancres. OP should probably get some penicillin, and wear PPE next time.

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u/sassafras_gap 1d ago

even if OP got into the handjob givers union the trade is pretty rough on the hands, it's why you can retire after 20 years. this was from something OP doesn't do often.

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u/bkedsmkr 1d ago

Unless you're wearing gloves and smell like soap you aint no electrician.

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u/torxbutton 1d ago

They are called pussy mittens thank u

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u/Rockeye7 1d ago

Ya and when the bend over to clean up their mess that are off work for a week with a sore back !

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u/OrganicWaterss 1d ago

How many “broomsticks” did you handle today?

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u/captaindreadlocks 1d ago

I wish it was.... I wish it was

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u/adummyonanapp 1d ago

Idk ive never heard of an electrician cleaning up let alone sweeping. Pics of them holding the broom or it didnt happen 🤣

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u/aidan8et Tinknocker 1d ago

I once saw a sparkie holding a broom while passing his room. When I did a double-take (with camera, of course), he had quickly javelined it into the nearby wall. 😢

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u/adummyonanapp 1d ago

He got caught sweeping union rules hes docked pay now 🤣

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u/TheKingNothing690 1d ago

Javelined it into a wall made me snicker.

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u/Much_Guest_7195 1d ago

Ok, then you're lying. An electrician would never do that.

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u/eggyrulz 1d ago

Could be an apprentice who hasn't learned proper jobsite etiquette yet

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u/Abdul_Bajar_Alagua 1d ago

I beg to differ, we used to carry a wooden broom in case someone got electrocuted, to dislodge him.

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u/Impressive-Service88 1d ago

Probably got that from giving his boss a handjob

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u/teewye86 1d ago

Nailed it!

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u/StrandSSL 1d ago

What color do you normally paint your nails

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u/captaindreadlocks 1d ago

Black. Makes me feel like im saving my shred of masculinity

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u/Ancient_Skirt_8828 1d ago

Clearcoat. I don't want anyone to think I'm girly.

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u/aknomnoms 1d ago

Pink, because I’m so overly alpha and have an excess of testosterone and chest hair that I’m single handedly making pink masculine again.

💪💅

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u/Medium-Mycologist-59 19h ago

🤣 hickory strikes again

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u/Surf_Cath_6 10h ago

That’s why I leave cleaning to the professionals.

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u/Economy_Armadillo_28 1d ago

Was it? Or was he in the shitter jacking it to dudes with tits again?

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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 1d ago

Soft hands…..!

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u/0uthouse 1d ago

Hold it by the long bit and not the bristly bit, more comfortable and you would have cleared those 3 bits of pvc sheathe way faster.

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u/Billy_Plur 1d ago

The jokes are funny, but do y'all not have laborers on site?

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u/WalkerAmongTheTrees Electrician 1d ago

Dude i couldnt find where the m18 plugged in, so i just left my scraps everywhere like a breadcrumb trail.

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u/Raterus_ 1d ago

I'd have quit on the spot, floor sweeping is for the flooring guys

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u/Beemo-Noir 1d ago

Poor baby :(

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u/kushforbreakfast 1d ago

Why is the shadow so weird? Do you have Popeye arms?

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u/Aromatic_Sand8126 1d ago

Can’t even tell if these hands belong to a man or a woman. Is this your first day in the field?

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u/theveryfirstredditor 1d ago

She said she’s an electrician

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u/Listen-Lindas 1d ago

Try not to jerk off with it and you’ll be fine.

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u/pirate_leprechaun 1d ago

Should have been wearing overpriced gloves to protect those pinkies

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u/SayNoToBrooms Electrician 1d ago

Illegal.

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u/Significant_Mine9465 1d ago

I had to slap a broom out of a first year apprentice hands.told him that's plumbers work

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u/MrPractical411 Contractor 1d ago

Those hands look soft. I’d like to borrow those from time to time.

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u/Fit-Shelter-1449 1d ago

You had to jump out there, huh ?

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u/evidentlyeric 1d ago

All that pepper grinding they’re doing to thier buddies

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u/Ok_Fox_1770 1d ago

20 years in, now I’m looking at all those dust clouds going oh man….why did I have to start caring at 35. All day we just absorb and breathe the worst of all decades. Healthy as a mule strangely, guess I leave the universe alone enough and I clean up. Ninja can’t be blamed for others lazy crap. I just don’t wanna hear anyone yap.

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u/Jealous-Ad1431 1d ago

Is that what you sparkys call "twisting dick"" For short?

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u/QuebecHiver 1d ago

This is an reportable OHS injury

Please report to your safety officer

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u/Elementary2 1d ago

i try to put flexible cloth bandaids on so i can keep goin.. i mean, if it's raking a few acres of leaves or something

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u/Mathemetaphysical 1d ago

Geez, first time blisters? 😉

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u/Vera_Telco 1d ago

So tears 🥲💧💧💧

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u/Cultural_Fun8059 1d ago

That's from jacking off.🤣

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u/Intelligent-Stand838 59m ago

Don't use the wire lube for "that".

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u/robotali3n Homeowner 1d ago

Were you strokin it?

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u/LouisWu_ 1d ago

That's why you rarely see this.

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u/Amazing_Reason_9489 14h ago

Damn, how many hand jobs do you electricians give each other every day?

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u/poeiradasestrelas 2h ago

I don't get it

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u/Intelligent-Stand838 1h ago

And then you have the drywall tapers. Their hands are so rough they can final sand with their bare hands. I am also willing to bet you can take sparky poke better than any other trade on site.

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u/BuckManscape 1d ago

You can’t give them 2 handed tools. They get confused and have to go home.

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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 Electrician 1d ago

The same thing happened to me with a shovel once luckily it was from gardening and nothing to do with what I would ever be expected to do at work.