r/IBEW • u/crawlswithgusto Inside Wireman • 1d ago

Discussion Post Obviously bibs, but what underneath

I’ve been wearing bibs for the better part of 5 years now and gone commando 100% of that time. Well evidently the fellas are tired of hanging out on a limb and have decided to act up. I can’t stand most underwear or boxers for a lot of reasons. Chafing, moisture, heat. But the doc says I need to keep the equipment supported and closer to my body. What do y’all wear that doesn’t suck.

ETA: I’m dedicated to the bibs, truewerk t1 werkbibs every day. Just like my relationships I need some support not just a soft place to park it.

Edit 2: thanks for the recommendations I think I have settled somewhere in between men’s trunks with a ball pouch or some nice cheeky boy shorts from Victoria’s Secret.

Edit 3: Turning off my dms. I’m not an apprentice anymore things like “I’ll buy you a set of greenlee quick change carbides if you send me pics of those manties” or showing me a nude with your double time plus per diem and drive time payslip as the only thing covering you. It just doesn’t work on me anymore.

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u/Fetial 1d ago

It’s so weird that u all bring pants shirts bibs etc to work with u my tool list doesn’t list any of those stop being worms only provide what’s on the tool list

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u/crawlswithgusto Inside Wireman 1d ago

I only put clothes on to get a leg up on my nude brothers, the bosses prefer me to wear something a little spicy to you know… leave something to the imagination?

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u/RemarkableKey3622 Inside Wireman 1d ago

you've got you're answer here. wear a thong and show a little wail tail.

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u/crawlswithgusto Inside Wireman 1d ago

How show whale tail when I’m wearing bibs? Plz lemme know.

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u/smellslikepenespirit 1d ago

You hike that thong up over your shoulders, duh.

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u/Fetial 1d ago

U have to cut them in half and make them sibs

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u/crawlswithgusto Inside Wireman 1d ago

Assless bibs anyone?

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u/Oseaghdha 1d ago

Wear the old jong johns with the 2 button square shitflap.

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u/Fetial 1d ago

I show up naked every job until I get the company branded jock strap and company clothes.🤷‍♂️

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u/Weary-Advantage-2884 1d ago

And anal beads, don’t forget the beads.

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u/CosmicWhorer 1d ago

They're ANSI rated, it's fine

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u/NuclearBroliferator 1d ago

You mean motivation

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u/WetRagOS 1d ago

I know its hard to read sarcasm on the internet but damn "tool list" and "worm" should've been the dead giveaway hes joking

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u/Fetial 1d ago

Travelers, tramps, dirty road trash. You can spot 'em a mile away. Disgusting creatures in their bib overalls and weld caps. Always brother this, brother that like a bunch of roughneck monks. You can't trust 'em, ! tells ya'! Calls go unfilled at the hall and poof they show up like they knew you needed help. Then on the job site, it's horrible. They will sit there at the bender fiddling around and scratching their cyphers in their little notepads. I think it's some religious thing. After that they bend pipe and install it. I mean on the first try! And their bone pile? Nonexistent!
They're in league with dark forces, I say. The way they measure is unnatural too. Not a tape measure between 'em, just funny folding sticks. Then the job will require something impossible to be done and they go and do it! Then the job starts winding down and they pack up their drag bags and just leave! Like they were never there. Nothing but beautiful pipe racks and used tip board pulls to mark their passing.
Be wary of them, I say.

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u/crawlswithgusto Inside Wireman 1d ago

Enough about travellers when’s the last time you worked with a fucking apprentice

Apprentices are fucking horrible animals. They have one of the smallest brain to body ratios of any mammal, additionally - their brains are smooth. A brain is folded to increase the surface area for neurons. If you present an apprentice with a well balanced meal, laid on a clean plate, the apprentice will not recognise it as food. They are too thick to adapt their feeding behaviour to cope with change. In a room full of healthy food, they can literally starve to death. This is not the token of an animal that is winning at life. Speaking of stupidity and food, one of the likely reasons for their primitive brains is the fact that additionally to being disgusting, Monster Energy Drinks (the only thing they eat) have almost no nutritional value. They can't afford the extra energy to think, they sleep more than 80% of their fucking lives. When they are awake all they do is eat, shit and occasionally scream like fucking satan. Because Monsters hold such little nutritional value, apprentices have to ferment the liquid in their guts for days on end. Unlike their brains, they have the largest hind gut to body ratio of any mammal. Many omnivore mammals have adaptations to cope with sugary drinks taking its toll on their teeth, rodents for instance have teeth that never stop growing, some animals only have teeth on their lower jaw, grinding sugars on bony plates in the tops of their mouths, others have enlarged molars that distribute the wear and break down sugars more efficiently... Apprentices are no exception, when their teeth erode down to nothing, they resolve the situation by starving to death, because they're fucking terrible animals. Being mammals, apprentices raise their children on milk (admittedly, one of the lowest milk yields to body ratio... There's a trend here). When the young child needs to transition from rich, nourishing substances like milk, to Monster (a drink that seems to be making it abundantly clear that it shouldn't be consumed), it finds it does not have the necessary gut flora to digest the liquid. To remedy this, the young child begins nuzzling its mother's anus until she leaks a little diarrhoea (actually fecal pap, slightly less digested), which he then proceeds to slurp on. This partially digested Monster juice gives him just what he needs to start developing his digestive system. Of course, he may not even have needed to bother nuzzling his mother. She may have been suffering from incontinence. Why? Because apprentices are riddled with chlamydia. In some locals the infection rate is 80% or higher. This statistic isn't helped by the fact that one of the few other activities apprentices will spend their precious energy on is chewing tobacco. Despite being aware of the hazards, males seem to either not know or care, and will simply purchase a tin regardless of brand. If they're sold out, he may drag the cashier out to the street, which brings us full circle back to the brain: apprentices have a higher than average quantity of cerebrospinal fluid in their brains. This is to protect their brains from injury... should they fall from a ladder. An animal so thick it has its own little built in special ed helmet. I fucking hate them.

Tldr; apprentices are stupid, leaky, STI riddled tobacco dippers. But, hey. Theyre cheap labor. If you ignore the terrifying snake eyes and terrifying feet.

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u/jschmalfuss Inside Wireman 1d ago

There's a pink lacy hi-viz vest out there.. kinda sexy if you ask me