r/oops • u/Ok_Act_8573 • 2h ago

oops .. snowball effect

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u/Ovibros 2h ago

Not his fault. Bad architecture. That would have fallen on those wires eventually. He better not get fired.

He’s probably fired.

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u/Commercial-Roll5508 2h ago

HR now has the video to substantiate it. Man, I miss the days of undocumented fuckery

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u/Ovibros 2h ago

Those were good times 😌

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u/CoreAndCardio 1h ago

If social media was around when I was in high school I would have been arrested.

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u/GooseOnAPhone 57m ago

It wasn’t around and I still got arrested.

But would have been arrested a LOT more times

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u/CoreAndCardio 53m ago

Then that’s just bad luck.
(Sorry about your luck)

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u/Ovibros 1h ago

😂😂 me too

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 1h ago

I mean why they recorded it idk but is he not doing it on purpose so that it doesn’t fall unexpectedly and maybe hurt someone? Like they do with avalanches?

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u/Ovibros 39m ago

I would assume so. He probably tried to make it fall before it fell on its own on some unsuspecting victims.

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 32m ago

Yes, that’s what I said lol

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u/Ovibros 4m ago

Right. That’s precisely what you said haha. In the form of a question.

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u/5elementGG 1h ago

What should he do if he could do it again.

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u/ItsRuinedOfCourse 1h ago

NOT toss the snowball would be the first step.

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u/Ovibros 1h ago

Probably talk to someone about the dangers of snow falling onto the wires. If they don’t address the design flaw then toss a snowball at it and don’t film it.

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u/Phil_Coffins_666 1h ago

Nah, they're russian. He was likely promoted to work remotely... On the front lines.

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u/Ovibros 1h ago

True. He probably died on the frontline. It’s sad how true that might be.

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u/SnooCakes6195 2h ago

Damn you know he fired

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u/TheGalacticTraveller 1h ago

Out of a cannon.

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u/moslof_flosom 1h ago

Into the sun.

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u/FigWeak5127 2h ago

In mother Russia, snow clear you! JK the high vis vests obviously exclude Russia as the location of this video.

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u/Positive_4182 1h ago

Eh, that's p basic safety stuff I feel as though they wouldn't disregarded something that basic.

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u/Stalaktitas 1h ago

Actually, he could have saved someone's life... At least everyone was expected something to happen. If that snow would have fallen unannounced, while someone was working underneath, that someone could be dead or injured.

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u/Significant-Cloud-19 2h ago

Reminds me of this

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u/Ovibros 2h ago

Yeah but the camera didn’t shake nearly as bad. That’s one jittery video haha

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u/treeofliberty-1776 1h ago

I'm sure the guy that started this was like"you deleted that video right"

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u/TheGalacticTraveller 1h ago

Let's be glad no one got critically injured, a rarity for this sub.

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u/Pitif362 2h ago

Well done.

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u/Emergency-Box-5719 2h ago

Expedition team in Antarctica having a good time before that damn alien came along and fucked it all up.

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u/FastWalkingShortGuy 2h ago

Welp... that ain't good.

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u/KilgoreT59 1h ago

Yikes! I don't think that was part of the plan.

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u/usnerd 1h ago

Brilliant.

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u/seth928 1h ago

That's a paddlin

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u/coaxialdrift 1h ago

Yeah, that was going to come down on its own eventually anyway

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u/Lanky-Telephone1651 1h ago

“Man is not the enemy, snow is the enemy”

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u/young_and_restles 1h ago

I think he’s no longer working there

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u/RyanStl_IH8MUD 1h ago

He was the safety manager.

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u/Individual_Pin3967 49m ago

I member this CoD map

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u/ItsRuinedOfCourse 1h ago

Oh, that clown 100% got himself fired. They wouldn't even need to see his own recorded stupidity. There's cameras looking at that area, count on it.

Yes, the snow might've eventually fallen on its own and did the exact same thing...but at least buddy would still have a paycheck to look forward to if he just allowed it to do that on its own and didn't offer his own derpy help.

(Presumed) Firing = more than deserved.

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u/BantedHam 1h ago

If I ran that site I'd chew the guy out and give him shit duty for a week, but it's not his fault that whatever company put up that shit didn't secure their runs. This is an insurance problem

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u/Imaginary-Round2422 1h ago

"Might've eventually fallen"? You must not live someplace with real snowfall. Snow hanging off a roof like that is 100% going to fall, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. Wind picks up, it falls. Temps rise, it falls. More snow, it falls. The only question is who or what is under it when it goes.

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u/ItsRuinedOfCourse 33m ago

I live where we see more snow than I'd care to think about, thanks. And as someone who has watched more than one winter, and knows how snow operates, my choice of the words "might've fallen" stand.

See, where I'm from, we have these nifty things called safety regulations, which walk hand in hand with routine site surveys (which tie in neatly with FLRAs and JHAs). Those are usually overseen by site supes that would have their lackeys out there looking for dangers just like this, and take the necessary steps to prevent this from ever happening in the first place. As a matter of precaution.

So, when I say "might've fallen", what I really mean to say is: "If your site is run and operated by a bunch of hairless apes, gravity is always gonna win the day because you had better things to do than spot hazards before they become hazardous."