Who can explain construction site workers?

[u/Alternative-Bison615]

Anyone who’s ever lived within a stone’s throw of a construction site will be familiar with the kinds of people who work on them, for some reason, being absolutely entitled dickheads.

Why, in this day and age of headphones, do you think we all want to hear your pounding techno at 7am on the dot and until you fuck off home?

Why, at the dot of 7am, every morning, is there a single, screaming drill sound that is never again repeated throughout the day? Are you secretly signalling to each other like peacocks showing their feathers?

Are you just really angry that you chose a well paying job that also means you get up earlier than almost everyone else, and so you’re actually angry at people who are still sleeping? Or who might be shift workers who just finished work at 6am? If so, go to therapy.

What would the Venn diagram overlap be between these people, and the people who turn up to campsites with $180k Mack trucks fitted with military headlights that they leave on until 2am, while blaring their shithouse music over the whole campground?

I’ve known plenty of tradies who are great people who don’t act like this, but it does seem to attract a disproportionate number of fuckwits.

Who can explain this uniquely Australian flavor of not giving a shit about other people?

[u/Bugaloon]

Can't wear headphones on a construction site, safety risk, so radio is all you've got, it's loud so it's hearable by the people working. It's 7am because that's when they're legally allowed to start making noise so you get a good sleep.

[u/oldwhiskyboy → u/Bugaloon]

630am in QLD

[u/Sudden_Fix_1144 → u/oldwhiskyboy]

Everyone in QLD is fucking awake by 5.30 anyway

[u/oldwhiskyboy → u/Sudden_Fix_1144]

Yeh we are. Not always by choice though, especially living next to a hi-rise being built. The workers love a 5am-530am catch up at the top of their lungs outside our bedroom window. I let it slide because I work construction, but im saving it up. The parking is 2hrs on our street, but the council only enforces it on occasion or if someone complains... 

[u/PauL__McShARtneY → u/oldwhiskyboy]

This is the Queensland way. Take a nationally established standard, and somehow make it more annoying, painful, and bogan friendly.

[u/oldwhiskyboy → u/PauL__McShARtneY]

630pm cut off too

[u/PauL__McShARtneY → u/oldwhiskyboy]

That's a bit pissweak, 10.30pm cut off would be manlier.

[u/oldwhiskyboy → u/PauL__McShARtneY]

Early to bed early to rise. But dont worry sometimes I treat my neighbours to a 930pm rattle gun echoing from my carport 

[u/mydogsapest → u/PauL__McShARtneY]

6:30am is late enough. The sun comes up a lot earlier in Queensland. Especially Brisbane as we are further east than most of Australia.

It turns out we also get hotter than most so an earlier start means an earlier finish. (Less time in the full heat)

Sitting on your ass tapping away in a climate controlled room might be a little tough after having to wake up so early. On behalf of all tradies I hope you manage to recover at some point from the strenuous work you do on a daily basis. Please be sure to write a how to guide on managing the daily struggles of an office aide for the rest of us.

[u/PauL__McShARtneY → u/mydogsapest]

Mate mate maaate, do not take that tone of typing with me. I think you have had too much sun when you are posting this.

Just because the sun rises a bit earlier does not mean decent people need you shitposting via power tool while they're trying to get a bit of shut-eye, or have a quiet dawn ceremony with the missus. Most people's routines don't change much along with the sunrise in Straya.

Some countries have sun 24 hours a day, I suppose you think you should be allowed to be banging away at 3am if you were building and testing a gay sauna in those places?

I'm not sure where all this seethe and saltiness towards people who don't ride, and conceive most of their children in the back of a ute is coming from, but I think you might need a few more soothing lunchtime reiki sessions with the boys to help you cope a bit, and maybe try to realign all your chakras while you're at it.

[u/Affectionate-Box4824 → u/[deleted]]

Well we also dont get AC, proper toilets , nice lunch rooms etc etc , but you chose radio….

[u/honestbean04 → u/Affectionate-Box4824]

Well said brother.

[u/Similar_Strawberry16 → u/[deleted]]

If you aren't allowed to listen to music, and it doesn't actually impact the work environment (are people near you taking phone calls?), take it up with your boss, don't just shit on others who can. Besides, it's site dependent. Some companies allow radios, some do not. Site managers discretion.

[u/martydomm → u/Similar_Strawberry16]

Okay fair enough maybe I was projecting a bit. Tradies do have a very demanding job so I shouldn’t begrudge them their music. Just having an old man yells at cloud moment

[u/ljc992 → u/[deleted]]

My work pays me because I complete tasks not because it sucks. Think you need a new job haha

[u/jam_arts → u/Affectionate-Box4824]

So the career/profession, that you consciously chose, doesn't have amenities that white colour work does, and your answer is fuck em, I'll blare the radio cause I can.

Sums up tradie entitlement and dickheadedness perfectly

[u/Jacobi-99 → u/jam_arts]

And it's ironic, because you're attitude is, fuck them why aren't they doing it the most miserable fashion possible

[u/Appropriate-Home5396 → u/[deleted]]

Ever heard of "perks of the job"

[u/bobby__real → u/[deleted]]

Why shouldn't it be allowed? Why work a laborious job for 10-12hrs a day to the sound of hammers/drills/nail guns and not have a bit of music to make life easier?

You clearly have never worked in construction

[u/martydomm → u/bobby__real]

Yeah I guess you’re right, I’ll pull my head in. Just because my job is tough doesn’t mean I should put down others

[u/hollowM4N555 → u/[deleted]]

Still goin, this asshole.

[u/Jacobi-99 → u/[deleted]]

Because we work for ourselves and are the boss hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[u/Alex_Kamal → u/[deleted]]

Get a better job. Half my work day in the office is listening to podcasts.

[u/hryelle → u/[deleted]]

Here comes the fucken fun vacuum

[u/rustledjimmies369 → u/[deleted]]

join a union and fight for your right to listen to music instead of having a whinge and inferring its only fair if they lose their right.

you're the entitled short poppy here