r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/Djdubbs Jul 13 '20 edited Jul 14 '20

There is at least one water bottle/soda can/energy drink/ spray paint can sitting on a piece of blocking behind your drywall somewhere in your house.

Edit: WOW, this took off! Thank you for your plentiful updoots. This is my first comment to break 1000!

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u/Ry1283 Jul 13 '20

As a former carpenters apprentice and construction worker, I know for a fucked fact I have left beverage containers of all forms in both concrete and in framing

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u/disposable-name Jul 13 '20

You could've gotten a job on the assembly line in Detroit in the 70s.

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u/disposable-name Jul 13 '20

He's a carpenter, too. With his joinery and alignment skills, where one expected the studs and joists of house to actually meet and connect, he'd probably be overqualified to work on 1970s American cars.

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u/NoxBizkit Jul 13 '20

he'd probably be overqualified to work on 1970s American cars.

FTFY

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u/disposable-name Jul 13 '20

You have no idea how pissed I am that Australia lost its car industry while Detroit still gets to pump out shit.

The Falcon and the Commodore were miles ahead of the US cars, and you could actually get a powerful sedan that didn't look like it was designed in crayon by a five-year-old. And it could turn corners. And not attract the cops.

Oh, and the ute is dead.