a Colorful Construction Primer
contrary to popular belief, construction workers are not so different from you and me. when i was young, it seemed as if buildings grew... like plants... because i never actually saw anyone working on them. but, keep your eyes peeled, they ARE out there.
they may often seem "unclean" and act very aloof - but construction workers are human beings just the same. it is true, however, that in normal conversation they curse six times as much as a suburban/city dweller. their conversations are very focused though. they often center around either how much they hate their jobs and the people they work with (even though they are paid very well and have worked with the same people for years), how much their wives annoy them (even though they all go straight home from work to spend time with their families), or how much they love titties (obviously).
the only thing that definitively separates these men from us is their vocabulary. they have found different words for almost everything they use. here are a few:
stones or rocks or gravels --- gravel
(never just gravel)
a screw gun --- cordless drill
a sharpshooter --- spade shovel
a machine --- basically, anything that can do something that you can't
EX. a backhoe, a generator, a level, etc.
a stick --- any linear measuring device
EX. a tape measure, a straight edge, or... an actual measuring stick
a bip --- a big hammer
these words are very esoteric to construction workers, but everyone uses them very frequently - making it impossible not to pick them up. actually, i've started saying screw gun a lot...
maybe i'm becoming one...
the end
they may often seem "unclean" and act very aloof - but construction workers are human beings just the same. it is true, however, that in normal conversation they curse six times as much as a suburban/city dweller. their conversations are very focused though. they often center around either how much they hate their jobs and the people they work with (even though they are paid very well and have worked with the same people for years), how much their wives annoy them (even though they all go straight home from work to spend time with their families), or how much they love titties (obviously).
the only thing that definitively separates these men from us is their vocabulary. they have found different words for almost everything they use. here are a few:
stones or rocks or gravels --- gravel
(never just gravel)
a screw gun --- cordless drill
a sharpshooter --- spade shovel
a machine --- basically, anything that can do something that you can't
EX. a backhoe, a generator, a level, etc.
a stick --- any linear measuring device
EX. a tape measure, a straight edge, or... an actual measuring stick
a bip --- a big hammer
these words are very esoteric to construction workers, but everyone uses them very frequently - making it impossible not to pick them up. actually, i've started saying screw gun a lot...
maybe i'm becoming one...
the end