Crazy/Stupid things you have seen
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Some of these are funny but others just seem like people trying to do the best with what they got which sometimes aint much.
Firefighter315
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When I was a kid working at a local Wal-Mart, I loaded (at the customers insistence and my amusement) 25 or 30 huge bags of mulch into her car. When the first 5 or 6 bags filled her trunk and the next few filling the rear seat and passenger seat, she insisted that I began stacking the rest between the rear window and the half opened trunk lid, then onto the roof (2 layers) and then putting the last 5 or 6 in neat rows on her hood. I have no clue how far she made it because I made sure to get back inside before I could witness the load sliding off as she left the lot and therefore being obligated as a southern gentleman to help reload it to get her 50 more yards down the road...
ZRX61
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What makes this post even more funny is that in the UK a clueless workman/contractor who does **** work is known as a 'cowboy"
A Cardiology clinic, where I worked, had a new procedure. The Cardiologist wanted to try this out on cow hearts. They send a recptionist to the slaughterhouse to get several hearts. They are put in the back seat of her car. (She doesnt want to even see them.) Anyway, they fall on the floor of her car, blood all over. She was disgusted. You cant get the blood out easily and end up replacing the carpet.
NWOhioChevyGuy
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Working for a contractor, we had an old F350 4x4 with lumber rack, had 20 or so 2x6x16's on top....came to the first stop sign and they all came down across the hood. Glad we were in the old beater no the owners new rig....lol
Father sells farm seed and placed a pallet of beans, still wrapped up in the back of his truck right after he got it, with a plastic bed liner. Yup first intersection he accelerated and it came out of the back, only broke one bag. That was a slow drive with the tow motor down to pick it up.
The funniest thing is both of these happened at the same intersection.....parents live 1/3 mile from the contractor I use to work for 20+ yrs ago.
Father sells farm seed and placed a pallet of beans, still wrapped up in the back of his truck right after he got it, with a plastic bed liner. Yup first intersection he accelerated and it came out of the back, only broke one bag. That was a slow drive with the tow motor down to pick it up.
The funniest thing is both of these happened at the same intersection.....parents live 1/3 mile from the contractor I use to work for 20+ yrs ago.
ZRX61
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Just seen some guy almost get into a fight over buying gas. He was absolutely insistant he was parked at Pump #7.... at a place that only has 4 pumps.... Finally calmed down when the guy behind him in line said "You're at SEVEN 11 you *******, that's the name of the store"
A buddy and I picked up a bunch of 16' 5/4 PT for a deck in my Toyota truck once. With the tailgate down they would drag the road. I left the tailgate up and loaded them with the front end under the toolbox. We fit them in as tightly as we could, it's only a few miles right? 10' out the back and 6' in the bed, steering was light and easy. Hit a bump and the screws holding the toolbox ripped out and shot the toolbox off to the side of the road, all the wood landed in the road. Reloaded it all with a few ratchet straps holding down the toolbox and went on our merry way.
hh76
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I dropped a friend off after having her car worked on. We pulled up and noticed that it was still in the bay, so I decided to wait to make sure it wouldn't be too much longer. The "mechanic" shouted that he was just about to pull it around. As we stood there watching as he drove around the building I was thinking that the guy was going a little fast with the customer right there. My thought then turned to "where is he going with this thing?"
BOOM! Drove it right into a wall, totaling the car. He forgot to bleed the brakes, but made up for it with the blood running down his forehead. He was alright, but was a little shaken about losing his job.
BOOM! Drove it right into a wall, totaling the car. He forgot to bleed the brakes, but made up for it with the blood running down his forehead. He was alright, but was a little shaken about losing his job.
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Ill clame this, When in HS driving home after new breaks installed on my BAJA bug, Turned corner, rear 33" tire stripped all lugs fell off rolled over and hit a new caddy. The driver couldnt stop laffing at me.
This one, I wish I could find the person so he could get a proper *** kicking! He/She left Menards with a PU fully loaded, pulling a loaded flat bed trailer, with a 3-4year old kid sitting on the top of the trailer. I saw them crossing a highway and heading into town. Hope the kid made it ok!!!
This one, I wish I could find the person so he could get a proper *** kicking! He/She left Menards with a PU fully loaded, pulling a loaded flat bed trailer, with a 3-4year old kid sitting on the top of the trailer. I saw them crossing a highway and heading into town. Hope the kid made it ok!!!
dmeadow
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I saw this past weekend. A guy walked into the Apple store I'm in throwing a fit because his brand new iphone wont ring. Right then someone calls him and he shoves the phone in the cashier's face sayin "Seeeee!" The cashier reaches across the counter, flips the vibrate switch off, and it starts ringing. Without a word the guy turns around and walks out of the store.
I've got a friend who got a new Blackberry. At first he thought it was great, then he said something was wrong with the screen. Sometimes, he said, it just didn't look right and he couldn't read it.
He took it back and got a replacement. Soon the new one was doing the same thing. Only this time he removed his polarized sunglasses and the screen got amazingly clearer.
LEVE
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One nice warm summer day I was following a cattle truck at a good distance. I drove that route (I-90) twice a day from Spokane to Yakima. I knew the truck ahead, it would barrel down the highway and I wasn't about to risk a ticket to pass it.
Along comes a guy in an older car with the windows down. The guy came up on me flashing his lights for me to move over. I didn't... he had another passing lane he could have gone around me.
Upset, he finally figured out I wouldn't pull over on the shoulder and passed me, catching up with the cattle truck. As he did so he gave me the 1 finger salute.
He treated the semi to the same behavior. The cattle truck didn't pull over on the shoulder either. Now he was really upset, so he started blowing the horn and gunned the car as he tried to pass the truck. He got just about half way up the length of the trailer when it happened.
On of the steers decided it couldn't hold back anymore and let loose through the holes in the trailer just as a second one did the same thing. It covered that car in manure as well as hitting the open windows and the driver. Those steers must have had quite a last meal.
Me, I just smiled as I passed that car and thought "Karma"...
Along comes a guy in an older car with the windows down. The guy came up on me flashing his lights for me to move over. I didn't... he had another passing lane he could have gone around me.
Upset, he finally figured out I wouldn't pull over on the shoulder and passed me, catching up with the cattle truck. As he did so he gave me the 1 finger salute.
He treated the semi to the same behavior. The cattle truck didn't pull over on the shoulder either. Now he was really upset, so he started blowing the horn and gunned the car as he tried to pass the truck. He got just about half way up the length of the trailer when it happened.
On of the steers decided it couldn't hold back anymore and let loose through the holes in the trailer just as a second one did the same thing. It covered that car in manure as well as hitting the open windows and the driver. Those steers must have had quite a last meal.
Me, I just smiled as I passed that car and thought "Karma"...
lowbucktruck
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That's too funny! I'd say that guy had it coming. I've loaded up enough cattle over the years to know that some livestock don't handle the stress of trailer-transport well and "let loose"!
lowbucktruck
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I was out having lunch one day and on my way back to work... happened to notice a Ford Super-Duty truck in the next lane with a lady driving it and what looked like brand-new king-size mattress and box springs loaded in the truck bed, not secured. It was a little breezy that day, and I had a BAD feeling... this was a three-lane divided street, very busy with traffic. I thought to myself, well if you are driving a big pickup truck like that, you should have some cargo straps in your gear on-board. (I would) A gust of wind picked up those mattresses and they were AIRBORNE! Right over the divider and into the oncoming lanes. Yikes.
I tried not to laugh TOO much on the way back to work...
It was a little breezy that day, and I had a BAD feeling... this was a three-lane divided street, very busy with traffic. I thought to myself, well if you are driving a big pickup truck like that, you should have some cargo straps in your gear on-board. (I would) A gust of wind picked up those mattresses and they were AIRBORNE! Right over the divider and into the oncoming lanes. Yikes.I tried not to laugh TOO much on the way back to work...
Lkdelta
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I sold camp firewood a couple years ago, 2 heaping wheelbarrows for $5. The "stacked row" could make a 3/4 ton pick-up squat just a bit.
We had mitsu eclipses, cavaliers, s-10's ...just about anything coming here demanding to get "a row"
Should have seen some these people packing the trunk, back seat, front seat, where-ever to get their pine firewood out of here. We were LOL on a daily basis!
We had mitsu eclipses, cavaliers, s-10's ...just about anything coming here demanding to get "a row"
Should have seen some these people packing the trunk, back seat, front seat, where-ever to get their pine firewood out of here. We were LOL on a daily basis!
LennyTheLizard
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I was 17 and went to pick up a different car. It was a '72 Olds Cutlass with Fiberglass "ram-air" style hood (like a 442 has). It was a $250 deal, and I was determined to get it if it would drive away, because that hood just made it look cool. After an hour or so of chargin batteries, general tune up and such, me and a couple buddies got it running. We started heading home not doing anything too crazy. All of a sudden I saw the hood start doing the little shake, shake, shake. I jammed on the brakes, but it was too late. WHoooom! For 2 seconds I couldn't see where I was going, then I was scanning the rearview for what happened. What seemed like 10 seconds later that cool fiberglass hood bounced a few times down the road and ruined my day!!! Didn't get the aftermarket hood pins securely locked before I left the guy's house. After that I had to go to the junk yard and drove that car around with the ugliest Green metal hood you ever seen.
Toolhorder
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Will that cause engine oil pressure to drop off?
jrmylmach1
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What we were told by the mechanic was that it took an oil sensor line off when the cowl came off.
Jeff
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They were trying to get the car before the Beach patrol got there. They lost the battle. $500 ticket plus towing.
It's obvious what's wrong with this pic, but did he re-float the boat? No, instead he takes off just like that...with the bimini open too.
As soon as the above idiot leaves, the cop takes off and stops him before something bad happens.
It's obvious what's wrong with this pic, but did he re-float the boat? No, instead he takes off just like that...with the bimini open too.
As soon as the above idiot leaves, the cop takes off and stops him before something bad happens.
STORMEASTON
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Aww, hell. I don't know why tourists spend $$$ to come to FL for DisneyWorld. All you need is some folding chairs and a 12-pack, then visit any boat ramp on a busy weekend (holidays especially). You can't buy entertainment like you'll see @ FL boat ramps!
Saw a similar situation in San Bernardino...a cattle truck driving down the center lane of the freeway...cows stacked in left/right like cord wood (as opposed to front/back). So...for every cow head sticking out the side of the trailer was a cow *** on either side of it. Randomnly, like some demented carnival game, one or more of the cows would "let loose", spraying cars that were driving next to the truck. Some folks had their windows down/sunroofs open. I followed for miles watching the show. Wish I had video...
I've worked for Lowe's for 4 years in Lumber and now at Commercial Sales. I've seen too many silly things to even try to type it all up. Few standouts:
I had a guy NAIL 2x12x16's down to his old beat up s10 once. He said, "Bet you ain't never seen that one before, have ya?" I said, "no sir" and held in the laughter.
Loaded three treated 6x6x16's into a Honda Accord. Slid them through the trunk, into the backseat and between the front seats. His front tires were barely touching the ground from the leverage of the 12' sticking out the back.
Put two skids of shingles on a single axle 8' trailer. I told the guy there was no way but he insisted. The axle has at least a 4" bend in it, almost to the point where the tires were angled against the side of the trailer. He made it to the end of the parking lot when the axle snapped and the trailer hit the ground.
Had another guy insist on putting about 15 square of shingles on his tailgate because his bed was too full of ****. Half of the skid was hanging off the back and when he hit the road the tailgate snapped right off and all of his shingles went scattering.
Last one. Installer went out to put a toilet in for a lady only to find out the toilet ordered was the wrong offset. When he told her that he didn't have enough room between the wall and the toilet flange for the toilet she picked, she didn't want to buy another one. So, she talked him into cutting out the drywall and setting the toilet back in the wall and caulking where the drywall met the tank. I gotta say it was the best caulking job I had ever seen. Her husband was quite upset when he got home for some reason...
People don't think.
I had a guy NAIL 2x12x16's down to his old beat up s10 once. He said, "Bet you ain't never seen that one before, have ya?" I said, "no sir" and held in the laughter.
Loaded three treated 6x6x16's into a Honda Accord. Slid them through the trunk, into the backseat and between the front seats. His front tires were barely touching the ground from the leverage of the 12' sticking out the back.
Put two skids of shingles on a single axle 8' trailer. I told the guy there was no way but he insisted. The axle has at least a 4" bend in it, almost to the point where the tires were angled against the side of the trailer. He made it to the end of the parking lot when the axle snapped and the trailer hit the ground.
Had another guy insist on putting about 15 square of shingles on his tailgate because his bed was too full of ****. Half of the skid was hanging off the back and when he hit the road the tailgate snapped right off and all of his shingles went scattering.
Last one. Installer went out to put a toilet in for a lady only to find out the toilet ordered was the wrong offset. When he told her that he didn't have enough room between the wall and the toilet flange for the toilet she picked, she didn't want to buy another one. So, she talked him into cutting out the drywall and setting the toilet back in the wall and caulking where the drywall met the tank. I gotta say it was the best caulking job I had ever seen. Her husband was quite upset when he got home for some reason...
People don't think.
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Driving down the interstate was a late model Silverado pu with a brand new couch in the back. The problem was, the couch was on fire. Seems like the driver threw a lit cigarette **** out the window and it landed on one of the cushions. Within a matter of seconds, the entire couch was toast and the inside of the bed was scorched.
