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[Nufy]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

People poop at work?

Whenever nature calls I answer...

Not much choice when you are 200 miles in the bush and there is only a 3 week old porta potty...

Just need to avoid the pyramid at all times. Summer or winter.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Nufy

Just need to avoid the pyramid at all times. Summer or winter.

Oh man, if you know you know.

I remember having a poopoo in a 2 seater one winter on a night shoot and the guy that came in next to me didn't check for a pyramid, it was sticking up above the seat.

He sat right on it.


Horror.

[Erick Estrada]

Me going out of my way to make some nice ham and cheese sandwiches for my boys lunches only to find them in the garbage the next day.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Me going out of my way to make some nice ham and cheese sandwiches for my boys lunches only to find them in the garbage the next day.

At least you don't have to make lunch the next day.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Nufy

Whenever nature calls I answer...

Not much choice when you are 200 miles in the bush and there is only a 3 week old porta potty...

Just need to avoid the pyramid at all times. Summer or winter.

Never heard it called the pyramid before, it was always the Poo-cano in my field days. That and Poseidons Kiss are the 2 worst things to happen in a porta potty.

[Nufy]

I had a young EIT with me on a project out by Drayton valley a few years back.

She refused to use the PP and drove 45 minutes back to town each way to find a decent restroom. Ended up at a chinese restaurant in Lodgpole and bought dumplings or something like that because she felt guilty about using the restroom without buying anything...

It was wintertime...and the pyramid was massive...

[RichieRich]

Y’all are cringy-hilarious talking about the pyramid. I always wondered if that was a thing. The “Posieden Kiss” is brutal and shocking to read never mind experience. Wow.

Back in the day when I worked in the bush and we had to dump we just set a long shovel handle between 2 stumps and carefully did our deed (gotta make sure to miss the boots and pants). Nowhere near civilization so a simple 6” deep hole in ground was good enough.

[TheIronMaiden]

The hardest part about pooping outdoors is managing the pee while you poop. You gotta try to take a leak first to empty your bladder.

[Fuzz]

The worst is when the guy feeding you has a fibre fetish, and you have to dig poop holes. "The average African poops 5 times a day, it's fine!" "Ya, well, Rod, I'd hate to be above average."

He couldn't figure out why his bread maker was making 1/2 sized dense bricks of misery. "You need to put some ####ing flour in there, boss!"

[Cecil Terwilliger]

We have a special empty office with a litter box that I use when I'm at work. We had to get special dispensation from HR but they obliged and I'm thankful for it. I may switch to kitty litter when I'm at home too. It's really pushing bidets for #1 poop experience.

[Geraldsh]

Urban legend? USA schools have a box of kitty litter in every room in case they get locked down for a prolonged period by a shooter. (I saw it on the internet)

[pylon]

Lending your truck to someone for TWO days, and having it returned with cigarette smell, damage and a half depleted gas tank.....

"But, but, the tailgate was dented when you lent it to me! and I swear I didn't smoke in it!"

No, no it wasn't. I would notice a frikking 6 inch dent with paint missing from 100 feet away. And there is still paint flakes on the bumper you ass-hat. And we don't smoke, so the only possibility is you."

So basically I just paid a loser relative who I never liked in the first place 75ish bucks in gas and about 600 dollars in body repairs to borrow my truck. Because he needed to clear his yard of junk or get evicted. Better yet I get to smell his filth for the next 2 months until the cigarette smell goes away.

I've managed to haul about 10 cords of firewood, tow my trailer and boat around 20,000 kms, make about 20 Home depot runs with that truck the 3 years I've owned it and not put a scratch on it. Lend it to a hillbilly, 46 year old man-child relative relative who has zero concept of personal responsibility...

I've got nobody to blame but myself.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by pylon

Lending your truck to someone for TWO days, and having it returned with cigarette smell, damage and a half depleted gas tank.....

"But, but, the tailgate was dented when you lent it to me! and I swear I didn't smoke in it!"

No, no it wasn't. I would notice a frikking 6 inch dent with paint missing from 100 feet away. And there is still paint flakes on the bumper you ass-hat. And we don't smoke, so the only possibility is you."

So basically I just paid a loser relative who I never liked in the first place 75ish bucks in gas and about 600 dollars in body repairs to borrow my truck. Because he needed to clear his yard of junk or get evicted. Better yet I get to smell his filth for the next 2 months until the cigarette smell goes away.

I've managed to haul about 10 cords of firewood, tow my trailer and boat around 20,000 kms, make about 20 Home depot runs with that truck the 3 years I've owned it and not put a scratch on it. Lend it to a hillbilly, 46 year old man-child relative relative who has zero concept of personal responsibility...

I've got nobody to blame but myself.

I couldn't imagine lending a vehicle I cared about to anyone. Hell I just bought a new car and I have to grit my teeth when the wife wants to drive it. I'd have offered to drive him to the U-Haul lot, nothing more

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

Y’all are cringy-hilarious talking about the pyramid. I always wondered if that was a thing. The “Posieden Kiss” is brutal and shocking to read never mind experience. Wow.

Back in the day when I worked in the bush and we had to dump we just set a long shovel handle between 2 stumps and carefully did our deed (gotta make sure to miss the boots and pants). Nowhere near civilization so a simple 6” deep hole in ground was good enough.

For sure...

I know operators who carry a 4 pack of charmin in their truck just for those occurrances...

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Me going out of my way to make some nice ham and cheese sandwiches for my boys lunches only to find them in the garbage the next day.

One time I made my kids some sandwiches and put them in fridge. When I came home from work, one was still in the fridge. I assumed that one of them didn’t want it and mom made them something else. So I just ate it, unbeknownst to me that my child had actually taken it to school and it had sat in her knapsack the whole day and she just put it back in the fridge when she got home to school and I ended up with food poisoning.

Lesson not to put mayo in kid’s sandwiches anymore learned.

[8 Ball]

Originally Posted by pylon

Lending your truck to someone for TWO days, and having it returned with cigarette smell, damage and a half depleted gas tank.....

"But, but, the tailgate was dented when you lent it to me! and I swear I didn't smoke in it!"

No, no it wasn't. I would notice a frikking 6 inch dent with paint missing from 100 feet away. And there is still paint flakes on the bumper you ass-hat. And we don't smoke, so the only possibility is you."

So basically I just paid a loser relative who I never liked in the first place 75ish bucks in gas and about 600 dollars in body repairs to borrow my truck. Because he needed to clear his yard of junk or get evicted. Better yet I get to smell his filth for the next 2 months until the cigarette smell goes away.

I've managed to haul about 10 cords of firewood, tow my trailer and boat around 20,000 kms, make about 20 Home depot runs with that truck the 3 years I've owned it and not put a scratch on it. Lend it to a hillbilly, 46 year old man-child relative relative who has zero concept of personal responsibility...

I've got nobody to blame but myself.

This is why I don't lend out #### to anyone. The last thing I lent out was a carpet cleaner, and by the time I got it back it was trashed, because the family member I lent it to passed it around to everyone she knows. Then she tried telling me I gave it to her like that.

[monkeyman]

Whenever I borrow anything, I take better care of it than if we’re my own, and I always make sure to give it back in as good or better condition. So it pisses me off beyond belief when people don’t extend the same courtesy.
I don’t understand how some people can be so ignorant, selfish or lazy not to do the same.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

I couldn't imagine lending a vehicle I cared about to anyone. Hell I just bought a new car and I have to grit my teeth when the wife wants to drive it. I'd have offered to drive him to the U-Haul lot, nothing more

I am the same way. But, hard luck story... my mom asked me on his behalf, blood is thicker than water, he'd be responsible with your vehicle...yada, yada.

Don't get me wrong, it's a truck, trucks are meant to be used. It's not like I'd lend this guy my Roush Mustang or something. Not even my wife gets wheel time on that one. But if you damage it, fix it. Don't smoke in it when I specifically ask you not to when you take it. And don't bold face lie to my face. I get it, you're broke as a joke, and couldn't pay to fix it anyway. At least admit it, and don't lie to my face when we both know ya dun goofed.

In hindsight, yes. I should have just lent the guy $200 bucks and dropped him at uHaul. Unfortunately, he probably wouldn't have even qualified to rent from them.

[PaperBagger'14]

Things I borrow are treated like gold, things I rent are treated like I paid to do whatever I want. Thats why I pay a premium


I'm pretty sure if you shine a black light on room 218 in the Edmonton best western city center inn (the runway restaurant) after I split with my ex and lived there for 3 months, the reflection would be visible from outer space. The acts committed in that room would make Hefner blush in his grave.

[Mr.Coffee]

Smoking in a borrowed vehicle is bad enough but returning it damaged is actually legitimately outrageous haha. Yikes.