Work f*ckups...whats your biggest

[Bigbore500r]

I hang my hat on being accurate, and giving a shit about what I do. I don't screw up, but when I do it's minor oversights that aren't even a blip on the radar.

I screwed something up majorly on a current job and it's gonna be painful, with late product arriving after the planned project completion date.

I can attribute it to working in "emergency" conditions for too many years, too many late nights, too many early mornings burning the nighttime oil to keep things rolling. It was bound to happen at some point, but nonetheless I'm pretty upset about it. I don't have an excuse other than I couldn't make it happen this time.

What's your biggest screw-up at work? What did you do, what did it cost, what happened?

Lay it out for me, I need some perspective.

I'll start - Joe Biden abandoned helicopters, missiles, babies and dogs in Afghanistan......

 

[Xring01]

You are describing one of the key reasons why so many people are quitting there jobs now a days.
Your management put you in this position. So they must bear some of the "fault".

Burnt out employees will always make mistakes. ALWAYS....
Its just a matter of time.

If the employees are taken care of then the likely hood of a major mistake is reduced.

But thats my opinion

 

[ltbaney1]

Missed placed a decimal programing a part in a lathe. the turret tried to exit the machine. cost about $4500 to repair and 3 days down on the machine. boss told me it happens but dont make a habit out of it. i took the rest of the off when it happened because i was standing infront of the door of the machine and damn near had a heart attack.

 

[4Waters]

When I worked at a dealership we had someone steal a couple of new cars and a customers Mystic Cobra over night and they used one of them to crash through the gate. We were using brand new stock units to block where the gate was at night, I came in one morning and jumped into a full sized cargo E350 and backed it into an engine hoist. I caught the edge of the 1/4 and both back doors.

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Early in my career is was a very green estimator, and missed and entire floor of a building.

 

[j21black]

Apparently forgetting to put the toilet seat down is a big deal. Who Knew?

 

[Your ad here]

Ive been pretty fortunate to not mess anything up too bad. I do grading and paving. Sometimes I mess up my math or forget an offset. I always double and triple check my work and I'll notice if something is off. I'm a little slow because I don't like to rush and I write down many notes. Lately they've been pushing me to hurry up setting grades and I've been having more mistakes and don't give me time to double check. I'm not a type to tell you what you want to hear. I'll tell you what you need to hear but if they are going to be pushy I may just tell them what they want to hear and then deal with the shit show at the end.

 

[Cole Trickle]

I have a couple but I'm not sure they were my fault

When i was the lead dyno tech i might have popped a couple cars...lol

Blew up a turbo del sol in front of about a thousand people at an open house. The car evidently had boost creep issues and hit 40lbs before it sent the pistons and rods through the block. Good news it made some pretty impressive numbers for a second...haha

Popped a prowler on the dyno. I guess the car had been having oiling issues and had been to the dealership a couple times for it. I guess the good news is he got a warrantied engine for free after i helped him.

Blew up the VP of the companies 13 year old 145k mile clapped out mazda rx7 turbo. I told everyone in the tech center after seeing it on a lift that this thing was roached and had more oil on the outside than inside so it wasn't a good idea but he still wanted to run it. Needless to say blowing up the VP's car in spectacular fashion while he is viewing behind glass is never good for future promotions...lmao

 

[Flying_Lavey]

We had a $50k pre-fab grease duct job that I did the design and routing for using the engineer's fucked up sizing (he wouldn't budge on adjust sizing for more appropriate air velocities). Got it all designed and approved by the engineer, sent it off to the manufacturer and they sent back their shop drawing for approval. They didn't send a product key or anything with it and we were in a hurry to get it on site so I looked over the dimensions and approved it. It came to the job site and the manufacturer apparently had taken it upon them selves to go the re-sizing I was trying to get the engineer to do and it was buried in the shop drawings. I didn't catch that so all the grease duct was made incorrectly. It wasn't all a total loss, we were able to use a lot of it but it took WAY longer and we had to have a few pieces made on a rush order so it cost us a BOAT load of money.

Good news is, apparently that manufacturer is notorious for that and we almost never use them and I haven't had a single issue with any other grease duct since.

 

[ka0tyk]

Deleted an entire server with a typo. Was just going to delete one directory and I thought "hmm this is taking a LONG time..." Luckily we have backups. But it was only like 850 customers. HEH.

 

[Nordie]

One of my guys managed to do this...

I've messed up some stuff pretty good. Knocked a header and roll up door off a warehouse, I got my ass chewed pretty good for that one.

 

[shintoooo]

When I worked at Bank of America in high school, I accidentally gave the dye pack of $20's (what you give to bank robbers) to a regular merchant customer instead of a regular bundle of $20's.

He put it in his pocket left the bank and the dye pack exploded in his pants. He ran back into the bank screaming and rolling around the floor. Security thought the guy was trying to rob the place and they started to hold the guy down. The whole situation was bizarre it happened so fast. I thought I was going to get fired on the spot but I only got a warning.

The guy was an old school Asian guy and I apologized to him and he never sued or anything but he would never come to my teller line again.

 

[rivermobster]

I'll tell you my funniest one...

Dealership. Doing an oil change. Refilling the engine with oil from an overhead reel...

I set the Despenser to five quarts, clicked it on, and turned my back to the car to finish the paperwork on my toolbox.

Apparently the reel wasn't locked in place, and after about 10 seconds, it retracted the dispenser.

Ever seen a Water Wiggle? I had an oil wiggle over my head, blasting oil out everywhere! I'm jumping around like a fool trying to catch it, while it's pumping clean oil full blast.

By the time I finally caught it, there was fresh oil all over the place.

Took me forever to clean up the customers car, the floor, my toolbox, myself...

It was an absolute mess. Got paid a half hour to do an oil change, that took maybe 2 hours from start to finish.

Best part was? When I looked around holding that stupid Despenser, NOBODY saw it happen!!!

I was actually kinna sad about that. It musta been a sight to see.

 

[just_floatin]

Ummm. Tried to assist the warehouse guys who were backed up with storing six high stacked pallets of product in the racks. I was fork truck certified. Hit a sprinkler head and flooded the warehouse and ruined some product. I was not fired, just sent back to the maintenance department where I belonged.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

I'll tell you my funniest one...

Dealership. Doing an oil change. Refilling the engine with oil from an overhead reel...

I set the Despenser to five quarts, clicked it on, and turned my back to the car to finish the paperwork on my toolbox.

Apparently the reel wasn't locked in place, and after about 10 seconds, it retracted the dispenser.

Ever seen a Water Wiggle? I had an oil wiggle over my head, blasting oil out everywhere! I'm jumping around like a fool trying to catch it, while it's pumping clean oil full blast.

By the time I finally caught it, there was fresh oil all over the place.

Took me forever to clean up the customers car, the floor, my toolbox, myself...

It was an absolute mess. Got paid a half hour to do an oil change, that took maybe 2 hours from start to finish.

Best part was? When I looked around holding that stupid Despenser, NOBODY saw it happen!!!

I was actually kinna sad about that. It musta been a sight to see.

damn... thats a good one!

My brother took his Ranger to a quick lube type place for an oil change once. Got home and thought it sounded and smelled a little odd. Looked at the dip stick and there was no oil in the fucker! My brother was still in high school and wasnt even 18 so my dad called them and the manager actually said, "Just drive it back and we will fill it up". That was followed by a quick reminder from my dad that there better be a new 2.9 V6 sitting there for it when it gets there after driving that far WITHOUT OIL! The manager was at the house in about 30 mins to fill the engine. We all made sure nobody used that place again. Specially after the manager refused to even give a refund for that.

 

[Shlbyntro]

about 10 years ago, I accidentally wired up a brand new Chevy in a boat with a Ford numbering sequence and firing order and gave it back to the customer that way. It ran too

I was only trying to make it better!

My more recent ones I keep to myself

 

[pronstar]

Asked a gal how far along her pregnancy was.

“I’m not pregnant”.

It then became the longest, quietest elevator ride in the history of man.


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[ChevelleSB406]

My First job as a mechanic, age 16: Doing a brake job on an old ford truck, rotors needed turning, removed nut and pin with vehicle on lift, turned my back to do something else, rotor fell from six feet up and landed on both an air line and a power line for a drop light I think. This caused the circuit breakers to pop, pitch black with a airline hose flying around like a water hose in cartoon smacking the shit out of every person and vehicle in the joint, trying to wrestle it in pitch black. Yeah, fucked up good on that.

My career now: I was new to a analytics platform software and presumed a "save as" feature worked like you all are used to in word, excel, whatever, it creates a new copy and leaves the old one alone. Nope. Clone, then save as required for that. So I didn't clone, and proceeded to destroy a couple hundred hours of work from a team stripping down their stuff into a simple style template. Not only that, the call from the CEO where his dashboard for the whole business suddenly goes blank and I am the last modified by . The problem took me the weekend to fix, but I thought I was done for after that.

 

[Mandelon]

I backed our old utility trailer into a garage for the demo portion of a bank REO rehab job. Lowered the door and left it there for a few days during the project. The techs can load the debris directly into the trailer that way. I arrived to pick up the trailer later in the week. When I got there the overhead door was already open. I hooked up and pulled out.

The trailer tailgate caught on the bottom of the steel rollup sectional style garage door. Ripped that fucker right out of the tracks and laid it on on the driveway. Whoever had opened the door didn't put it up all the way. I didn't think to check, and assumed it was all up and out of the way.

We told the bank it just fell off the tracks and got paid to fix it... so it worked out OK for me. It made a hell of a racket.

 

[warpt71]

I woke up 2 hours after my alarm this morning! Not the worst I've done, but I felt pretty shitty. I left my partner hanging, we were headed to Phoenix this morning. I made it to work an hour and a half late and he was already on the road. I lost some overtime and let my partner down. If I wasn't working towards a small promotion followed by a bigger one I may not be beating myself up. Saving grace? I have been doing a ton of overtime and generally just burning the candle and both ends. work doesn't stop for me when I'm off the clock, then the house chores that come with having 4 kids by myself most nights start.

When I was still driving tow trucks I had some good ones. I towed a class A motor home with a trailer loaded with a pre-runner tundra (I'm pretty sure). They broke down on the way home from Pismo and I want to say I towed them to Rancho or somewhere in the IE. At any rate, didn't have any issues with the tow but boy did I screw up the billing! I think it was $500 I had to eat, and my commission of that would have been 30% Its been years now, but I would bet that my boss still paid me my commission even though I fucked up. Me and another driver hit each others tow trucks in the parking lot one day, he was backing and I was pulling forward, I figured he saw me and he never looked. That just destroyed a fender. Consequences for that one were not telling the boss when it happened and waiting to get called out for it, very humbling at the end of the day!

 

[Wedgy]

Pretty good ones Gentlemen.

I had 20 tile crews working in San Diego County. 2000. Fancy high end with a lot of custom design center murals, picture frame, inserts, liners, patterns, stone marble granite, etc. Picky picky picky Bulders n homeowners.

Walked into Brian's unit, something didn't look right. I went over and got my Site Foreman. "Dude. What's up with Brian and that installation?" " IDK man, It doesn’t look right, somethings off, PT. "

"Oh shit!! I forgot! Brian's colorblind!!"

 

[Wedgy]

Walked into a high end unit to check out a kitchen install.
The liners on the tile backslash, and surrounding picture frame around the inserts behind the stove were Upside down. So. As I was standing there, clutching my chest, the Lady Homeowner walked up behind me, "OMG It's just soo beautiful!!!"

As I hastily exited the kitchen, I turned, smiling, and said to her," Why, it sure is isn't it!! Have a nice weekend!"

 

[nameisbond]

Not mine...................... We made apple juice for awhile. One of our guys refilled a forklift from our propane tank. He left the forklift running and it burst into flames. He got a trip to the hospital. Guy was a mortgage broker on the side. He kept working his side job on our time. Told him to stop and when he didn't we fired him. He sued for wrongful termination. He lost. It was in Washington State, a at will state. Guy was a moron.

 

[DWC]

Sounds like @warpt71 and i both like the snooze button.
My worst was when I got the invite to join the Pres on the company plane for the first time. I woke up when my boss said where the F are you. Didn’t make that trip and he never invited me again. Flash forward 10 years later.. was up for a new job. Part of the deal is they send you to spend time with another division leadership team to see if “you’re ready”. Slept in while the Pres/VP are waiting for me in the lobby. Somehow still got the nod. The Pres ended up being my boss within the year and i still work for the VP. Good thing I’m productive while I’m awake.

 

[Wolskis]

Back in my very early 20's I had a brief stint in a bread factory, a rival at the time to Wonder Bread. I wasn't very good at it. Start at 0:45 in the video, my F..up's start with the mixer at 1:09. The mixer we had was at least 50 years old and bounced around when trying to push out the dough. Well the trough moved away from the mixer as the dough came sliding out and ended up on the dirty greasy floor. SOP was to chop it up, throw into the mixer, mix for 30 seconds and continue with the process. I'm guessing it happened 5-6 times. The mixer was 1 of 9 stations I did shift relief on. I wasn't good at any of them. The GM pulled me aside and in his best manager's voice told me to get my shit together, I'm costing the company too much money. BTW that's about 1,000 loafs of bread in the trough. So if you ever see small dark specks in the bread slices think of this.

 

[2Driver]

So I was the recipient here:

I was having routine 5-year septic pumped at the house. The tank is on the far side yard, outside my office window. it’s about a 150’ run to the septic truck from the side yard, through my backyard to the driveway.

I’m watching the guy put the hose in the tank and apparently there’s an obstruction, so he goes back to the truck to turn off the pump for a second then turns it back on again. When he turned on the pump it was in “discharge mode”. I didn’t know it, all I saw from my window was a huge hose going down into the pump suddenly rise up like a Cobra spewing shit all over the side yard. The hose was violently whipping around coating everything in sight.

I ran out the back door just as one of the hose coupling lets go and now the new spitting cobra is on my back porch fire-hosing our patio. I waited for just the right second then dove on the hose. By them the kid had seen what was going on and turned off the pump.

The insurance claim on his business was $15k and he was a complete and total Dick about the whole thing, like it was no big deal.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Doing acrylic roof coatings and polyurethane foam...long list.
Here's 2 though:
Had a a guy drive under the caution tape in his Miata, and park between the two buildings I was spraying...I didn't notice. Nor did I look, no reason to really, had coned and taped off the area. Well, his cute little red car was fogged pretty good. Looked pink. Probably fitting. Had a detail guy out within an hour, cleaned it right up.
Was worth it, both in profit and to here this guy screaming like a high school cheerleader.

Another sprayer incident. My old spray rigs were 20hp hydraulic deals. They could spray peanut butter. The airless lines sometimes would get chaffed and damaged, and I'd replace sections as needed. Never had an issue...before this. I back off the gun, and the hose jumps. I can feel the pressure drop, but still pulsing. Oh shit! About this time, the "barrel bitch" (guy stuck in truck tending paint drums and pump) is running back to the truck to shut it down.

3 guys, 8 hrs with steel brushes. A lot washed off because it was still wet, but some didn't. Nice block building front looked like an ink blot test...

 

[warpt71]

Sounds like @warpt71 and i both like the snooze button.
My worst was when I got the invite to join the Pres on the company plane for the first time. I woke up when my boss said where the F are you. Didn’t make that trip and he never invited me again. Flash forward 10 years later.. was up for a new job. Part of the deal is they send you to spend time with another division leadership team to see if “you’re ready”. Slept in while the Pres/VP are waiting for me in the lobby. Somehow still got the nod. The Pres ended up being my boss within the year and i still work for the VP. Good thing I’m productive while I’m awake.

I do like it, but today, straight slept through it! I have been averaging about 3 hrs of sleep a night, I got 6 last night because of my fuck up! LOL

 

[evantwheeler]

Early in my career is was a very green estimator, and missed and entire floor of a building.

Im assuming on a job you were awarded/contracted on?

I am doing work for Kieiwt and i was told on a current I-70 rework in Denver, they missed ALL of the road signage in the submitted and awarded bid.

I could never wrap my head around coordinating such large bids, things like this have to happen all the time.

 

[Rayson1971]

I was a second year apprentice with the Ibew . Lived in a condo on Agoura and was having problems with the main breaker at the meter. Pulled it out to look and there were weld deposits on the bottom buss bar. I grabbed a wood paint stick and sand paper to see if I could knock down the deposits. Panel blew up in my face sparks everywhere. I turn to run and head first into a 4x4 post. Then out to the parking lot. I look back and the panel is sparking. Finally it stops. I walk up and my lineman are weled to the side of the panel and bus bars disingrated. While in the parking lot putting myself back together I look up and wonder when all the strretvlights were changed to red. Flash in my eyes did that I guess. Lucky no burns to any of me. Respect your electricity. You only do that once.

 

[4Waters]

Sounds like @warpt71 and i both like the snooze button.
My worst was when I got the invite to join the Pres on the company plane for the first time. I woke up when my boss said where the F are you. Didn’t make that trip and he never invited me again. Flash forward 10 years later.. was up for a new job. Part of the deal is they send you to spend time with another division leadership team to see if “you’re ready”. Slept in while the Pres/VP are waiting for me in the lobby. Somehow still got the nod. The Pres ended up being my boss within the year and i still work for the VP. Good thing I’m productive while I’m awake.

I do like it, but today, straight slept through it! I have been averaging about 3 hrs of sleep a night, I got 6 last night because of my fuck up! LOL

I hate snooze, took a few years but I broke my wife of it, I almost opened her alarm clock up and cut the wire to the snooze button, now she doesn't understand how she used it, so much easier just getting up.

 

[Icky]

I tell everyone that when I started as an apprentice I made many mistakes, most didn't cost very much. As my career has progressed, I make a lot less mistakes, but when I do they cost more money.

I guess the only thing I've really messed up bad that couldn't be fixed was the boom section on a 12k reach forklift (gradall). Moving sea containers in the dirt that someone had parked in front of. Scoped out, got under it, lifted up till it wouldn't lift anymore, needed a few more inches to get some wood under it. Put the out riggers down and bent the boom

 

[evantwheeler]

I was 17 and working as a laborer over the summer for dad’s dirtwork business. We were installing drainage and grading a parking lot for asphalt, and there were two trees that needed to be felled and stumps removed. I had felled a few trees as a young kid, but the only place to fall these trees was between the new construction building and an enclosed trailer that belonged to the client, there was probably 40’ between them. I wasnt confident in my abilities, and i dont think we even considered moving the trailer, but the guy that owned the building next door was a retired and very successful logger. I went and asked Dick if he would fall the trees for us, given he had so many years experience logging. Dick agreed and I brought him up and showed him what we needed done. Dick fell the first tree directly into the center of that enclosed trailer. I was flabbergasted. I told him i could have done that, and he replied ive always been a better business man than a logger. My old man was pissed, but fortunately i didnt have to work for free the rest of that summer.

 

[WATERDOG]

Drove a fork lift a bit to fast. Rolled the thing into brand new boat a customer was due to pick up. Neither I or the fork lift were damaged.

 

[Desert Whaler]

Years ago I was working for a Tile installation company. We were starting a full master bath re-do in some super giant gucci house in Laguna. Boss was downstairs with the homeowner signing the contract while my partner and I were upstairs removing the fixtures off all the plumbing before we started to demo. There was a copper pipe 'Towel Warmer' of which neither of us had ever seen before . . . it was 1" copper that came out of the wall and zig-zag'd back and fourth with hot water circulating through it. I guess you're supposed to weave your towel on there so when you get out of the shower you've got a warm towel.
We thought it was just a decoration, I told my partner, 'Take that thing off' . . . so he grabs the channel locks and 'BOOOOOOSH'!!!!! pressurized water comes bursting out of the 1" copper line . . . I run down stairs and ask the homeowner, 'Where is your water shutoff' . . . boss looks at me and 'No, you're kidding right'??? . . . homeowner has no clue . . . meanwhile my partner had taken off his shirt attempting to stop the water that was scaulding him . . .we're running around the outside of the house which was on the side of a hill like fools, can't find the shut-off anywhere . . . finally find it . . . go back inside, and it's now raining down through all the can lights onto the fancy hardwood. floors . . . . boss raids the dudes linen closet for towels . . . homeowner (a guy) says, "not my good towels'!!! . . . boss says 'Screw your towels, I'll buy you new ones'!!! . . . . what a mess . . . luckily we saved everything though, and laughed about it later.

 

[Big B Hova]

One of my guys managed to do this... View attachment 1044309 View attachment 1044310

I've messed up some stuff pretty good. Knocked a header and roll up door off a warehouse, I got my ass chewed pretty good for that one.

That's an air-cooled vw gradall

 

[Nordie]

That's an air-cooled vw gradall

That one took me a second, then I laughed...the contractor sent us the bill...18 7 for the repairs...some of the bolts shot about 20 feet, it was pretty damn inpressive, then it wasn't once I had to start filling out paperwork.

 

[ltbaney1]

something my first boss when i was 16 working in a hot rod shop and had to tell him i cut the hardline for the brakes too short, was the only guy who never messes up is the guy who isnt doing anything. i try to keep my mistakes to a minimum, but i do think there is a fair amount of truth to that.

 

[DWC]

I hate snooze, took a few years but I broke my wife of it, I almost opened her alarm clock up and cut the wire to the snooze button, now she doesn't understand how she used it, so much easier just getting up.

The snooze/inability to wake up is the one thing that almost cost my marriage. My wife would literally push me out of bed. Foot on back and launch. When i was in high school we were doing fireworks in the street. Our neighbor was new and came over to see who blares the stereo while getting ready in the morning. She couldn’t believe it was my alarm and i slept through it.
It’s not nearly as bad anymore. Combination of getting older and fewer nights spent playing Madden

 

[4Waters]

The snooze/inability to wake up is the one thing that almost cost my marriage. My wife would literally push me out of bed. Foot on back and launch. When i was in high school we were doing fireworks in the street. Our neighbor was new and came over to see who blares the stereo while getting ready in the morning. She couldn’t believe it was my alarm and i slept through it.
It’s not nearly as bad anymore. Combination of getting older and fewer nights spent playing Madden

My wife would wake up and hit snooze, I would get home from a 24hr shift, crawl into bed a go to sleep. 30 min later her alarm goes off and then again every 10 min for 30 minutes, I just want to sleep, LOL. She finally started just getting up.

 

[77charger]

Spilling tar on the street done it twice in 27 years. Usually tar ain’t coming out of kettle cause of temp and blockage I decide to quickly tuck something away on my truck get distracted then suddenly see the smoke trail and go oh shit.
One reason I do not park on driveways unless I absolutely need too.
Some scraping I get a majority of it off another week or two it blends with the street lol

 

[LuckyStrike]

When I was 17-18 working for the Family Company I filled in as a 3rd Lowboy Hauler
Went to the stone/Gravel Plant to bring a Trojan/Michigan 2000 Front end loader back to the main Office
Took a Short cut thru Town Hit a (Non Working Train Tressel) Steel Fucker
Cut the Cab Right off the Loader..It landed on the Back Deck
Needless to say I was on Lube and and Shit for the rest of the year
Im 62 Now
Can You say Dumb Shit
LOL

 

[ElAzul]

Got a new old crane at work. Went to change the oil and no plug visible in the engine room. No biggie there must be access on the bottom so I fired her up and swung her around to look under her skirt. Sure enough there was an access panel so I'm thinking sweet and unbolt it.
Lesson #1 don't stand underneath stuff like that
Lesson #2 that was the fuel tank
Lesson #3 100+ gallons of red diesel is impossible to stop and drains faster than one would think but I tried anyways
Lesson #4 always bring extra clothes to work
Lesson #5 word travels fast

 

[ElAzul]

I had a good buddy try hauling tomatoes during harvest. He was inline with about 3 dozen trucks and somehow managed to grab the wrong latch or something and dumped a whole load right there in line. He said people at the plant and other driver's were soooooooooo pissed he quit and never picked up his check out of embarrassment

 

[coolchange]

Tore a roll up off a wharehouse. Not really my fault. Guy didn’t put door all the way up, faulty fork lift would lower 1st stage but leave 2nd stage up. 330 on Friday. Everyone said sucks to be you and left. I got it closed and locked by myself.
Built a Super Eight motor for a Packard. Got it all in and was stabbing the distribulator and I put the drive off the cam in out of time. MFer I think I cried a little on that one. Ave to pull motor out. Disassemble and pull blocks off of crankcase etc. at least a 2/3 day job.
Thought about it for a while the figured how many teeth/ degrees I was off. Pulled distributor drive out and machined another slot in it. Next guy is gonna be WTF!

 

[Bullet28]

I work for a large steel fabrication company, I specialize in field measures and then turn in drawings for shop fabrication. We do a lot of work for the rock, sand and gravel companies along with concrete batch plants. So I go and measure up some duct work and turn the job in as 3/16 A36, job was all welded up and shipped. It should have been 3/16 Stainless Steel. Not all duct work is SS but this one was. Very upset at myself for a longtime. Lesson Learned.

 

[endobear]

Took a long walk off a short plank. Fell 12' off some scaffolding crushing my heel to dust 18 years ago. Spent about 18 months over 3 years on crutches having surgeries. At the time I had the best crew I've really ever had. We were killing it. Been trying to get my physical, financial and mental state back every since.

 

[thmterry]

When I was 16 working at a full service gas station. the mechanic told me to put this Cadillac into the bay. It was just sitting just outside the garage, so I hopped in threw in gear and presto (the mechanic didn't tell me it was there for brakes). I hit the brakes and they went straight to the floor and it was the front wall of the garage that stopped me. I ended up moving the garage wall (steel building with brick facia) about 6 inches and broke a water line that had been in the wall and now was just a geyser shooting water all over the garage. I ended up managing that station when I was 18

 

[rickym20]

Crew I was in charge of in 05 was welding metal decking over a chiller unit . Had fire blankets over it and had a guy below fire watching. I think the guy below mis understood me and actually “watched” fire instead of fire watch. Caught the insulation on fire which in turn provided enough heat to burn the wiring.


Our little 5lb fire extinguishers had no chance and eventually after exhausting all other trades extinguishers, we got it out.Company got a nice backcharge for that mistake. I still work for the company so I guess it wasn’t that bad. I felt like shit for a long time . Eventually someone else made a costlier mistake in another area that took the light off of me.

 

[hallett21]

First 6 figure job I bid 6 years ago(I’m self employed) I missed by 20k. Worked 2 months for free.

Guess who checks everything 4x now.


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