Overheard at the Jobsite

"Well I don't have a magic wand, so what am I supposed to do about it?"

Overheard of the Jobsite

G1: Ok, if you lose this bet, you have to wear a New York Yankees hat for a year.

G2:  No.  I won't do it.  A man has to have limits.

Overheard on the Jobsite

G1: "So what I don't understand is why Narcissists like to riot on May Day."

G2: "Anarchists.  I think you mean Anarchists."

Overheard on the Jobsite:

P1: "B__ has a bad back."
P2: "It is because of that beard, it adds too much weight to his front."

Overheard on the Jobsite

Just as 6 people prepared to lift the largest window in the house into place, the radio started playing, appropriately...
Eye of the Tiger.

Just as the window made it safely into place, our cat walked over, meowing loudly.

Said someone: "There it is!  There is the Tiger!" 

Overheard on the Jobsite

1: "This tape measure doesn't match what his tape says."
2: "Which one is right?"
1: "Heck if I know."
2: "How many things have been measured with that tape?"
1: "Heck if I know."

Overheard on the Jobsite

"I could go the rest of my life and be happy never hearing another AC/DC song."

Overheard on the Jobsite

Guy 1: "You're not as perky as yesterday."
Guy 2: "Yes I am!  I'm plenty perky."

Overheard on the Jobsite

Whooo! It's like an amusement park ride!

(i think someone slipped on a board or something?)

Overheard on the Jobsite

"I have a lot of feelings.  And you've managed to hurt almost every one of them."

Overheard on the Jobsite

"Nope, send all these beams back to the lumberyard and send us good ones. FOHC only."

FOHC = Free Of Heart Center; meaning the beams should not contain the very center of the tree, because this will likely cause a lot of twisting wood movement with time and changes in moisture.

Overheard on the Jobsite

"Plausible deniability is not a phrase you want to be hearing on your jobsite."

Overheard at the Job Site

"How was the futsal game last Friday?"
"...We got destroyed."

Overheard on the Jobsite

"Good work...some of you!"

Overheard on the Jobsite

"No disrespect to Bonnie Raitt, but what the hell is she doing on my 'all Journey' station?"

Overheard on the Jobsite: Music Edition

Have any of you ever heard Portishead on a jobsite before?


Didn't think so.

(I always thought there was a law or something requiring Classic Rock on construction sites)

Overheard on the Jobsite

(in a muffled voice)
"I have too many sunflower seeds in my mouth"

Overheard on the Jobsite

"I've had plenty of water - what I need is salt!  We should get one of those big blocks of salt and put it here in the middle.  We can take turns licking it."

Overheard on the Job Site:

"Hey, so I watched Sharknado this weekend."
"No really?! Me too!"