when I was in high school I worked for a nursery in Missouri. The father and son were total AHoles. always screaming and pay was terrible. I went on to school for horticulture and now have a very successful business . I always tell people working for them was a good reason for my success . what they did not realize other than how much the workers hated them and never stayed long is they would sabotage plant material and tools behind their back. I now treat and pay my employees like gold. they will do anything for me and work as though the business is theirs. I always get compliments on how good my crew is.
Your story reminds me of A.J. Foyt at the Indy 500 one year. I was sitting in the stands across from the pits and AJ comes in for a pit stop, exits, and comes back in one lap later. He gets out of the car, starts yelling at all of his pit crew, then picks up a wrench and begins beating the hell out of his car with the wrench. AJ was a competitor, didn't like losing, but he sure had a temper when things didn't go his way!
Unmedicated SEVERE ADHD. I have never been that bad, but took me YEARS to tone it down with no meds. Back in my day I was just classified as a psych case and treated as such. Fine ish now. Great informative videos .
I have seen it when I drove concrete truck. I know a lot of them had drug or alcohol issues. We would rate the building trades on the jobsites. Drywallers and roofers always seemed to be in the same class as concrete guy. Framers were higher up the food chain for some skills. then you had the plumbers and electrician way up the food chains. The poured wall crews were for the most part like seeing the workers at the carnival. But the worst was the tar baby spraying water proofing on basement walls this was a special group of former glue sniffers. I know there are good people in all trades, but it seems to be stereotypical but not far off base.
Substance abuse is prevalent in concrete trades. Its one of the most damaging trades to our bodies and substances are one of ways to deal with it. Me I prefer yoga and massage's, maybe a little beer to
Hi stan, bless u as always for an excellent video , am from the uk and was a plumber and boiler engineer for some 40 x years , at one company i had a right miserable supervisor , nothing was good enough for him , we was working at a big hotel where the main sewer drains had blocked up to the 3 rd floor as the toilets were backing up, there was an access plate on the external sewer pipe , 1 st floor level and this supervisor thought he knew everything , he got a ladder went up to the inspection sewer cover and started to remove it , I tried to warn him of the sewer pipes blocked above him, as he removed the cover it all of a sudden came undone with the pressure behind it, knocked him off the ladder and a huge stream of sewer material sprayed him like a fire hose , I ended up on the grass as I couldn’t stand due to laughing so hard , as he stood up it was like something out of a swamp horror movie and my god the smell was gut wrenching , felt he got his just deserves for being so nasty with everyone else , even my boss couldn’t stop laughing , he left the company soon after , am a strong believer of what comes around goes around , thks again for taking us along for the journey , ur such a strong role model of what younger men should inspire to be, not afraid to roll ur sleeves up come rain or shine , when I was at work some apprentices couldn’t think for themselves nor have any common sense , teaching them could sometimes be very difficult , stay safe and well and thks again
The best concrete contractor in our area was the same way. I’ll never forget, he was actually pouring my next-door neighbors foundation Saturday morning. I seen the state troopers go flying into my neighbors yard. Marty, the contractor got pissed off at the mixer driver and threw a shovel through his windshield. Crazy $#!t. The guy had glass in his eyes and they had to take him to the hospital. Such a waste, Marty did all the pores in the area and was making truckloads of money. Beautiful house on the lake with a huge inground pool looking over the lake, converted bus RV. He died like 56 years old from meth.
Being a Police Officer for 27 years, I've seen my share of meth-heads. I've also seen those who have mental issues. And sometimes it's hard to know the difference. I can tell you that people can develop anger issues during their childhood and retain it when they are adults. I blame the parents, and this story sounds like one of those stories.
Being a concrete mason was 100% harder than being an Infantryman in the US Army. In hindsight they were all alcoholics or pill heads. Union pay was crazy, but no way I could retire from that and NOT be an addict lol.
I worked for a contractor company and the roofer they have is exactly like that. He kept trying to fight me on job sites and the boss never did anything. The guys stupid.
I had one boss that flipped out and was screaming at us all because he was having a bad day. I quit that day. I don't care how bad a mood I'm in, I don't take it out on other people.
Stan I did an ol' google search on the stack and it said: One boast of the holz hausen is that it dries wood more quickly than a traditional woodpile. The theory goes that its cylindrical form causes a chimney effect, in which air entering the holz hausen is drawn upward by the heated mass of wood in the center, speeding the drying effect.
I have Stanley. An addict who goes without their choice of substances and can't find it is a dangerous person to be around! But when they have it can be one of the best, hardest working people and pleasant to work with. Scary!
Stan , I had a cousin who was that way. My uncle his father, owned the company in Arkansas. One day my cousin got so mad that a form was not straight that he ramed his truck into another truck several times that day. My uncle hired family.
When I was younger, I had a lead person at a metal fabrication shop, that would grab things out of your hand and throw them across the room, scream profanities at you and treat you like a piece of.💩 I had the pleasure of watching one of the other employees get on a forklift and proceed to chase that guy around the shop trying to run him down.
I was an apprentice and I got stuck with a journeyman tgat had multiple attitudes. He could be fine all day then tge next day 1st thing pipewrenches flying. So I just figured he had a tough home life. Finally one day after a tantrum he say go grab those wrenches he threw. I said not today not anymore. That was the last time he did that. Cool way of stacking.
i had that Ahole boss/foreman the first concrete job i worked 30 yrs ago. i stayed for 8 yrs and learned to ignore it. pay was good for the time but with a boss/foreman like that and in concrete, it became too much like jr high school after awhile. he had his favorites who were the ones who could get him the things he wanted and then there were guys like me who came to do a job and go home. of the things l learned from those first 8yrs is what kind of concrete guy to NOT be which i never became. i get things done with less words talking than others screaming using more words. plus, being that angry all the time takes up too much energy and time. i enjoy doing concrete and will until i cant which i hope to have another good 20 yrs left in me.
I had a football coach that used to buy clipboards in bulk because he broke one every week or a lot more the final straw for him was when he picked my brother up by his helmet to scream in his face infront of my parents and everyone on both teams (in the middle of a national tournament) because of a screw up his son made that he blamed my brother for he was banned coaching after that
CRANK and CRACK are both 5 letter words Stanley. i had the worst boss in high school. he was a concrete guy but also a severe alcoholic. he would always yell and degrade his employees. it was terrible. i can understand the desire to have a beer or a toke after work to relax. but when it starts to control your life and makes you emotionally unbalanced, its time to start doing some self reflection.
Many years ago, I watched a boss throw a similar tantrum over one of his dump truck drivers not immediately shutting off his PTO after delivering. The driver was cleaning off the rear of the truck and the reach, and Harry C. near Puyallup, WA, went ballistic. Harry had one arm and kind of stalked us on the road and on job sites.
From bosses to other employees. That's all I know on how to be treated at all types of jobs. That's also how I learned all of the trades. I dealt with it for so long and changed jobs. All of the neighbors I have ever had are they exact same. People like yourself are one in a billion. Extremely hard to find.
I was working for a awing company and the boss ( owner) was a lose Cannon said i was was taking to long to put up the awings i made sure they look good on the customer house he said just slap them up and move on if they call we will come back and fix them and it cost $150-500 a time to put up and more money to take down at the end of season i said i dont work that way a quit on him i dont do shitty work with my name on it . He lost alot of business for bein a gready owner he was just in it to take peoples money didnt care about quality at all just quantity
I did throw a rake at a concrete truck last year. Had a new driver dumb as hell that was backing up, guiding him in he didnt stop when i motioned and yelled to. Bastard backed into the rood overhang on a garage. Threw the rake at the side of the truck and the trainer came out and took over. Never saw the guy again. Needless to say Cemstone called and wasnt the most pleased
What about storeing the wood 🪵 in toats that can be moved with forklift or loader one you can access when it gets low they usually make them out of recycled plastic. Good for the environment 👍
It generally works out that meth is cheaper than food, depending on where you live. But no matter how much you paid, you ain't eating afterwards 😂. Don't do meth
the trick to these round piles is to make a cone roof then you only take from one of the sides and you can easily get at the wood in the center. I dont really see much of an advantage of it to be honest
to be honest that story sounds about right for concrete guys especially industrial concrete. the saying if you can finish a prison sentence you can finish concrete did not come from nowhere
Ya getting beand in the head with a chunk of firewood sucks because ive had that happen before and ive had stacks come down on me when i was stacking another row of it and they wernt small peices eatheir and i was stacking it about 8 feet high
I feel like guys that act like that never last long. Doesn’t take long for word to spread. Nobody wants to work in an environment like that. I’ve seen it first hand and it’s not pretty
Before i retired from being a concrete mixer driver and big concrete boom truck operator. Over 30 1/2 years of experience. I saw alot of bosses and crew members that were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The worst i encountered was a foreman of a concrete crew on steroids. Me and this individual got into a heated argument about safety. I flat out told him that if he tried to grab the hose while i was priming out , that I would rabbit mode him across the pour . It was roughly 200 by 100 foot big floor . My younger self was plagued with stubbornness, especially about safety.
The unwritten rule was never piss off a concrete driver he was the boss on the pour. But if a pump truck was on site, they were king. I drove concrete truck for 8 years before I went to work for a mid-size city as a concrete finisher /form setter for 20 years, I delt mostly with Cross concrete pumping in the Midwest. As a mixer driver you could screw over a concrete contractor, and they would never know it and they would work there azzz off. Best trick was dry batch at a 2 inch slump on a hot day turn the drum slow and add water bringing it to a 6 in slump rolling up to the job. My truck had a 100 gallon water tank and a highway paving drum. I only did this to a few that were total "A" holes to work for.
stan did you ask if he served his country .i bet its ptsd, i have had it since 1975 my mate at the time just divorced a marine that had it so she went from phicical abuse to mental abuse wifh me ...she called me mr asshole i was a big prick to every one i didnt get a diegnoses till 2002 after my 5th dui now the va have treating me ever since now im polite and a better man, face it 60 % of use are ptsd bros we talk about our issues and our weapons of choice .WE STAND WITH DONNY J MONKEY BROTHER
I'll give you my experience Stanley, I started working for a pizza place in MN, first week went great, but on Friday Night, the "cut table" person was a Freak! He was acting nervous, then spazzing out about wrong toppings. Eventually he started SLAMMING the paddle down Repeatedly, swearing under his breath... I asked the manager who the F was that guy... He said "the owner" ;) it sucked! lol
Since the the concrete dude was a burger n fry short of a happy meal. Probably needed to be medicated but not be doing what ever he was doing. There are ass holes in life. Ignore say a prayer go on but their are ones that just come up that are Karen’s just start something you gotta protect yourself especially today. I can’t because i’m on disability we those that are government assistance can’t own or purchase a fire arm or have a concealed and carry. [violates] the constitutional rights. Theirs new gun non leathal shoots pepper balls in glock format uses co2 cartridge requires no permit etc. that i’d carry. But probably loose my disability
when I was in high school I worked for a nursery in Missouri. The father and son were total AHoles. always screaming and pay was terrible. I went on to school for horticulture and now have a very successful business . I always tell people working for them was a good reason for my success . what they did not realize other than how much the workers hated them and never stayed long is they would sabotage plant material and tools behind their back. I now treat and pay my employees like gold. they will do anything for me and work as though the business is theirs. I always get compliments on how good my crew is.
Just out of curiosity your not in the stl area I worked in a similar situation in hs and yeah...
@@JeepintheMud02 yes st.louis area
Consider yourself lucky. I stay in St Charles County and good help is not available so I choose to keep it small.
Love these crazy stories!
Your stories are always amazing 😂. Hope you have a great weekend
Your story reminds me of A.J. Foyt at the Indy 500 one year. I was sitting in the stands across from the pits and AJ comes in for a pit stop, exits, and comes back in one lap later. He gets out of the car, starts yelling at all of his pit crew, then picks up a wrench and begins beating the hell out of his car with the wrench. AJ was a competitor, didn't like losing, but he sure had a temper when things didn't go his way!
"Somebody who doesn't handle wood constantly, Knows the dangers on how to grab it and not get hurt". Zak is dealing with the big ones 😂
Unmedicated SEVERE ADHD. I have never been that bad, but took me YEARS to tone it down with no meds. Back in my day I was just classified as a psych case and treated as such. Fine ish now. Great informative videos .
I have seen it when I drove concrete truck. I know a lot of them had drug or alcohol issues. We would rate the building trades on the jobsites. Drywallers and roofers always seemed to be in the same class as concrete guy. Framers were higher up the food chain for some skills. then you had the plumbers and electrician way up the food chains. The poured wall crews were for the most part like seeing the workers at the carnival. But the worst was the tar baby spraying water proofing on basement walls this was a special group of former glue sniffers. I know there are good people in all trades, but it seems to be stereotypical but not far off base.
I'm a wall former and yeah, I can't argue with any of that
@@gatergates8813I know there are hard working family men in all trades but they get lost in the shadows of the drunks and druggies.
Can confirm. Accurate.
Substance abuse is prevalent in concrete trades. Its one of the most damaging trades to our bodies and substances are one of ways to deal with it. Me I prefer yoga and massage's, maybe a little beer to
if you can finish a prison sentence you can finish concrete
Stan the Handpan Man ! New vibe here... =))) Always a good time with the DM.
Hi stan, bless u as always for an excellent video , am from the uk and was a plumber and boiler engineer for some 40 x years , at one company i had a right miserable supervisor , nothing was good enough for him , we was working at a big hotel where the main sewer drains had blocked up to the 3 rd floor as the toilets were backing up, there was an access plate on the external sewer pipe , 1 st floor level and this supervisor thought he knew everything , he got a ladder went up to the inspection sewer cover and started to remove it , I tried to warn him of the sewer pipes blocked above him, as he removed the cover it all of a sudden came undone with the pressure behind it, knocked him off the ladder and a huge stream of sewer material sprayed him like a fire hose , I ended up on the grass as I couldn’t stand due to laughing so hard , as he stood up it was like something out of a swamp horror movie and my god the smell was gut wrenching , felt he got his just deserves for being so nasty with everyone else , even my boss couldn’t stop laughing , he left the company soon after , am a strong believer of what comes around goes around , thks again for taking us along for the journey , ur such a strong role model of what younger men should inspire to be, not afraid to roll ur sleeves up come rain or shine , when I was at work some apprentices couldn’t think for themselves nor have any common sense , teaching them could sometimes be very difficult , stay safe and well and thks again
The best concrete contractor in our area was the same way. I’ll never forget, he was actually pouring my next-door neighbors foundation Saturday morning. I seen the state troopers go flying into my neighbors yard. Marty, the contractor got pissed off at the mixer driver and threw a shovel through his windshield. Crazy $#!t. The guy had glass in his eyes and they had to take him to the hospital. Such a waste, Marty did all the pores in the area and was making truckloads of money. Beautiful house on the lake with a huge inground pool looking over the lake, converted bus RV. He died like 56 years old from meth.
Nice one Stan. 👍👍🏴🏴
Being a Police Officer for 27 years, I've seen my share of meth-heads. I've also seen those who have mental issues. And sometimes it's hard to know the difference. I can tell you that people can develop anger issues during their childhood and retain it when they are adults. I blame the parents, and this story sounds like one of those stories.
Being a concrete mason was 100% harder than being an Infantryman in the US Army. In hindsight they were all alcoholics or pill heads. Union pay was crazy, but no way I could retire from that and NOT be an addict lol.
I worked for a contractor company and the roofer they have is exactly like that. He kept trying to fight me on job sites and the boss never did anything. The guys stupid.
Love the snow!!
I had one boss that flipped out and was screaming at us all because he was having a bad day. I quit that day. I don't care how bad a mood I'm in, I don't take it out on other people.
Good job stacking the wood. Cody does say in an older video that the wood dries well in the circle method.
Stan I did an ol' google search on the stack and it said:
One boast of the holz hausen is that it dries wood more quickly than a traditional woodpile. The theory goes that its cylindrical form causes a chimney effect, in which air entering the holz hausen is drawn upward by the heated mass of wood in the center, speeding the drying effect.
My ex father-in-law was like that. Very different to work for. I was very happy when the company bought me out.
I have Stanley. An addict who goes without their choice of substances and can't find it is a dangerous person to be around! But when they have it can be one of the best, hardest working people and pleasant to work with. Scary!
Stan ,
I had a cousin who was that way. My uncle his father, owned the company in Arkansas. One day my cousin got so mad that a form was not straight that he ramed his truck into another truck several times that day. My uncle hired family.
What skid steer should i get i was thinking bobcat 743 but the gehls seem cheaper.
Imagine how he treats his, wife, kids, and pets.
When I was younger, I had a lead person at a metal fabrication shop, that would grab things out of your hand and throw them across the room, scream profanities at you and treat you like a piece of.💩
I had the pleasure of watching one of the other employees get on a forklift and proceed to chase that guy around the shop trying to run him down.
All the concrete guys I know are crazy. Some are crazy in a good way. Some are crazy in a bad way.
Where can we get that shirt?
I work Road and building construction for 20 years and that was a normal day for us.
You get snow in May?
I believe that method of stacking firewood the center is supposed to be left hollow for airflow.
I was an apprentice and I got stuck with a journeyman tgat had multiple attitudes. He could be fine all day then tge next day 1st thing pipewrenches flying. So I just figured he had a tough home life. Finally one day after a tantrum he say go grab those wrenches he threw. I said not today not anymore. That was the last time he did that. Cool way of stacking.
i had that Ahole boss/foreman the first concrete job i worked 30 yrs ago. i stayed for 8 yrs and learned to ignore it. pay was good for the time but with a boss/foreman like that and in concrete, it became too much like jr high school after awhile. he had his favorites who were the ones who could get him the things he wanted and then there were guys like me who came to do a job and go home.
of the things l learned from those first 8yrs is what kind of concrete guy to NOT be which i never became. i get things done with less words talking than others screaming using more words.
plus, being that angry all the time takes up too much energy and time. i enjoy doing concrete and will until i cant which i hope to have another good 20 yrs left in me.
I had a football coach that used to buy clipboards in bulk because he broke one every week or a lot more the final straw for him was when he picked my brother up by his helmet to scream in his face infront of my parents and everyone on both teams (in the middle of a national tournament) because of a screw up his son made that he blamed my brother for he was banned coaching after that
CRANK and CRACK are both 5 letter words Stanley. i had the worst boss in high school. he was a concrete guy but also a severe alcoholic. he would always yell and degrade his employees. it was terrible. i can understand the desire to have a beer or a toke after work to relax. but when it starts to control your life and makes you emotionally unbalanced, its time to start doing some self reflection.
God Bless
Many years ago, I watched a boss throw a similar tantrum over one of his dump truck drivers not immediately shutting off his PTO after delivering. The driver was cleaning off the rear of the truck and the reach, and Harry C. near Puyallup, WA, went ballistic. Harry had one arm and kind of stalked us on the road and on job sites.
Does the wood cure well doing it like that in circles?
Best channel to watch baked😂😂
That's a Zack stack.
Hopped up on goofballs no doubt.
From bosses to other employees. That's all I know on how to be treated at all types of jobs. That's also how I learned all of the trades. I dealt with it for so long and changed jobs. All of the neighbors I have ever had are they exact same. People like yourself are one in a billion. Extremely hard to find.
I was working for a awing company and the boss ( owner) was a lose Cannon said i was was taking to long to put up the awings i made sure they look good on the customer house he said just slap them up and move on if they call we will come back and fix them and it cost $150-500 a time to put up and more money to take down at the end of season i said i dont work that way a quit on him i dont do shitty work with my name on it . He lost alot of business for bein a gready owner he was just in it to take peoples money didnt care about quality at all just quantity
yes i have lost a lot of projects/money because i ONLY do top quality work.
I did throw a rake at a concrete truck last year. Had a new driver dumb as hell that was backing up, guiding him in he didnt stop when i motioned and yelled to. Bastard backed into the rood overhang on a garage. Threw the rake at the side of the truck and the trainer came out and took over. Never saw the guy again. Needless to say Cemstone called and wasnt the most pleased
What about storeing the wood 🪵 in toats that can be moved with forklift or loader one you can access when it gets low they usually make them out of recycled plastic. Good for the environment 👍
I’ve worked for someone like that for a long time
I wouldnt be able to work for a guy like that..
Idk name a drug with 4 letters in it he was on it lol
Meth is a good way to stay in shape 😂😂😂😂😂
It generally works out that meth is cheaper than food, depending on where you live.
But no matter how much you paid, you ain't eating afterwards 😂.
Don't do meth
@@amosbackstrom5366 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yea look at all the weight I ve lost
And saves on the dentist visits.
Yeah, I have worked with a few people like that....
Not sure what causes that ..
First time around a concrete guy?
I am a boss and I have flipped off the handle but for good reason and felt bad afterwards I’m not always like that
🙋🏼♂️ 10:36 Frankie is about ‼️
? Who Sent You Thee CANADIAN Snow
9k away from 1mil
the trick to these round piles is to make a cone roof then you only take from one of the sides and you can easily get at the wood in the center. I dont really see much of an advantage of it to be honest
You get more in there buy hand
I had a boss that would throw saws and hammers at you for his mistakes
to be honest that story sounds about right for concrete guys especially industrial concrete. the saying if you can finish a prison sentence you can finish concrete did not come from nowhere
Dose your son have any interest in the line of work you do? Like work the company
He could have been their father 🥺
Why waste time stacking the wood in the bucket when you can just drive into the pile and scope it all up?
Want to wish your wife and your mother a happy Mother’s Day
How are you still getttng snow? Crazy we have cut the grass twice.
? Stanley, Why is Your Head Getting Bigger & Your Body Smaller / One Day WE Can PUT YOU on Our Vechical Dash
I’m pausing it until my gummies kick in😂😂
Ya getting beand in the head with a chunk of firewood sucks because ive had that happen before and ive had stacks come down on me when i was stacking another row of it and they wernt small peices eatheir and i was stacking it about 8 feet high
just myself lol that chit ain't cool
Abuslty Stanley I could tell you some stories bout what I've had ta deal with those guys
I feel like guys that act like that never last long. Doesn’t take long for word to spread. Nobody wants to work in an environment like that. I’ve seen it first hand and it’s not pretty
Before i retired from being a concrete mixer driver and big concrete boom truck operator. Over 30 1/2 years of experience. I saw alot of bosses and crew members that were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The worst i encountered was a foreman of a concrete crew on steroids. Me and this individual got into a heated argument about safety. I flat out told him that if he tried to grab the hose while i was priming out , that I would rabbit mode him across the pour . It was roughly 200 by 100 foot big floor . My younger self was plagued with stubbornness, especially about safety.
The unwritten rule was never piss off a concrete driver he was the boss on the pour. But if a pump truck was on site, they were king. I drove concrete truck for 8 years before I went to work for a mid-size city as a concrete finisher /form setter for 20 years, I delt mostly with Cross concrete pumping in the Midwest. As a mixer driver you could screw over a concrete contractor, and they would never know it and they would work there azzz off. Best trick was dry batch at a 2 inch slump on a hot day turn the drum slow and add water bringing it to a 6 in slump rolling up to the job. My truck had a 100 gallon water tank and a highway paving drum. I only did this to a few that were total "A" holes to work for.
stan did you ask if he served his country .i bet its ptsd, i have had it since 1975 my mate at the time just divorced a marine that had it so she went from phicical abuse to mental abuse wifh me ...she called me mr asshole i was a big prick to every one i didnt get a diegnoses till 2002 after my 5th dui now the va have treating me ever since now im polite and a better man, face it 60 % of use are ptsd bros we talk about our issues and our weapons of choice .WE STAND WITH DONNY J MONKEY BROTHER
I'll give you my experience Stanley, I started working for a pizza place in MN, first week went great, but on Friday Night, the "cut table" person was a Freak! He was acting nervous, then spazzing out about wrong toppings. Eventually he started SLAMMING the paddle down Repeatedly, swearing under his breath... I asked the manager who the F was that guy... He said "the owner" ;) it sucked! lol
Yes I have and he wasn't nice
Since the the concrete dude was a burger n fry short of a happy meal. Probably needed to be medicated but not be doing what ever he was doing. There are ass holes in life. Ignore say a prayer go on but their are ones that just come up that are Karen’s just start something you gotta protect yourself especially today. I can’t because i’m on disability we those that are government assistance can’t own or purchase a fire arm or have a concealed and carry. [violates] the constitutional rights. Theirs new gun non leathal shoots pepper balls in glock format uses co2 cartridge requires no permit etc. that i’d carry. But probably loose my disability
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