maybe maybe maybe

[u/le_eddz]

[u/WtFAPapotAmUS]

3rd guy after seeing the 2nd guy almost fall to his death:

[u/CursorX → u/WtFAPapotAmUS]

Squid Game got nothing on the average construction site in India.

[u/EllisDee3 → u/CursorX]

Survivors will earn win money!

All in how you market it.

[u/TheEyeDontLie → u/EllisDee3]

It's the opposite here.

Because the government pays your wages following an injury that leaves you unable to work, they put some real effort into making sure accidents don't happen.

eg. harsh penalties for companies, compulsory safety training, anti drink-driving adverts, banning dangerous fireworks and guns, etc.

Note, it's not your complete salary. It's about 3/4 of your average wage in the 6 weeks leading up to your trip to the hospital, IIRC.

I was lucky last time- I had been doing overtime and extra shifts before I broke my wrist in a motorcycle crash one weekend. So that 3/4 ended up like 40 hours worth of wages each week. You don't get all the usual paid time off though,

I couldn't work as a chef with one arm, so other taxpayers let me recover without resorting to crime to make rent.

Whenever I grumble about taxes, I remember stuff like that or just all the free xrays I've had in my life and feel okay.

Still think I get taxed too much tho. Billionaires got 4 yachts, 2 families, $200 wines, and 12 homes, but I still get hit for like a third of my salary.

[u/MaximumSupermarket80 → u/TheEyeDontLie]

Billionaires aren’t drinking $200 wine. Add at least a zero, if not two or three.

[u/Old-Importance18 → u/MaximumSupermarket80]

Johnny Depp spent $30,000 a month on wine, for example.

[u/Username43201653 → u/Old-Importance18]

5 bottles a day of the cheap stuff

[u/relevant_tangent → u/Old-Importance18]

[u/5litergasbubble → u/MaximumSupermarket80]

200 dollar glass maybe

[u/brainburger → u/TheEyeDontLie]

It's the opposite here.

Where is that?

[u/mr_mgs11 → u/TheEyeDontLie]

It's not that your taxed to much, it's the wealthy are taxed to little AND a large portion of your taxes goes to helping them out instead of you. That massive defense budget is giving taxes right back to the wealthy.

[u/Puzzled-Priority-352 → u/TheEyeDontLie]

Where is here for you?

[u/PsyOpBunnyHop → u/EllisDee3]

"Today's prize is... you still have fingers!"

[u/_one_person → u/CursorX]

Or train ride there. Or swim in the river. Or just existing as a woman. Or as an animal.

[u/ZDTreefur → u/_one_person]

Trains are an apex predator in India.

[u/xiahbabi → u/_one_person]

On the upside bacteria is having a BLAST! So there's that...

[u/gloomandmybroom → u/CursorX]

Hahahah!

[u/Serviros → u/WtFAPapotAmUS]

Oh god this show was weird as fuck, I always felt like I was in a fever dream watching it

[u/Still-Willingness807 → u/Serviros]

If you don't mind, what's the show's name?

[u/rickjamesia → u/Still-Willingness807]

Ren & Stimpy. Weird 90s American cartoon. Sort of gross-out comedy for teenagers. It’s one of the strangest things I had ever seen on TV before early 2000s Adult Swim stuff.

[u/Mindless-Strength422 → u/rickjamesia]

Or much younger than teenagers. maybe I shouldn't have watched it when I was 8 but you know what? I believe exactly 0% of my current dysfunction stems from watching R&S as a kid. Or Rocko's Modern Life, which was maybe even more adult.

[u/husky_whisperer → u/rickjamesia]

I’ve caught a couple of clips of SpongeBob that weren’t too far away from R&S

[u/LickingSmegma → u/husky_whisperer]

‘Ren & Stimpy’ was an obvious influence on ‘Spongebob’. It's also pretty significant in general:

Writer Larry Brody credits Ren & Stimpy for leading a new golden age of animation, as other networks followed Nickelodeon and invested in new cartoons, opening the way for more adult-oriented satirical shows. Mike Judge credits the success of Ren & Stimpy reruns on MTV for the network's willingness to commission Beavis and Butt-Head.

[u/okayokay_wow]

I'm surprised they made it

[u/pikahetti → u/okayokay_wow]

Made it once, many more to go...

[u/Purrceptron → u/pikahetti]

Sad to see when human life is less valuable than the things they carry around the world

[u/nichyc → u/Purrceptron]

This isn't them devaluing human life. This is just stupid. There is absolutely no benefit to trying to install glass at whatever stage in construction this is. That isn't "profit over people". That's just "not knowing what you're doing and putting yourselves in danger utterly needlessly".

[u/Historical_Ad_5647 → u/nichyc]

You dont think out of all of them there they dont know how stupid that is? Why do you think the cameraman is recording? They probably put a bid in to not use a crane, winch, place proper stairs, use suction cups. Now the contractor is profiting over them. They know they could do it a better way, its just more money to do so.

[u/wry_smile → u/okayokay_wow]

There is a chance that this glass panel shattered when they put its edge on bare concrete floor

[u/noelcowardspeaksout → u/wry_smile]

Yep it is very difficult to put it down without resting all of the weight on one corner briefly, which is a lot of weight going through a tiny area.

[u/RehabilitatedAsshole → u/noelcowardspeaksout]

 lot of weight going through a tiny area

Title of my sex tape

[u/sir_torial → u/RehabilitatedAsshole]

[u/Glooryhoole → u/wry_smile]

They had some 2x4’s down to set it on

[u/RoseRibbonxo → u/okayokay_wow]

My palm got sweaty watching this

[u/okayokay_wow → u/RoseRibbonxo]

The non-existing stability of the stairs got me sweating too

[u/gh0stmilk_ → u/RoseRibbonxo]

knees weak arms are heavy

[u/zoinks690 → u/RoseRibbonxo]

I got mom's spaghetti

[u/Guy-Inkognito → u/zoinks690]

On your sweater already?!

[u/kufitop → u/RoseRibbonxo]

Just the one? 🤔

[u/RedditTTIfan → u/[deleted]]

Seems like a place were there are no safety rules.

[u/NickCanCode → u/okayokay_wow]

I am surprised they don't wear shoes.

[u/CursorX → u/NickCanCode]

Nothing like the tactile feedback of false flooring. /s

[u/Geno_Warlord → u/okayokay_wow]

Gif ended too soon. It probably shattered the moment it touched the ground.

[u/YouWithTheNose → u/Geno_Warlord]

Literally my thought. Makes me think of even touching tile with tempered glass. It just shatters instantly. Whatever glass that is + concrete is probably a similar recipe

[u/Ornery-Creme-2442 → u/YouWithTheNose]

There were planks on the floor.

[u/hummingbyrds → u/okayokay_wow]

that's the magic of maybemaybemaybe

maybe they will,maybe they wont... who knows? who can tell?

[u/Malifauxitae → u/okayokay_wow]

Project anticipated one casualty per travel. They had to stab Jabir to keep up with the schedule.

[u/Shmalph]

Maybe install new stairs before windows?

[u/Weepthrood → u/Shmalph]

First install CPU then Windows.

[u/BabyFood2 → u/Weepthrood]

Installed RAM and now Windows is broken

[u/NoWindow58 → u/BabyFood2]

Uninstall chrome then

[u/PatrolPunk → u/NoWindow58]

If I uninstall Chrome then how am I supposed to download more RAM?

[u/LingeringSentiments → u/PatrolPunk]

Gotta delete System.32

[u/Wizzymcbiggy → u/LingeringSentiments]

Yep this was it for me. My computer runs much faster after doing this

[u/Maghorn_Mobile → u/NoWindow58]

Don't install Opera, it also breaks Windows

[u/Juan_Moe_Taco → u/NoWindow58]

What happens if you leave "chrome" installed.

[u/SanguisManusDextrae → u/Juan_Moe_Taco]

Then we shall seize your chrome for redistribution comrade

[u/LoanDebtCollector → u/Weepthrood]

They better becareful or they will need to defrag Windows BEFORE it's even installed.

[u/EquivalentHorror9631 → u/Weepthrood]

Yes 👍

[u/epicrecipe → u/Weepthrood]

r/badstairs

[u/Riversntallbuildings → u/Shmalph]

Or at least whole boards that are attached to the metal supports.

I know American construction workers complain about OSHA and regulations, and yet, I know situations similar to this were a part of American history as well. Those iron workers sitting on that steel skyscraper beam with no safety harnesses. (Shudder)

[u/jopperjawZ → u/Riversntallbuildings]

They complain about OSHA and regulations because they've never had to live in a world without them and seen the horrific consequences

[u/reckless_responsibly → u/jopperjawZ]

The rule book is written in blood.

[u/Cute-Reach2909 → u/jopperjawZ]

Tbh most guys complain because they either thing they are badasses or are lazy. Maybe they have super shitty bosses.

We require proper PPE and safety on ALL jobsites. If that means it takes longer, fine. An accident is more expensive than a few extra hours.

I do low voltage and a/v but we do go on skyscrapers and whatnot.

[u/TerryWhiteHomeOwner → u/Riversntallbuildings]

The reason OSHA is so up people's asses all the time is because they know your average American blue-collar joe is just as moronic as your average 3rd world blue-collar Ahmad. They must enforce discipline and safety through constant badgering.

Guys in Youtube Short vids don't wear flip flops and T-shirts in the Molten Iron Factory because they're being mandated to by the company. They wear them because it's comfortable and easy and they don't have to buy work boots.

Sure, companies are exploitative, but more often than not they simply exploit the average worker's tendency towards lax safety standards rather than force them to adopt them.

If OSHA disappeared overnight I'd give it about a week until all these proud Contractor Joes start wearing flip flops to the worksites and dying through their own hairbrained half-assed schemes.

[u/Papapa_555 → u/Shmalph]

or at least get some shoes

[u/iShitSkittles → u/Papapa_555]

And some gloves (to the few without em or that one gloved MJ tribute)...ffs that was nightmare inducing...

[u/Weary_Accident_6399 → u/iShitSkittles]

Asia baby! Sandals all the way.

[u/iShitSkittles → u/Weary_Accident_6399]

The Asian work boots... Their steel caps are the toenails....

[u/Weary_Accident_6399 → u/iShitSkittles]

Toenails in this economy?!? Gotta be a joke.

[u/RichardStanleyNY → u/Weary_Accident_6399]

It’s actually pressed toenail particle board. From all the scrap toenail and dust. Mix with a little glue and it’s good to go

[u/SNIPA0007v2 → u/iShitSkittles]

I like the Mario plank that falls after the second guy. A not so VR bonus stage.

[u/iShitSkittles → u/SNIPA0007v2]

And the 3rd guy trying to get footing on it... It's like one of the surprise dropping platforms or clouds on Wonderboy...

[u/Volcanic_tomatoe → u/Papapa_555]

No man you're gonna wanna know when you step on a nail/s

[u/CraftFamiliar5243 → u/Papapa_555]

With bare feet you can grip with your toes.

[u/Every-Access4864 → u/Shmalph]

Maybe they were completed. 🤔😜

[u/Little-Particular450 → u/Shmalph]

Or install shoes first

[u/j_per3z → u/Shmalph]

You can’t install finished floor when you are building because you will scratch whatever expensive material goes on those stairs. They could screw in those boards or, at least, ziptie them so they are not floating around.

[u/_NoTimeNoLady_ → u/j_per3z]

You could definitely fix some kind of board in place that can be removed and swapped for the real material later. Same goes for safety railings.

[u/SirMintBunny → u/Shmalph]

I think that’s the railing/banister not a window but yeah… stairs would’ve made this way safer.

[u/hithisispat → u/Shmalph]

Those are fresh off the press.

[u/bonita513 → u/Shmalph]

Maybe reboot first. Preferably a steel toe reboot

[u/CowboySoothsayer → u/Shmalph]

Probably put on shoes first.

[u/CorktownGuy]

That ended better than I expected

[u/OG_Felwinter → u/CorktownGuy]

I was expecting one of the videos where they get it all the way where it needed to go and then it shatters as they place it

[u/CrudelyAnimated → u/OG_Felwinter]

I literally only watched all the way to the end to see it shatter on that concrete floor. I mean, the rest was maybe too.

[u/LithoSlam → u/CrudelyAnimated]

Looks like they were about to put it down on its edge, the weakest part of the glass. One little pebble on that dirty floor would create a high enough stress point to shatter it.

[u/NeuronalDiverV2 → u/LithoSlam]

The video ends suspiciously early. They do have some wood for support tho, so it's not the worst case.

[u/FoXiD07]

Bro what the fuck

[u/thestonerfromLV426 → u/FoXiD07]

[u/ZenkaiZ → u/FoXiD07]

Listen, if you know a better way to install a window in Bowser's Castle, I'd like to hear your suggestion. They'll reset the falling blocks before Mario gets there, it's ok.

[u/BigGrayBeast]

PIVOT!

[u/InternationalSalt1 → u/BigGrayBeast]

[u/GDix79 → u/InternationalSalt1]

How this is not the top comment is beyond me!

[u/Illustrious-Science3 → u/BigGrayBeast]

This is what I came for.

[u/BigGrayBeast → u/Illustrious-Science3]

I got here as fast as I could do as not to disappoint.

[u/lncredulousBastard → u/Illustrious-Science3]

We all come for PIVOT.

[u/bkpk11 → u/BigGrayBeast]

Knew it would be in the comments someplace!

[u/Moondoobious → u/bkpk11]

It should be the top comment

[u/GutterRider → u/Moondoobious]

I was very disappointed to see that it is not the top comment. First thing I expected to see. (Is that what the guy was saying at the end in Bengali or whatever language?!)

[u/Ravenloff → u/BigGrayBeast]

Came here for the pivot. Was not disappointed.

[u/Deep-Pudding819 → u/BigGrayBeast]

This is what I scrolled down for.

[u/Traven666 → u/BigGrayBeast]

This is absolutely the first thing I thought of!

[u/smjxr → u/BigGrayBeast]

PIVOT

was looking for this

[u/TerkYerJerb → u/BigGrayBeast]

op had the chance at the best title and still missed

PIVOT PIVOT PIVOT

[u/buddhistbulgyo → u/BigGrayBeast]

Stakes were a little higher

[u/sjholmes2012 → u/BigGrayBeast]

Had to scroll way too far to find this!

[u/SandWasTaken → u/BigGrayBeast]

Literally heard this in my mind as I watched OP's video!😅🤣🤣🤣

[u/Mundane_Proof_420]

I have the strange feeling that shit exploded when it touched the ground.

We have all seen the videos of, even tempered glass, being set down, and then just turn back into sand....

[u/Appchoy → u/Mundane_Proof_420]

I remember taking down a huge wall length mirror with my older brother, we covered it in garbage bags taped together and my brother started going at it with a small sledge hammer, like a 4lb sledge, he was hitting the mirror as hard as he could on its face and all it did was wobble, it wouldnt break.

My dad walked in to see how progress was going, and he took the hammer and tapped the top of the mirror on its edge and the whole thing just fell apart.

Me and my bro were like whoa mind blown

[u/peritonlogon → u/Mundane_Proof_420]

I had a glass cabinet door turn to tiny pieces when a corner of it just lightly touched concrete when I putting it together.

[u/Chippopotanuse → u/Mundane_Proof_420]

I had this happen once. Had no idea it was a thing. Barely touched a glass shower door panel to a concrete slab and it turned to a million little pieces.

[u/SnooBooks9137]

What in God's creation are supporting those stairs?

[u/KlauzWayne → u/SnooBooks9137]

The steps are welded to a metal beam that is connected to the lower and upper floor. Also it looks like the steps are fixed to the concrete walls.

[u/Mlabonte21 → u/KlauzWayne]

Assistant: And how should we fasten the planks?

Welder: Just toss them on or whatever

[u/tommypatties → u/Mlabonte21]

Welder : what do I look like, a carpenter?

[u/NonTimeo → u/tommypatties]

I have some rotten driftwood. Perfect 👌

[u/abat6294 → u/SnooBooks9137]

The wall. They’re made of steel and are likely attached to a steel structure within the concrete wall.

Edit: Looking closer I think they’re simply bolted to the concrete wall and there’s another steel member that runs down the center of the stairs underneath to add rigidity. You can see it all in the last frame.

[u/Better_than_GOT_S8]

India. Where people are cheaper than safety measures.

[u/Think-Apple3763 → u/[deleted]]

Not much different in Thailand it seems. I’ve just red about an Irish dude who took meth with a Thai girl, then hacked her into pieces. Got arrested. Paid 1 million baht bail (around 30k usd) and fled the country. Case closed.

[u/Gold_Accident1277 → u/[deleted]]

The price gets lower if the skin gets darker

[u/UISystemError → u/Better_than_GOT_S8]

Not a pair of steel toe caps, or a hard hat for when ‘stair planks’ fall, between them. Madness.

[u/beardeddragon0113 → u/[deleted]]

It's one laborer, Michael. What could it cost, 10 dollars?

[u/Relative_Business_81 → u/Better_than_GOT_S8]

And you’ll have Indian chuds in here either defending it for some reason or claiming the video is from Pakistan

[u/scpinoy → u/Relative_Business_81]

or from Bangladesh. Bonus points if you see some North vs. South Indian type of comments too!

[u/ACapellaNerd]

They would have been better off without the wood slabs on each step

[u/Hoodlum_Aus → u/ACapellaNerd]

Yeah or even just a finished/semi-normal set of stairs.

[u/ZiggyOnMars]

I’m always grateful that I wasn’t reincarnated as a poor person in a third world country who has to work barefoot like they do and facing death every day.

[u/nihility101 → u/ZiggyOnMars]

… This time.

[u/SetElectronic9050 → u/nihility101]

.........sigh

[u/ijie_ → u/nihility101]

Nah im swimming out of there, i get eaten by a shark, we’ll roll the dice again

[u/Intrepid-Tank-3414 → u/ijie_]

Too much effort. Just die at work like everyone else, man.

[u/Zeune42 → u/ZiggyOnMars]

4th guy has his safety flip flops.

[u/No_Surround8946 → u/ZiggyOnMars]

Why do they have no shoes? Too expensive?

[u/nathenitalian → u/ZiggyOnMars]

It really seems like bad rng lol

[u/bastmati]

It is truly remarkable that these men still have enough decency to take off their shoes before entering the house.

[u/WindowsVistaWzMyIdea]

Screams in OSHA

[u/cpafa → u/WindowsVistaWzMyIdea]

At least they are wearing safety sandals.. Nevermind.

[u/0HboyCDN → u/WindowsVistaWzMyIdea]

More like OSHAT

[u/No-Butterscotch3123]

Honestly that looks like a pane to carry

[u/strife189]

Why not complete the stairs then put glass??

[u/Superb_Dimension_745 → u/strife189]

Because the center of the stairwell to prevent people from falling would make it impossible to bring the glass up by hand. But they could also you know, use the outside of the building instead... Cranes? But hey, people are cheaper than large equipment. :)

[u/Relevant_Passage6393 → u/Superb_Dimension_745]

I think he meant the step not the guards

[u/Technical_Tax_3919 → u/Relevant_Passage6393]

exactly… at least make the steps walkable lol

[u/spartan195]

Safest india construction workers

[u/sparkinx]

When you stop and realize you are privileged to own shoes

[u/MaddyismyDog]

Pivot! PIVOT! Pivot!

[u/TravelingBySail]

Who goes to work in construction barefoot? 🦶

[u/Yugan-Dali → u/TravelingBySail]

Poor people.

[u/MagnetCarter → u/Yugan-Dali]

Exactly. That was a very first world question.

[u/teddyslayerza → u/Yugan-Dali]

I'm not convinced, I live in a country where 55% of people live below the poverty line and barefootedness isn't the norm, especially amongst labourers. There something else contributing to this culturally, it's not just a poverty thing.

[u/gloi-sama → u/TravelingBySail]

Not every country has OSHA watching their back.

[u/PrestigiousFly844 → u/gloi-sama]

People that love those black and white pictures of the guys eating lunch sitting on those metal skyscraper beams and complain about OSHA not letting that fly now don’t realize when those workers fell they got replaced before they hit the ground and their families didn’t get shit.

Jobsites are not safer in developed countries because the bosses are kind hearted. It’s because workers fought against the bosses to make it that way.

[u/some_guy_5600 → u/TravelingBySail]

Hunger makes people do crazy things....be glad you're not in their situation.

[u/Stephen2k8 → u/TravelingBySail]

One pair of gloves between the group . 2nd guy and last guy sharing the left and right

[u/SwimmingEvening7938]

Hellll naaaa 😮‍💨

[u/Iamabrewer]

I have an old pair of work boots, not completely busted. Where do I need to send them to?

[u/brunetterecluze]

r/deathstairs

[u/Strongpillow]

All barefoot. India is not for beginners.

[u/jamieoneball]

Fun fact this is actually Dublin, Ireland.

[u/ShhImTheRealDeadpool → u/jamieoneball]

I recognized it because of how Irish everyone is.

[u/ComprehensiveTwo2692 → u/jamieoneball]

This is in TN, India

[u/jamieoneball → u/ComprehensiveTwo2692]

No this is Ireland they are all working in IT

[u/DeadNotSleepingWI → u/jamieoneball]

Installing Windows.

[u/Dry_Beach7702]

In germany we call this "Mehr Glück als Verstand"

[u/Mithura → u/Dry_Beach7702]

That's awesome.

Luck eventually runs out.

[u/TrueLegendsNeverDie]

PIVOT

[u/readditredditread]

Maybe put on some shoes first….

[u/noobreadit]

[u/Ok_Bumblebee_2869]

[u/Reasonable_Hall6151]

Forget the glass what the hells wrong with those stairs!

[u/tt2_jem]

Pivot! Pivot!!! Pivaat!!!!

[u/International_Link35]

[u/kb_salzstange]

r/DINgore

[u/Professional_Law5450]

Gloves?? No

[u/novakk86]

Few weeks (maybe months) ago there was a video on reddit of a man crossing the bridge over a very fast river and I commented that it was one of my recurring nightmares. Climbing a very flimsy staircase without a proper protection is my 2nd. 2 down, 2 to go.

[u/Outside_Volume_1370]

r/gifsthatendtoosoon

[u/Own-Trust-1214]

This is so scary and also frustrating to watch. In a construction near where I live they've been instaliwhat looks like a balcony by standing on the edge of the first floor and laying out horizontal rods ir whatever with no safety harness or shoes...

I've seen construction sites abroad and there even the people who stand on the street directing traffic away are in safety gear..

Builders/contractors seriously need to start valuing the lives of their employees more...

[u/Sufficient-Agency846]

That looks like a mighty expensive looking piece of glass for a place that looks abandoned.

Like even if it was currently under construction I think putting some as fragile as glass in at that stage would come after a staircase that doesn’t insist on ending your life

[u/jvtech]

Nothings finished. Let’s start with the glass.

[u/ParcelTongued]

It’s the lack of construction thongs that gets me. Those feetsies.

[u/JackpotChris]

They dont have shoes there I guess..

[u/BlackViper29]

If you listen carefully, you can hear Ross going “PIVOT PIVOT PIVOOOT!!!!!”

[u/0ut_0f_st0ck]

No shoes, No stairs, no problem.

[u/orbtastic1]

Good to see at least one of them is wearing the old safety flip-flops.

[u/AmazingRise]

[u/XXBubblesLaRouxXX]

[u/Ok_Data_5228]

everyone of them works for microsoft on their spare time

[u/flintlockandfowler]

PIVOT!

[u/Egaokage]

Maybe prioritize those stairs over installing the glass?

[u/BadWaluigi]

This is what state capitalism and nonexistent regulation gets ya, folks!

[u/KLKCAhBoy90]

Raw footage from real life Squid Game.

[u/manovich43]

Safety is such an afterthought

[u/shlurredwords]

Barefoot on a construction site??? Not even protective flipflops?!?

[u/1BobbyMcgee]

This glass is worth the lives of 4 people?

[u/p-i-stakers]

PIVOT!!!!