We found the waste, fraud, and abuseโฆ
07.08.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 14561 ๐ 6072 ๐ฌ 689 ๐ 307@jimjambmx.bsky.social
Western PA, BMX, Metalwork, 3D printing, Woodwork, community
We found the waste, fraud, and abuseโฆ
07.08.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 14561 ๐ 6072 ๐ฌ 689 ๐ 307Scotland doesnโt missโฆ
26.07.2025 15:12 โ ๐ 1040 ๐ 264 ๐ฌ 39 ๐ 17Foreman is mad his โhotโ neighbor is dating a black guy. Said him and his wife went looking at moving into a new home. Even walked a couple open houses over the weekend. Kept referring back to the neighborโs new boyfriend as โitโs time to get out of townโ. Extreme racism
09.06.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Coworker and owner of the company are insisting the trump Elon feud is fake.
โThatโs what high testosterone men do when they disagree. It isnโt as serious as they are making it out to beโ
I said โthatโs the most homoerotic thing Iโve heard all month. And itโs prideโ.
That stopped that convo
So weโre just supposed to pretend that all these influencers and news media cared about F1 racing before this year? Pickleball? Yeah right. Where the money coming from?
02.06.2025 09:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0For context he was talking about a kid he went to high school with
28.05.2025 10:16 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I just heard a 30 year old coworker of mine say โyour 35 years old. Your athlete days are over. Thatโs why heโs taking steroidsโ.
Imagine giving up on your health and fitness 1/3 into your life. ๐ญ๐ญ
Iโm 30 and in the best shape Iโve ever been. I donโt see that fading in 5 years
At that point, we had been at work for nearly 4 hours and heโs done 20 minutes worth of work. Just keeps walking around to each person individually and telling them a different story. Foreman is doing the same. No wonder itโs been years since we had a job leave on schedule.
27.05.2025 14:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โโฆSo sheโs got a Christian girlfriend. But anyway i told her to ask her girlfriendโs parents for deer meatโ
Then he just walked off. I DIDNT SAY A WORD THE WHOLE TIME. AND HE NEVER GOT BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL POINT THAT HE STARTED WITH. Thanks for the drive by tea buddy
โโฆSheโs always telling me how good of hunters her girlfriendโs parents are (oh so they do talk huh?).
Her friend told me she had a girlfriend back in high school. Which like, whatever. But she would always tell me that she wouldnโt date a girl because thatโs against Christ.โ
Iโve yet to say word
โ..Sheโs asking me if I have dear meat.
So I finally had enough and i went click, click, unfriend. And she messages me back saying โwow unfriend me huh? I thought we could be friendsโ.
And I said โwe donโt talk. Friends talk. I worked hard for thisโ. And anyway, she has a girlfriend now.โ..
Coworker: โAfter i went around telling everyone about my friend committing suicide over the weekend, now Iโm a huge assholeโ
~Pauses for a response, doesnโt get one. Keeps going~
โSo Iโm up at camp and i hear my phone go ding ding. Just like that. So i walk over from my black stone and itโs (ex)โ
This is gonna be a long thread:
Average conversation with a western PA metal worker. Let me set the scene:
Iโm loading tubes during the entire convo. Walking roughly 8 feet back and forth. As heโs following me. Mind you i canโt talk because of a rough cough. I didnโt say a word during any of this.
Red*
22.05.2025 14:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs so funny how the hard hats complain about the new generation being lazy. And dems relying on fed assistance. While being handed a salary for doing nothing
22.05.2025 14:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Lunch update: Out of the 5 hours weโve been here, Iโve worked 4.5, Iโd be surprised if anyone else worked 1.
Foreman shares a story about a cat pissing on his porch. Says โi was about to beat the fuck out of that fucker. I grabbed my baseball batโฆโ
Others share their stories of harming animals
Final update of the day. They turned their music on so I canโt hear the convo. BUT only myself and one other guy are working. I think you can guess who the other guy is. If your blue collar man ever says he works hard, donโt believe him ๐
22.05.2025 11:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0That lasted two minutes. All but one have reconvened around the foremanโs table. Never mind that one joined back in as I typed that.
22.05.2025 10:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Update: movement spotted. Everyone got up and went to their respective work areas. Yet no one is actually doing anything.
22.05.2025 10:10 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I should note that Iโm leisurely working. Iโm not the type to sit still or chat with these folks. But Iโm not gonna bust my ass while no one else does. Doing some tig welding. So I can listen in on the convos. Been at this place for three years. This is their normal.
22.05.2025 10:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Highlight of yesterdayโs convos: theyโre convinced Michelle Obama has a wang. (Surprised that one is still circulating). Due to a poorly photoshopped / ai video of her dancing. The bulge literally teleports for like 5 frames. I just laughed and said โyall will fall for anything wonโt ya?โ
22.05.2025 10:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0-dems blocked no tax on tips (they didnโt)
-Dems blocked no tax on overtime (bill doesnโt exist)
-Fitterโs new metal roof bypasses his gutters.
-half hour plus of different strip club stories. Foreman goes with his son. Weird
-Shift started at 5am. Itโs 6:03. Iโll update on when they get moving
Hereโs a new series called โConversations with western PA metal workersโ.
Introduction:
Iโm a metal worker in a shop where thereโs only one other left leaning fella.
We work 4-10โs. But these โhard workersโ only really work 5 hours a day max. The following is from the 2+ hr morning coffee convo
Quite the difference in the crowd reaction during the U.S. and Canadian national anthems during the 4 Nations Face-Off tonight
16.02.2025 02:18 โ ๐ 10379 ๐ 1585 ๐ฌ 499 ๐ 196This has been me every second since noon on Monday
25.01.2025 04:13 โ ๐ 552 ๐ 64 ๐ฌ 23 ๐ 6I expected a lot of things from the Trump Administration but one thing I didnโt expect was them joining the war on cancer on the side of fucking cancer
25.01.2025 09:28 โ ๐ 1257 ๐ 287 ๐ฌ 38 ๐ 10If only these creditors would move to foreclose instead of trying to dump their debt assets on the open market and turn it into someone else's problem.
25.01.2025 13:07 โ ๐ 375 ๐ 108 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 7You shouldnโt believe it because itโs literally a figment of his imagination.
24.01.2025 18:41 โ ๐ 18024 ๐ 2704 ๐ฌ 1973 ๐ 394Tell me again that FOTUS is not a racist. Go on. Tell me.
25.01.2025 14:15 โ ๐ 632 ๐ 271 ๐ฌ 62 ๐ 23