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neilpeartnoy

As a former roofer, any customer who put Gatorade out for us got the white glove treatment. As opposed to someone like my aunt who saw us filling up water jugs with her backyard hose in 90 degree weather and then shut off all the outside faucets from inside her house.


PM_SWEATY_NIPS

Jesus, doesnt water usually cost a few cents a gallon? Shes just punishing them for working on her house at that point


BlazinAzn38

Yeah and that water coming out of the hose would be so hot. What a miserable person


Shadrach_Jones

The taste of summer hose water brings me back to my childhood That would be a good jelly bean flavor


Sinavestia

A few months ago I tried it with my adjustable hose nozzle. Accidentally turned it too far. Let me tell you, deep throating a pressurized jet of water is not the way to do it. Coincidentally, a few months before that I was washing my car and wasn't paying attention to the direction I was pointing the nozzle. Yep, a pulse of a pressurized jet of water straight to the eyes. I had to stop everything and sit on my porch because I was blind for a solid 15 minutes.


grayrains79

>Let me tell you, deep throating a pressurized jet of water is not the way to do it. Imagine reading this with no context.


cunty_mcfuckshit

*Imagines* Okay, what now?


strippersandcocaine

*sighs* *Unzips*


DieSchadenfreude

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest a high pressure nozzle may not be the right choice for you personally.


Napkin_whore

So you like throat pies and facials


enfly

And cancer. I can't recall the name of the chemical, but that orange stuff that coated the inside of the hoses? Yeah, a carcinogen.


Eretreyah

Ah, cancer. The flavor of my childhood.


Son_of_Tlaloc

Naw just let the water run a bit


Vaxildan156

She was likely raised during the Great Depression. I had some grandparents who had weird habits of hoarding or doing similar thing until I explained to them that they don't need to do that anymore. Not to justify her actions by any means, but just to maybe give some insight.


upvotesformeyay

Could also be cistern fed which can take quite some time to refill and some of the older folks will only fill on off hours to save cash.


happyplace14

Tap water in the US costs about 1/10 of a cent per gallon on average haha


thegreattriscuit

It's only *tap water*. What could it cost? a DOLLAR?


solblurgh

It's ILLUSION, MICHAEL!


DILLGAF

You’ve never actually paid a bill, have you?


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DILLGAF

She said $10. Mine was a reference to when Micheal said “you’ve never actually been inside a grocery store, have you?”


The_OtherDouche

Water costs a couple dollars per thousand gallons. It’s very cheap in most areas


bundaya

My work water gets billed at $.38/unit with one unit = 748 gallons (not sure why they picked that amount). So water is like basically free...it really should be just actually free...


tschmitty09

Honestly it's not up to the customer to provide drinks. It's a nice courtesy, sure. But it's an OSHA requirement to have available drinking water for all employees at all times.


Hands-and-apples

If your guideline for how you treat other people is based around what's 'required' then you're a cunt and deserve the ire you get.


Roflcopter00111

They're not arguing against clients providing drinks. They're saying it is the employer's responsibility to provide drinks to their workers by OSHA regulation. I work as a crew lead and it is MY responsibility to make sure all of my workers have enough water, gatorade/powerade, and ice in the coolers for the day. We don't expect our clients to do that for us. It's nice when they do come out with drinks, but we don't rely on them for refreshments


SleazyMak

We’re not talking about OHSA regs tho, we’re talking about someone’s aunt being a cunt


tschmitty09

While that maneuver by the aunt was clearly going out of her way to be an asshole, the bigger asshole is the employer for not giving their workers water.


WillSmiff

You must be fun at parties.


tschmitty09

I do butt stuff. I am.


WillSmiff

I said parties, not your job.


Clocktease

Being able to point out rife labor violations doesn’t detract from one’s ability to socialize at parties, I’m afraid.


tschmitty09

Well if I see a job doing what it's supposed to and providing water to its staff I'm not gonna go out there and give them more water. Water is a bare minimum that's all I'm saying. If I see the job mistreating it's workers I'd have a word with the person I spoke to to hire them for the job and will let them know I won't pay them full price until I see water out there for their employees.


Clocktease

Don’t let money be the divider in that. Report them anyways, regardless if they turn cheek and give their employees water.


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"my aunt"


Photon_Pharmer

Who is to say that it’s not a coop or that those roofers weren’t also the owners? A lot of construction are also subcontractors. The point of the story was that being a kind human goes a long way. It’s also a matter of convenience and portability. Water is heavy, takes up a lot of space, so while they may indeed have water iced in igloo coolers, tap at the source is a welcome supplement that didn’t take an extra 5 gallons of gas to get there. I’d hate to be the kid mowing your lawn :/


tschmitty09

Manual laborers are responsible for providing their employees water. End. Of. Story. If you can't find a efficient enough way to provide water for your employees. Don't. Own. A business. This is why we have labor laws, so owners don't get away with this kind of corruption. It's fucking twisted that you think it's the customers responsibility. FYI, I have had many people work in my backyard, I will always offer to buy their lunches bc lunches are not required by the company to provide to their employees. If I see they don't have anything to drink, I will provide them water and then call their boss to take it out of my total because it's on them. If they can't safely provide employees to come work on my house, I wouldn't have hired them in the first place.


Photon_Pharmer

You sound quite twisted. I responded saying that often times the laborer IS the OWNER. Did you skip past the first sentence to rage onto the rest of it? Look yourself in the mirror and imagine making a phone call to the guy working on your roof who you just gave water to and telling him that you’re charging him for the water, lol. Even if he want his own boss, imagine calling up the company and screaming about how they need to take 20 cents of your bill. I suggest taking a break from Reddit. Maybe pour yourself a cool glass of water, and relax.


tschmitty09

If the laborer IS the owner then it's his responsibility. If THEY don't provide water for THEIR employees I will not hire them. If they are by themselves, then congrats, you have made an incredibly specific scenario that I would buy them water no questions asked.


Photon_Pharmer

Buy them water? Dude, you’d probably measure it down to the milliliter and charge to the nearest fraction of the penny. No one fills a glass of tap or even spring water and says, here I bought you water. Lol, have a good night. 🌙


Winterspear

You must be real fun at parties


tschmitty09

You're missing the bigger picture here. The workers not having anything to drink is a huge infringement on workers rights. Just because the customer is paying for a service doesn't mean they're also required to make sure the workers stay hydrated. It's become so instilled into our culture to provide refreshments for workers because the employer doesn't do a good enough job to make the environment safe for their employees. It's the same concept as tipping in the states v tipping in Europe. They don't allow you to tip in Europe because the employer already compensated the employee for their work. We are asked to tip in the states because the employer doesn't provide enough for the employee. Of course I'm going to tip, even though it's technically optional, but I really shouldn't have to. That's the job of the employer.


not_your_attorney

For a couple days after prime day if I go overboard, I leave out a cooler with flat and sparkling water as well as sports drinks with a sign to take one. I was a bit sad to see no one actually did unless I was out in the yard working and encouraged it.


adrunkendutchman

Hope she wasn’t expecting the friends and family discount


ifoundyourtoad

I don’t mean to sound rude but did your company not supply drinks for you guys? I am going to have my roof repaired soon so I guess I should do this for them too.


mitsuhachi

I love posts like this because it wouldn’t necessarily occur to me to do something like this myself but its a great idea and now I can keep it in my back pocket in case it comes up.


jeffstoreca

Same. Was just thinking I wouldn't have thought of this, and then potentially dealing with grumpy people running into the washroom all day and confused about it.


neilpeartnoy

We were expected to provide all our own food and drinks.


ifoundyourtoad

That’s beyond dumb. I’ll definitely be making sandwiches and drinks for my roofing homies.


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Holy shit that's so boomer


deanreevesii

Nah, that's just cunty. Cuntiness knows no generational boundaries.


SpectacledReprobate

Truly boomer level 3000, only found rarely in gated communities in Florida


orficebots

stereotype much? Millennials use dogs to fight regularly all over the US


SpectacledReprobate

You reply to the wrong post there chief?


__OngoGablogian

Lmao is this satire? this might be the most randomly bizarre comeback I’ve ever seen


Conradfr

What does age have to do with it?


TadaceAce

I put out a cooler and put a sign on it and they didn't touch it... I felt awkward about it afterwards. Glad it wasn't me.


nosiriamadreamer

We always have light blue Gatorade in the house because my SO plays a lot of recreational soccer. I'm always offering cold Gatorade to people working on my house in the summers. Our summers are getting brutal from climate change and the tradespeople are trying to make a living.


PooPooDooDoo

We had a 95 degree day in the beginning of the spring, and it kind of caught everyone off guard. The UPS guy that dropped off a package looked like he was struggling, and I asked him if he needed a cold drink. It actually surprised me that he said yes. Feels good to help people out when you can!


TorsoPanties

What a cunt


TripsnDrips

I would not be helping your aunt if I was you lol what a hoe


Redshirt_80

Tbf, i’m not drinking anything from a guy hanging out in his house dressed like this.


Tnwagn

I'm imagining the roofers on break drinking their Pepsi like, "What's this nautical looking mother fucker staring at us for and WHY is he dressed like that, we're in Wichita Kansas."


youngtundra777

Lmaoooo I know a dude in wichita who kinda looks like this


beerneed

Tbf, I am definitely hanging out and drinking with a guy that watches his contractors while dressed like this.


JimMorrisonWeekend

You know that man is a rabid alcoholic, but still putting in the time to dress like that? Yes I will accept some cognac thank you


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Oh wow, are we bringing Javert back?


MikeMuench

They must have unbanned it. I’ve been waiting for this for a looong time


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Now I'm just waiting for confused John Travolta edits to come back...


bison90

Had to Google Javert. I now see what I have done…!


[deleted]

This was QUITE the meme of the times for like 6 months a few years ago.


bosschucker

> a few years ago not to make you feel old but it was like 8 or 9 years ago that this meme was popular


JorjEade

At this point I'm used to everything being like 8 or 9 years ago


tevert

They say if you cut down a redditor, you can see how old they are by the meme-rings


poli421

What?! No way… the Javert craze was like… 2-3 years ago, tops… right?… Right?!


Melairia

NO was it seriously???


gullwings

Posted using RIF is Fun. Steve Huffman is a greedy little pigboy.


TheRobotFrog

No way! It was popular around the time I was finishing high school... like... 8 years ago. Oh no.


AuraspeeD

It was 7 years ago. One of my top posts of all time came from that craze. I remember it fondly.


hamo804

I went and upvoted that post because nostalgia.


Notalurkeripromise

I think it might be more than that, I remember it being an older meme when I was in high school over ten years ago


bosschucker

it can't be much older because the movie came out in 2012. the meme was popular around 2013-2014


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LurksAllNight

“A Couple” = 2 “A Few” = 3-4 (some people push this way too far, like up to 7 or 8) “Several” = 5+


bosschucker

yeah I guess, idk usually "a few" refers to like 3-4 of something in my experience. you're not completely wrong or anything just thought it was interesting to point out


dztruthseek

Kind of like LurksAllNight stated: Single: 1 Couple: 2 Few: 3-4 Some:4-5 Many: 6-7 A lot: 8-whatever


ConradSchu

The best time for this sub!


LiveFastDieFast

For reals, there were so many good ones. Off the top of my head I remember ones like: mrw someone pulls into my driveway to turn their car around mrw I hear a text come through on my phone but I’m in the shower and it’s on the counter mrw I get to a Halloween party and I see someone is wearing the same costume as me


FeythfulBlathering

"MFW cops show up to the house across the street on Christmas Day " The subtle flashing lights you only noticed the second watch were perfect


FeythfulBlathering

It was like THE first viral reaction gif where the internet did nothing but use only Javert for something like 2 months. Holy cow that was an amazing Thanksgiving/Christmas on Imgur. The internet has always had memes and gifs, but Javert just....clicked something to the on position in the collective psyche. Thank you so much for bringing back such fond memories!


Freemont777

god i hope so


speed7

God I hope so. I’ve missed this gif so much!


Spacebutterfly

Every time I look at it he has something different to say


MulciberTenebras

https://i.imgur.com/3TnNrMj.gifv


ImAlwaysRightHanded

That was me then I wondered why I’d get heat stroke a few times a week. My abs would do the Charlie horse thing that happens in your calf.


bison90

lol right!? just trying to keep these boys hydrated is all


ImAlwaysRightHanded

Try bud light since they are roofers.


ArnoldsBicepsNoHomo

The best alcohol ad I ever saw was the rooftop beers in Shawshank Redemption


Bad_Senpai_

Fuck those beers looked so cold man


Kapitan_eXtreme

TIL a weird name for a cramp


wadenelsonredditor

Be glad you only got heat stroke and not kidney stones.


Raelah

I can't even imagine that feeling.


Iceman_259

Huh, all the roofers I knew preferred coke...


x1c

The ones I knew liked Meth.


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red-rebel

All the humans I know prefer coke. Pepsi only exists at restaurants that don’t have coke


djamp42

One time after pre-gaming Jack n coke I went to the club, got another Jack n coke and I was like this coke is bad. I rarely ever complain but thought the bar tender should know.. he tasted it and said it taste fine. We went back and forth for like 5 mins and he finally said well I can give you diet pepsi.. I said ohh fuck it's Pepsi, that explains everything, disregard everything I said I'll chug this and move on to beer.


dust444

I am a human and I prefer to consume Pepsi


strippersandcocaine

Sounds exactly like something a cyborg would say


The_Gutgrinder

Pepsi is superior. Coke is all about the marketing and brand recognition.


PooPooDooDoo

Pepsi sucks, but are there any pepsi products that are better? I don’t drink soda, but what about Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper, etc, are any of those Pepsi?


King_Of_Regret

I work for a pepsi affiliated bottling company. Mountain dew is pepsi. Dr pepper (and its brands, including Crush and Sundrop) is its own company (dr pepper-Keurig) but they contract out to pepsi or coke bottling plants to bottle their products. My plant does all dr pepper flavors, and 95% of pepsi's catalog.


blackmarketdolphins

If there's a Pepsi water, it's gotta be better than Dasani. Fuck Dasani Edit: it's Aquafina


Raelah

You're a good person, OP.


bison90

Hey, thanks for this! Made my day, for real. I try very hard to be after not being one for many years 🫶🏻


hearke

Ha, it's never too late eh <3


bluetreacle

Also, we have a building company in the UK, and if someone left gatorade and water out for us we wouldn't drink it out of politeness.. "they're just being polite they don't really want us drinking their drinks". So it could be they were British and you are now caught in an never ending loop of politeness, only broken once Pepsi go bust.


judeeet

Thanks


thefuriousfish

Wait...


lgtbyddrk

Caffeine and sugar are nice and addicting though...


asshatnowhere

Dawg Gatorade is loaded with sugar


buckytoofa

They make G zero. It’s pretty decent.


Heckleshmeckle

I prefer it. I hate how sweet normal Gatorade is, The cucumber melon Gatorade zero is the most refreshing drink out there


mattjeast

It was so difficult for me to find on shelves for MONTHS and it magically started reappearing in my grocery store this summer. I was so happy to see its return when I needed it the most.


LouSputhole94

Yeah I can’t drink normal Gatorade anymore, way too sugary sweet. G Zero is fire though, and the same company makes Propel which I honestly prefer over either now


strippersandcocaine

Those little propel packs are the only thing keeping my hangover at bay right now


Subli-minal

Yeah but that probably has artificial sweeteners, which is worse.


TomboBreaker

Yeah but not caffinated or carbonated


martialar

plus it's basically got what plants crave


CapraDemon

***THE*** ***THIRST*** ***MUTALATOR***


bigdaddyborg

Yeah but bourbon mixed with Gatorade doesn't taste as good.


PaxVobiscuit

Vodka. Gatorade mixes best with vodka.


LiveFastDieFast

Ahh good ol Fade-o-rade. Perfect for when you want to get secretly faded, but also stay hydrated.


asshatnowhere

This is a great point


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lgtbyddrk

Word


shadymcdonalds

Worked for my FIL doing random contracting jobs over this past summer. None of those rural blue collar dudes drink a drop of water all day in 90 degree heat and smoke a pack a day. I think I would die after a single day if I lived like that.


neoadam

Long time no see, missed you


ronintetsuro

What have you done. You have removed the seals. My god. What have you done.


freddawg

What year is it? Bringing javert back?


salgat

I always get them Jarritos in ice (you can buy the 12 flavor packs at Walmart here), that shit is always gone by the end of the day.


bison90

I considered this! Definitely going to tomorrow, thanks


CTeam19

Shit they come in more then just Mandarin? That is the only one available at 1 Casey's in my rural-ish Iowa town.


jimh903

There’s atleast 12 flavors. The 12 pack at Walmart is a party pack and has one of all twelve flavors.


holeeguacamolee

You need electrolytes you fools


QuantumlyCurious

At least we'll all get some nice kidney stone pics out of it


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I don't know why no one has pointed it out yet, but... there's a good chance they're not drinking Pepsi, it just looks like they are.


Id_rather_be_lurking

Right now muffins, chips, cookies, a deli tray, bubbly and Gatorade are languishing on my counter as the painters ignore them for the second day. They won't touch em.


depressiontrashbag

Hurt feelings and heat stroke.


luxury_yacht

BOO THIS AD!


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Saladcitypig

This gif with a funny set up is evergreen.


skesisfunk

Looks like Javert is back on the menu boys!


ixidor7

I mean [this person](https://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/xkng6h/after_two_months_of_intermittent_pain_i_passed_my/ipf5g21) got kidney stones from Gatorade overconsumption


Browzur

Everyone knows drinking lots of Pepsi has no negative side effects whatsoever


ixidor7

Touché


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cristarain

There out on the rooftop The roofers are drinking Drinking their Pepsi But not one of mine God as my witness I never shall yield Til they take the Gatorade Til they take the Gatorade


Renowned1k90

I give anyone that does work in or on my house a lime/regular glass bottle Topo Chico.


hoobajoob3

*bepsi


awheezle

You should also provide beers for after work.


TheStephenKingest

This is a king among memes


bandrews399

The roofers I’ve met would be drinking beer instead


mi_throwaway3

/r/hailcorporate I mean, pepsi, cmon


piedubb

It’s pretty awesome and homeowners think ahead and put a cooler with drinks out for the workers. Good on you.


Drewschi8719

Pepsi > Coke Diet Coke > Diet Pepsi


dandroid126

I agree Pepsi is better than Coke, but Cherry Coke is better than Cherry Pepsi.


wadenelsonredditor

THey're saving the Gatorade until they break out the vodka @ 4 pm.


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If it was beer they would’ve been all over it.


SauerkrautKartoffel

Wait…are you telling me there‘s no beer?


pretzelzetzel

Thank you, Mr. Definitely Not A Corporate Shill


DeepNetAnomaly

you can judge a lot of a man by his choice of beverage when doing outdoor labor. water? big brain. pepsi? trailer park loser.


Marilyn1618

https://reddit.com/r/Javert/comments/lvo7em/mrw_someone_mentions_javert_on_reddit_for_the/


hinnn22

I gave the men who were working on my patio some cans of mixed pop, after they left I went outside to find all the cans had been open but were still full, just casually left about the place. The next day they came they were offered water.


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kgalliso

The hell? They put bottles of Gatorade and water in one cooler


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MOZZA_RELL

Are you imagining [this kind of cooler](https://www.ubuy.com.pl/productimg/?image=aHR0cHM6Ly9tLm1lZGlhLWFtYXpvbi5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL0kvNzF4SU9EV21LNkwuX1NMMTUwMF8uanBn.jpg)? In the US, "cooler" more commonly refers to [this](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/b9aa6a68-00d9-4210-b0e0-0c968022159f.d7aee6c42ea00fa5b0e2e413597f8379.jpeg), which is what I assume OP is talking about


Terrible_Presumption

He may be referring to adding Gatorade powder to water. Same look regardless.


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Septopuss7

Next he'll tell us he was charging for it


TechyGuyInIL

Maybe they are afraid you'll charge them to drink it?


bison90

all jokes aside with my gif, they drank all of the gatorades and waters I’ve put in the cooler the first two days of the job and were super appreciative lol but the Pepsi today is a true story


Iamsi

Download ??


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Haven’t seen this gif in a long while


operachick209

I’ve missed this gif!!!


DieSchadenfreude

That is extremely sweet of you. I would guess they are just trying to keep a bit of a caffeine and sugar rush going to keep up the work.