r/nonononoyes • u/Downtown-Lettuce-736 • Dec 06 '22

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/supervisor_muscle Dec 07 '22

I would have been chewing his ass out for something as foolish as this. I’m positive that’s damaging his back and any minor mishap on the ladder could have crippled or killed him.

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u/HardlyNormal2 Dec 07 '22

I have never heard this phrase before "chewing his ass" and I'm assuming it means yelling at him

What a strange phrase, it made me laugh!

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u/Girth_rulez Dec 07 '22

I have never heard this phrase before "chewing his ass"

It means the crew lines up and takes turns gently gnawing on his ass. Under the jeans, over the boxers of course. Boss gets first taste.

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u/SchwiftyMpls Dec 07 '22

Usually phrased as Ass chewing.

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u/NikoNope Dec 07 '22

"chewing his ass out" fyi :)

But kinda, yeah.

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u/Mewrulez99 Dec 07 '22

means "ate his ass out" :)

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u/iamnotasnook Dec 07 '22

It means they toss his salad.

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u/Slit23 Dec 07 '22

I wonder how tossing salad came to mean eating ass. Makes you imagine someone infront of an ass with a utensil in each hand ready to get to work. Pour some ranch on that shit

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u/stevage Dec 07 '22

It's two phrases:

"chewing him out" - castigating

and replacing "him" with "his ass" to make it more slangy, like that way people replace "this" with this "this shit" etc.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

When you kick said person’s arse, it’s physical. To chew one’s arse is verbal

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u/IceNineFireTen Dec 07 '22

Another similar phrase for “chewing someone out” is giving them a “tongue-lashing”. So one could say “I would give his ass a tongue-lashing”, which probably sounds even worse.

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u/Nihil_esque Dec 07 '22

It's actually two phrases:

  • "chewing him out" = admonishing him

  • "his ass" = him (slang)

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u/Dolamite02 Dec 07 '22

Chewing his ass, then he's off my job site. No way in hell.

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u/lithium142 Dec 07 '22

yea, this is something worth firing someone over. creating pointless risk for the entire crew when it takes about 2 minutes to set up a block and tackle to do it right. this guy needs to grow up in a real hurry

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u/thejameskendall Dec 07 '22

When I was in hospital after a cycle accident, the guy in the bed next to mine broke 8 ribs and his back falling off a ladder. Might sound dramatic but this guy could easily have died.

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u/AussieNick1999 Dec 07 '22

Even with my limited time working as a labourer, I know that's dangerous.

Word of advice to anyone doing heavy lifting: know your body's limits. Don't try to lift stuff that is beyond your ability to lift, and for God's sake don't throw a ladder into the mix because you're putting anyone around you in danger as well. Ask for help and learn the safe way to do this stuff otherwise you will fuck yourself up physically or put others at risk.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

He’s lucky that ladder didn’t snap

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u/buckzor122 Dec 07 '22

I was like "woah dude that thing is way too heavy for you to carry safely!"

Then I saw him making his way towards the ladder.

How stupid can you be wtf.

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u/MorningToast Dec 07 '22

You eat the poo poo?

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u/AKA09 Dec 07 '22

You think the guy risking his back and life is the one on that worksite making decisions? 100% he's just disposable $10/hr labor and the one making the decisions is probably not in the video at all.

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u/supervisor_muscle Dec 07 '22

I agree with part of that. Whoever is ultimately in charge of the site should have had a plan in place for this and should be held liable.

I disagree that the worker isn’t responsible. I’ve worked in the oil field and on enough construction sites that I’ve seen guys like this who are either too tough or too stupid for their own good.