Apprentice Tries To Use A Hammer For The First Time | Construction Fail

[jordanadams]

Big props to actually showing him at the right way to do it at the end. Laugh at the new guys doing things silly but don't make them feel hopeless😂

[xjunkxyrdxdog]

He may not have a clue, but he clearly has a desire to work. Man put in 10x the effort trying the wrong way.

[markhynes]

The trades would be so much better off if more guys took the two seconds to show the right way like this guy did, rather than degrade and belittle for the mistake like most guys do.

[Acrylic.jammer]

Oh man, I love that feeling of relief when someone shows you a better way. It's such a contrast to the frustration. You feel good because you learned, and you'll remember because of the contrasting emotions.

[happybaals]

As a landscaper I once had a coworker plant a bush in the ground with the pot still on it.

[christopherketlo]

That smile of relief is what builds a tradesman. I have been there in different scenarios. Sometimes it takes effing up to learn something.

[Vidar]

The funniest story I have about apprentice hazing is from a few years ago. The boss got his kid a job as an apprentice but didn't want anyone knowing that he got him the job. Only me and one other guy who had worked with the dad for a while knew. About a week in his son had been bounced around by a few journeymen because he was a good guy and tried but just didn't have much if any ability to work with his hands. They went through a few of the normal ones like finding a board stretcher but one particular day this guy told him to go ask around to see if anyone has any bubble level fluid for his 8' level... Sure enough the kid asks around to several different guys who all tell him to ask someone else until he gets to Miguel... Miguel tells him he has just what he needs down in his car, he runs down pisses in a water bottle and brings it back up to the kid and tells him to be careful that stuff is expensive. Sure as shit the first question out of the kids mouth was "why is this warm" and Miguel explained to him that it was because it sat in his truck all day. He just shrugged and walked back to his partner thinking he was successful. After he left the other guy who knew who the kid was walked over and whispered to Miguel who his dad was and I have never seen someone so brown become so pale in my life lol. Luckily for Miguel the kid legitimately never figured out what actually happened.

[muhammadwaxali]

Former concrete worker here. We had a young 21 year old construction management intern come to the job already making a higher hourly wage than 80% of the guys there. I always thought it was self-explanatory but this kid couldn’t figure out how to use a shovel anywhere close to the right way. We moved him to another job and had no idea how to use a hammer and after a few days of practice, he was able to hammer a nail in about 25 mini-strikes. Wish I was joking. He ended up quitting cause of how bad he was getting bullied. 21st century bullying (teasing, joking on his behalf, and funny remarks). The boss couldn’t feel bad as when he was 17, he was thrown face first into wet concrete, spat on, and cursed at.
Ahhhh, I miss the good old concrete days.

[scottchavez]

remember everybody had their first day on the job once

[universal_wisdom]

Milked the content and then showed him the right way to do it. Respect.

[Martin]

ok as someone with a lot of experience removing nails, there are several much easier ways to remove a nail. One, use a catspaw, they are far easier than a hammer.
Two if its still too stubborn, hammer the catspaw to pry nail out, or use a crowbar.
Three, if the other end is exposed, you can punch it out with a hammer or a pneumatic nail puncher.
Four, if all else fails, and the head breaks off, go get some vice grips, lock that sucker where the head broke, wedge your crowbar under the vice grips, and wallah!

[jonathanberry]

The irony. Experienced supervisors will be seeing the guy holding the camera as the one doing his job the wrong way!

[Astrnauted]

Teach the boy how to curl a nail out and he will know more about leverage in a day then most know in their life now a days

[Celtic_Iron]

Americans are super supportive to your apprentice. In UK and Ireland we have them collecting sparks from saws and searching for glass hammers

[juanito]

I wish him a long and fulfilling career.

[jasonjaeger]

I could swing a hammer at 4 accurately, rebuilt the top end of my dirtbike at 7yrs old, and was driving heavy equipment by myself around 7-8. Parents, especially fathers, need to teach their children simple mechanical skills because the 18-24yr old generation are lacking. Out of 12 kids that I had working for me, only 2 could read a tape measure. Thanks Dad for teaching me how to survive and put food on the table

[ivanstefancic]

That hammer was wondering WTF is happening to me right now?

[alexzanderroberts]

You can see the kid was getting annoyed but had such a huge sigh or relief when given a nudge in the right direction

[BoxHillAbo]

As a fencer in Aus my hammer is curved so I actually get nails out like this by ripping it back, id rather leverage then having to rip it back when it’s high off the ground.

[zstrode.]

Atleast he showed him. Most people will just say screw you!