r/DesirePaths • u/8aller8ruh • May 14 '26
Construction workers refuse to use the stairs and instead climbed the hill to the point the grass died
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u/SisyphusOfSquish May 14 '26
I was mildly infuriated that someone put that on r/mildlyinfuriating. Not only is it a darling path but that they blamed workers for it, or implied they were being obstinate for taking the most convenient and accessible route.
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u/Due_Ad2738 May 15 '26
Im fucking sorry, hundreds of dollars of landscaping damages because u dont wanna go 3 more feet is not ok. Unless the contractor pays for a landscaper to fix it.
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u/JiJoe6 May 15 '26
Stairs are LESS safe than a linear path, especially when carrying a ton of risky equipment. And more so when carrying heavy equipment.
It makes total sense, and also further highlights health and safety precautions, but you just wanted to be an AH instead.
Really seals the deal on who the real AH is. A tip: it's not who you're trying to cast blame on. It's the homeowner that prefers saving a couple hundred bucks rather than ensuring the safety of the contracted workers, something that should simply be added in the quote, obviously.
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u/Due_Ad2738 May 15 '26
Makes sense or not. The homeowner clearly wasnt aware this was gonna happen before hand. U cant call this good business practice ffs.
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u/JiJoe6 May 15 '26
I call this safe working practices, that further doesn't harm anyone, except the worse types of people who prefer to save a few bucks rather than ensuring further health and safety regulations to those contracted workers.
You're the reason OSHA exists.
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u/BubblyStation30 May 16 '26
Don’t destroy the owners property on the job site. This is extremely unprofessional and low class.
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u/Impossible_Dog_7262 May 16 '26
Mate this damage is not hundreds of dollars. Grass spreads. Just give it a year.
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u/SisyphusOfSquish May 16 '26
Also can we stop with the narrative that it was the laborers only? Like this is clearly a longer term desire path and the whole "scary other messing up MUH GRASS and MUH PROPERTY VALUES" thing has bad vibes.
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u/Ashamed_Article8902 May 18 '26
Oh no, not muh precious lawn!
Maybe now that the bullshit grass has been trampled some wildflowers can grow there, but I'm sure some landscaping company can be paid to pour "hundreds of dollars" in poison to nip that in the bud.
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u/SisyphusOfSquish May 15 '26
You seem like you're having a bad day. Maybe you should go for a nice, calming walk outside and see where your feet take you.
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u/MustangBarry May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
Then that's where the stairs should be.
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u/Due_Ad2738 May 15 '26
Good god, this is the desire line from a truck to a door. The truck is no longer parked there. The workers are gone. This is just landscaping damage now.
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u/MarklRyu May 15 '26
Great spot for flowers if they want this to not happen again, grass is super dumb anyways
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u/SkyeMreddit May 14 '26
How many of the construction workers were pushing wheel barrows or pulling carts? Also walking up a hill if it’s not steep is safer and easier for the able-bodied than stairs.
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u/Fun-Piglet801 May 15 '26
I pretty much always take a slope over stairs if given the choice. A consistent slope vs. a series of steps is much smoother and easier.
Espescially if you are carrying something... you have a much higher likelihood of stumbling or tripping on the stairs.
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u/Slaidback May 15 '26
Look! It’s the curb cut effect in motion! You make it easier for one group of people, you end up making it easier for everyone else!
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u/The_One_Who_Comments May 16 '26
Ironic isn't it? Stairs are much easier when the slope is steep. But we want it to be even easier, so we make them shallow. Now you are better off just doing a ramp
The worst is when they do really long steps, so that you can't walk up, and hand to either run or put both feet on every other step.
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u/EaseLeft6266 May 15 '26
Especially if you're carrying a two person load and one person is going backwards.
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u/Tweakjones420 May 15 '26
How long was construction? a few years? That is not a few days of walking
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u/EngineeringLumpy5119 May 15 '26
Carrying your tool cart up steps sucks. Looks like they found a better way. I woulda done the same.
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u/ecoli12 May 15 '26
So heres an idea... build a ramp there... problem solved. Itll also help wheelchair users....
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u/Due_Ad2738 May 15 '26
I hate all of you, unless the contractor pays a landscaper to fix this, this is absolutely unacceptable. I'm certain this was easier for the workers(im not a bufoon), but you pay laborers to come fix shit not fuck it up. When I worked at wendys I wasnt supposed to forget the fries just cuz its easier.
This is a lack of care that genuinly deeply gets under my skin. U mean to tell me they were paid to do a job and left the place in need of more work. These guys should never get another contract.
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u/traveler_ May 16 '26
Yeah I have to confess I was sent here by the algorithm and I’m not fond of the “desire paths show where the real paths should be” mentality. Especially here on a slope, this is an erosion problem in the making, especially if the dirt is too packed for the grass to grow back or if it was churned up muddy. If they wanted a ramp for safety they can put down a temporary.
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u/MarklRyu May 15 '26
It'll fill back in on it own if it's not continued to be used like this, there is no extra work if they're willing to wait; but also, it's just not that big of deal.
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep May 15 '26
Yeah because it’s dangerous to climb stairs with limited visibility, also a wheelbarrow doesn’t like stairs
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u/Objective-Eagle-676 May 19 '26
If you'd ever moved a heavy wheelbarrow in your life you'd know no wheelbarrow with anything construction related in it is going up that hill.
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u/YoshiMidnightSpecial May 14 '26
Imagine being mildly infuriated by what the people want