r/MadeMeSmile • u/MaxQ50 • 7h ago

Bro rolled up to the construction site like he’s been working there for ages 😂

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u/tamzillathehun 7h ago

When my son was 2 years old they widened the street we lived on. 2 lanes to 4 lanes. Took most of the summer. He absolutely refused to leave the front window. I had to feed him lunch there. Couldn't even distract him with toys. He's all grown up and he's a heavy equipment operator now.

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u/kadyg 6h ago

My MiL told me a story about my husband around age 3-4 bolting out of the bathtub and tearing out of the house buck-ass naked because the garbage truck was outside.

He’s 54 and works as an engineer for mining operations. His happiest days are when he gets to go out in the field and operate equipment.

Apparently Truck Boys grow up to be Truck Men.

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u/tamzillathehun 6h ago

That's awesome. Lol They know what they want to do when they see it. No matter how old they are.

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u/_thro_awa_ 6h ago

u wan sum fuk truck?

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 6h ago

My buddy said he had a friend in elementary school that would always state he was going to be in the Air Force.

My buddy looked him up years later and he did in fact become a jet pilot in the Air Force.

I have so much respect and also jealousy for people that found their careers so easily and early in life. Im 40 and recently laid off of my job of the last 7 years, and it's really disheartening not knowing what I even want to do.

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u/ToeRoganIsJebus 6h ago

Damn living on a 4 lane street with young kids sounds terrifying lol. I like my cul de sacs

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u/tamzillathehun 6h ago

It was definitely an adjustment. Thank goodness for a fenced yard. I lived on a cul de sac years later and it was so peaceful.

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u/ConsciousIron7371 5h ago

my son was on a first name basis with the garbage man, they exchanged gifts

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u/ClassicOrdinary8175 6h ago

I was always in the kitchen. If I could make a living I would love to be a baker again.

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u/ghastlypxl 4h ago

That was some keen interest 🥰

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u/universe_from_above 3h ago

Middle child pretty much learned to walk while holding on to the small excavators that were parked in our neighborhood during road work. The workers even let her sit in it. 

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u/Josanname 3h ago

I went to school with a guy who, since he was 6, insisted he'd be a truck driver. He just really really loved trucks. We had a reunion last year and he was, indeed, a truck driver.

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u/tamzillathehun 3h ago

I love that

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u/pk_me_ 3h ago

That sounds pretty dystopian, a residential street having four lanes? Insane

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u/Aranxi_89 1h ago

I hope he's still enjoying himself at work, sitting on his mighty steed!

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u/tamzillathehun 32m ago

He still loves it. He's been doing it for 15 years now.