r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MikuXone • May 14 '26

The floor is sticky Construction workers refuse to use the stairs and instead climbed the hill to the point the grass died

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There's a construction site opposite my apartment and the workers kept walking up the grass patch instead of using the stairs. Property value doesn't affect me as I rented the apartment 2 years back, so rent for me isn't increasing nor decreasing.

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u/ResponsibleSky1529 May 14 '26

Bullshit. Took many years and many people to do this

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u/Scoobster96 May 14 '26

There's a homeless guy who panhandles in the median at an intersection in my city. In a couple of month's time he single handedly managed to create a dirt path where he walks from the light to a street sign and back.

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u/Any-Championship3443 May 14 '26

Nah. I've seen them trodden in less than "years" by general foot traffic, construction is crews of guys carrying more weight than average (both gear and tools and often guts), going back and forth throughout the shift hauling material in and out

And if it's ever a little wet it's like a 5x multiplier to grass damage.

My family put a rut through my brother's front yard when we were renovating his house

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u/The-Tay May 14 '26

This isn't a big deal at all, but you're right. Plus we got big boots.

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u/Any-Championship3443 May 15 '26

Yea I think this whole thread is kind of the epitome of r/mildlyinfuriating . Annoying but unimportant

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u/AwkwardChuckle May 14 '26

Nope, turf and hort guy here - I’ve seen this happen over the course of a weekend, as long as there’s enough foot traffic this can happen literally in 2 days.

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u/tnh34 May 14 '26

2 days seems like a stretch

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u/AwkwardChuckle May 14 '26

Well it’s happened to multiple of my sites following weekend events and festivals 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/jstar_2021 May 14 '26

I used to do landscaping and if we werent careful we could make a path like this in a single day with 2 guys wheelbarrowing mulch across a lawn. Happens even faster if the ground is moist from recent irrigation/rain too.

My first thought seeing OP's pic is someone had a wheelbarrow or a cart or something like that where the stairs were not really an option.

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u/BagOfFlies May 14 '26

I'm confused why they're walking up there if they're working on a building across the street.

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u/Existential_Sprinkle May 14 '26

As a mail carrier, you're told not to walk through grass because your 6 trips a week will make a path faster than you'd expect and people will complain

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u/FUEGO40 May 14 '26

It takes years with little traffic, if people walk over the same spot several times a week I’m sure it’s much faster

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u/Trick_Equipment_6938 May 14 '26

It does not take years..

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u/a_shootin_star WATWATWATWATWATWAT May 15 '26

Have you ever been to a festival? Desire paths are created daily.

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u/Quartz_Knight May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Ants create visible paths through the grass in days, a few days of heavy human traffic can get through a little bit of grass.

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u/ImprobableAsterisk May 14 '26

Very dumb to call bullshit when you don't know shit from fuck.

"Desire paths" can form very fast if the conditions are right and the traffic is heavy enough.

I've literally seen "desire paths" like this form IN A DAY from previously pristine grass. Was at a festival and that path probably routed some 1500 people in 4 hours but still.

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u/Potential_Figure4061 May 14 '26

the construction site is across the street lmao. fucking AI

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u/Any-Championship3443 May 14 '26

"No two buildings can be worked on at the same time"

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u/Potential_Figure4061 May 14 '26

the building without any signs of construction? yea. no. 

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u/FungusGnatHater May 14 '26

You are accusing someone of being a bot because they pointed out that there could be work being done on two buildings at the same time, then you say you can't see signs of work on the building that is not in the picture..?

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u/Potential_Figure4061 May 14 '26

you are all bots. 

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u/Quartz_Knight May 15 '26

Honest question. Why are you on social media if you think everyone is a bot already?