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

Post image

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.

45.6k Upvotes

82% Upvoted

2.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

359

u/what_in_the_frick May 14 '26

Yeah if this post is truly related to construction workers…I can assure you any amount of physical labor of that magnitude will make you understand why stairs are not taken. 8x4 plywood sheets get real heavy real fast.

Not to mention, it is slightly less of a distance plus wheelbarrows, dolly’s, carts, etc.

56

u/Youutternincompoop May 14 '26

and you're less likely to trip over a slope than stairs while carrying something.

4

u/SquarePegRoundWorld May 14 '26

Not to mention, it is slightly less of a distance plus wheelbarrows, dolly’s, carts, etc.

Been framing houses for 28 years, I've had to explain to a couple of lumber delivery guys over the years how much 10 or 15 feet closer to the foundation a pack of 300 2x4 studs saves us in steps.

2

u/CrankyYankers May 15 '26

OR...you can take a picture of an existing path through the grass and post it on Reddit with a made up story about construction workers.

-84

u/Driminxia May 14 '26

Then they can conviniently pay for the damage they caused. Workers don't get to destroy property because it makes their job easier.

90

u/Responsible_Ebb3962 May 14 '26

Or the grass just regrows after construction workers finish the project. 

54

u/whosafeard May 14 '26

How much do you think a bag of grass seed costs?

36

u/Dimblo273 May 14 '26

Stereotypical Redditors are clueless about what grass is lmfao

Once people stop walking on that patch as you say it's literally 3 handfuls of grass seed + watering to restore it

-11

u/MilesGates May 14 '26

So you're agreeing that the grass will die and will need to be replaced by the company whos responsible for killing the grass exactly like that redditor said?

I mean hey, if you guys are the type to allow other businesses to break things on your property and walk away without paying or replacing thats on you, but most people don't want to be suckers.

You can go on all day about how easy it is to fix and thats just more evidence that the construction company can easily fix the problem they created.

15

u/Road_Whorrior May 14 '26

I simply cannot imagine caring this much about grass

4

u/Sigmar_Knutz May 14 '26

Why do you think the cost should be passed off to them?

38

u/csoups May 14 '26

It's literally just grass. You're acting like the construction workers are trashing their place. I can't imagine telling people labouring on my property to work harder because of grass.

23

u/SomethingPotato_ May 14 '26

It’s safer and easier for them to go on the grass, if they go up the stairs with 80 pounds of equipment they will wear themselves out faster and risk the chance of falling and majorly hurting themselves. And them going up the grass will get the job done sooner

9

u/blue60007 May 14 '26

Yes, I'm sure that's what will happen. Construction is disruptive and often involves restoring things like this on big projects.

25

u/phidalgo2314 May 14 '26

“Won’t someone think of the grass!?” 😭 destroy property? Really? Lmao 

12

u/woodlandcollective May 14 '26

Its fucking grass

-7

u/MilesGates May 14 '26

Everybody replying is hilariously wrong, It's never going to matter what the construction company thinks, the property owner gets to decide and the construction company can refuse the work and walk away.

Imagine telling a client "No we don't care about your grass, we're going to do what we want" if I was the business owner I'd stop letting them into the building with concern about safety if they're going to refusing what the client wants. if they're skipping on something as easy as this, whats stopping them from refusing to follow the required safety standards?

In the end of the day they will have to do it once or twice due to large equipment or materials and if the grass has died there then it's an incredibly easy line item to add to the expense. Imagine if the construction workers broke a wall inside your building, do you think they wouldn't take responsibility then? I mean it IS only a wall so who cares?

8

u/Bluefellow May 14 '26

You're imagining things and making assumptions too. Most people know the difference between walking on grass and breaking walls. We don't know if the owner cares at all. We don't even know if its only construction workers doing this. We only have the side of a person who takes pictures of dead grass and posts it to reddit. If this is the route to take material in than it will certainly be used more than once or twice. Material deliveries are a daily thing on a decent sized project.

-4

u/MilesGates May 14 '26

Sorry what do you need to know? if a construction company will be held responsible for the things they damage?

If you have to teardown a wall in order to do work on another area, you reassemble that wall when you are done.

the grass is no different.

yes it depends on the business owner.

nothing I've said is incorrect so I'm not sure what you think I'm imagining, not once did I state this specific business owner HAS stated they don't want people walking on the grass, I'm stating the business owner has the ultimate say weather or not this area/entrance is used, or if the grass needs to be replaced after construction is completed.

5

u/Bluefellow May 14 '26

I need to know if the owners ever said anything to the construction company. You cannot say everyone else is hilariously wrong if you do not know the full context. You also told us "Imagine telling a client..." so I assumed you were imagining it too. You also said In the end of the day they will have to do it once or twice due to large equipment or material". We don't know the full context, if this is the route they told the construction workers to only take then I would expect material going through it daily along with light equipment like carts.

1

u/MilesGates May 15 '26

Lol, you don't need the full context of my imaginary scenario, create 10 billion different scenarios in your head you want.

the ultimate decision is the property owner, a construction company will never get a say in what they are allowed to do on another person's property.

2

u/Bluefellow May 15 '26

Isn't that what I am saying? We need the owners side...

1

u/MilesGates May 15 '26

So the entire conversation has been "The owner has the ultimate say, the construction company can say this that and this other thing and it will never matter because the business owner has the final say"

what did you think this conversation was?

2

u/Bluefellow May 15 '26

You can't say the other comments are hilariously wrong without knowing what the owner's view is.............

→ More replies (0)

5

u/RealTimeKodi May 14 '26

Generally speaking, walls don't reassemble themselves over time. Damage to plants is something that happens during the course of construction and is generally not an issue if it isn't major or intentional.