r/ThatsInsane • u/Longjumping-Box5691 • 1d ago
Under review // Auto-Removed We are getting soft
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u/No_Good_Cowboy 1d ago
That gadget is cheaper than a workman’s comp claim.
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u/gilguren 1d ago
Brain Vs. Back.
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u/idjsonik 1d ago
Facts working smarter not harder op probably a boomer
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u/ThrustTrust 1d ago
Dude even the youngest boomers are in the late 50s. They ain’t shoveling gravel.
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u/BatterEarl 1d ago
1964 was the last year to be a Baby Boomer. The youngest Baby Boomers are turning 61 years old this year. All your Social Security belong to us.
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u/rohrschleuder 1d ago
This right here. Sounds like OP has never lifted a 25 gallon sack of wet food and detritus. That bag is heavy as fuck. I can’t remember how many time one of those fuckers broke while lifting it or the time I almost torqued a testicle trying.
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u/This-is-getting-dark 1d ago
The play is lift the entire can and dump it. Preferably with another person haha
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u/koushakandystore 1d ago
I’m a strong dude, 6’3” 220 pounds and can lift a lot of weight. Yet even I have struggled heaving bags of god knows what into a dumpster. I’m pretty sure they weren’t human remains. Whatever was in them was wet.
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u/SplatDragon00 1d ago
5'2" and 130lbs. You should have seen me trying to lift the trash bags when we emptied our freezer after we lost power from a hurricane for a week and a half
Wet and they sag and move around. I'd pay for a lift like this
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u/cheeznipsmagee 1d ago
Some people pay really good money to get their testicles torqued
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u/CIA_napkin 1d ago
Nothing prepares you for how truly dirty you will feel, when a heavy ass garbage bag full of food and liquids, breaks open on you as you hoist it overhead. Makes you want to quit on the spot.
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u/djwrecksthedecks 1d ago
Those "tough builders" use more tools than any job in the world are they seriously that dumb?
Drop every tool at the worksite and start hammering nails with your 3-inch skulls and unga bunga tough guy hands ya pansies!
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u/angrydeuce 1d ago
The mentality pervades the jobsite, it's softened up a bit now as they're becoming more clued in on the effects of that shit but back in the day it was pretty much verboten to not just throw your back into it and try to manhandle shit whenever possible.
When I was a kid I worked for my uncle who was a general contractor, all those guys that worked for him were tough as nails but they were also all incredibly beat to shit and most of them used drugs and alcohol to compensate. I only did it for a few years when I was in my physical prime and I'd be throwing hot water heaters up on a shoulder and carrying them around like it was nbd, oh need a few more bags of concrete, Ill grab three of those 50 pound bags at a time and hand carry them across the site, dont wanna look like a pansy ass and all.
I feel it now though, even though I didn't even do it for a lifetime like those guys do/did, my back, shoulders, knees and ankles are all totally shot being Mr Tough Guy on the jobsite with all the old timers that were eating pills like tic tacs throughout the day and looked like they were 20 years older then they actually were.
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u/hueypthompson 1d ago edited 1d ago
Right can’t use air nailer, battery drill, scaffolding, any powered saw. Lets see how “soft” they are, they think their tuff until they run into someone who tells them to be a man and go OG Amish.
Edit: you should see them when there’s a few drops of rain. Legit will draw a 18inch circle in the dirt, more than 5 drops in the circle in 2 mins it’s called a day. I worked construction saw so many hissy fits over small shit. Seriously had 3 table saws on site one was a saw stop and the blade got wet so it locked up, the day got called with 2 perfectly fine table saws.
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u/henrydaiv 1d ago
Construction worker filming this probably pulled his back a little while later trying to lift something in a non soft way
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u/Ilovefishdix 1d ago
I lift hundreds, often thousands of pounds of building materials a day at work. Any time I can use a machine to take a little strain off of me, I do it. No shame
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u/ShinyJangles 1d ago
It could just be really heavy. No way to tell
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u/ElGoddamnDorado 1d ago
Dude could have a chronic injury as well. And it generally costs people nothing to not be judgemental pricks like the guys in the video.
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u/heliumneon 1d ago
Yeah, I had neck pain for years after being hit in a car accident. Even though I looked normal, if I lifted up something heavy like the sack the guy was disposing, the pain would come back and I'd be laying down for 2-3 days. It was hard for my coworkers to understand why I'd try to never be near heavy work - it was because I'd naturally just end up helping out and regretting it later.
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u/Adkit 1d ago
Exactly. We're not getting soft we're getting inclusive. And if you're the kind of person who thinks inclusive means soft then you have never faced strife in your life and I hope everything bad happens to you so you'll learn what struggle actually means.
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u/slaviccivicnation 1d ago
Judging by the bang it makes when it hit the dumpster, I will assume that it is indeed heavy and seems oddly stiff.
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u/RedditRated 1d ago
Even if it’s not really heavy there’s nothing wrong with using a tool that makes your job easier. “Work smarter not harder”
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u/happycows808 1d ago
Humans got to where they are by inventing tools and using them. Imagine hating on the one thing that made us as great as we are today.
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u/lhamels1 1d ago
We had these at an old restaurant job of mine that had a trash compactor. No way someone was lifting that thing 5 feet into a dumpster.
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u/Lewcypher_ 1d ago
Yeah to be fair it sounded heavy as fuck when it dropped. May be an empty container but still sounded loud and thumpy idk
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u/TheHighSeasPirate 1d ago
Also looks like the dumpster is hundreds of feet from whatever store he is working at.
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u/gnflannigan 1d ago
I've never seen one before, but if that's somehow an accessibility device and it's giving this guy the ability to lift a bag over his head that he otherwise couldn't, then there's nothing soft about it.
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u/huh_o_seven 1d ago
Sometimes people even throw away things that are impossible for one person to throw high up into a dumpster if you’re not the rock. Most likely part of his job and the reason he has this specific device, its literally a dolly for moving heavy ass objects😂
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u/Solintari 1d ago
My left shoulder is fucked and I couldn’t throw a bag like that with it. If my other shoulder goes, I would need something like this.
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u/garifunu 1d ago
Man, men are such assholes, this also lets women and the elderly get the trash in the bin, but noooo back problems makes you a man
Stupid fucking machismo, who the fuck cares what anyone thinks let alone fucking toxic masculinity filled men who just want to get hard so they look cool for other men
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u/SirStocksAlott 1d ago
men who just want to get hard so they look cool for other men
What?
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u/magicwombat5 1d ago
Yeah, I could do work with that which I couldn't without it. It would be a "reasonable accomodation" device for me.
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u/dean_syndrome 1d ago
I bought one of these for $115 from a machinery auction and I’ve used it to lift an 800lbs table saw, lift my lawn mower onto a high rack in my garage, lift a 15” steel drill press into the back of my truck. I love that damn thing.
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u/cookieboiiiiii 1d ago
Just throwing in some context, that appears to be a keg jockey, meant for lifting full kegs of beer.
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u/SprayArtist 1d ago
Bro could have a severe back injury, nothing soft about it.
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u/heids_25 1d ago
People forget about invisible injuries/disabilities too easily
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u/TheDemonPants 1d ago
They don't forget, they just don't care. I have bad back problems myself and the people I work with think that if I hurt it I can just take some pills and keep working.
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u/heids_25 1d ago
Why do people think they know better than
1) doctors 2) people actually experiencing the pain/limitations?
If Tylenol could fix it, I wouldn't expect someone to bring it up as to why they can't do xyz. Anything beyond "I can't do this" is not their business.
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u/PhotoAwp 1d ago
I worked at McDonald's when I was 16, everyone else was also 16-17. One of the young guys I worked with got stabbed in the hand by a needle while carrying garbage. Nothing could force me to care about this.
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u/deathbyvitamins 1d ago
I was 17 when I threw a bag of wood scraps into a dumpster above my head. Also, my 1st hernia.
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u/negetivex 1d ago
“We are getting soft” says the man watching somebody else work to his friends who are also not working
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u/Lanky_Republic_2102 1d ago
Tell me about it, I’m getting tired just watching him.
That garbage dolly doesn’t look very ergonomic. Don’t we have robots to do this work now?
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u/steady_as_a_rock 1d ago
"We're slaving away over here" One recording and another one propped up against a shovel?
In that guys defense: that sounded like a heavy bag when it hit the dumpster.
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u/Global_Criticism3178 1d ago edited 1d ago
Many people had the same reaction when they first laid eyes on the wheel.
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u/UncleHec 1d ago
Soft little babies just want to roll everywhere when they have two perfectly good legs.
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u/dat_oracle 1d ago
Computer? That's for the softies. I'm doing my math via abacus.
Abacus? That's for the real softies. I'm doing my math via fingers.
Fingers? Pfft...
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u/IronSide_420 1d ago
I'm not too sure this device is going to take over like the wheel. But it still can be handy.
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u/AcidHaze 1d ago
Yeah, it's handy for people like Hvac workers who need to lift a mechanical unit into place, as it's intended for...
That being said, I'd bet this guy isn't paid enough to work any faster or harder than he is, so good for him. I'd do the same if I worked a retail job in today's world. Used to be that retail workers still made enough to afford alto own modest home and live a decent life, those days are long gone though, so why put any more effort than the bare minimum needed to get through the day?
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u/Arithik 1d ago edited 1d ago
Who cares? Maybe the person has a bad back, even not, who the fuck cares? Just some losers recording other people for likes.
I mean..you're getting this from tiktok. An app for the biggest losers in the world.
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u/ariphron 1d ago
Yeah one person actually working and a bunch of people standing around.
You also do shit like that just to waste time on the clock, but still working! That’s the definition of “look busy”
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u/Woyaboy 1d ago
It also could be mandated by the business. I seriously would not be surprised.
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u/ariphron 1d ago
That to and most likely. Company made employees thrown trash out employee gets hurt sues for a dumpster worth of cash, now everyone has to use lift for garbage.
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u/OpenUpYerMurderEyes 1d ago
If using a tool provided to you by your company to make your life easier is getting soft then, buddy, size really isn't everything.
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u/ButtMunchSupreme420 1d ago
It would be nice to have a construction elevator while installing rooftop AC units on a 6 story building, only have to haul roughly 200 pounds of equipment up there everyday
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u/SSCLIPPER 1d ago
Yeah more like getting smarter. Nothing says tough like throwing out your back for 12$/ hour job. Screw that
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u/Rehcraeser 1d ago
anybody upvoting this has never tried lifting a full garbage bag from a restaurant. you can try using momentum from swinging it, but you always end up hurting your back
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u/Yourownpieceofmind 1d ago
If the garbagebag doesnt rip halfway through the throw and ending up with everything on the ground for the rats to enjoy it for days.
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u/DmJerkface 1d ago
I used to help my dad clean a large mechanic shop every night. We used to dump the 55 gal trash cans. A fucking mechanics would throw bunch of rotors and shit in the bottom and even as a young healthy dude that shit was fucking hard to get into the dumpster. Wish I had something like this back then.
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u/darwinning_420 1d ago
poster & recorders are lame ass losers
believe it or not, some people got bad backs! fweakin cwazy, i know
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u/DarkArcher__ 1d ago
The entirety of human civilization has been driven by our search to simplify and then automate tasks that we would otherwise do manually
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u/Putrid-VII 1d ago
Tell us you've never had to throw away an overly full trash bag from a fast food place without telling us
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u/Herteitr 1d ago
My mom was a nurse before the advent of standard lifts. Her entire right side is 1 inch longer than her left side. Lifts do not make people "soft." Work smart, not hard, and never sacrifice your body or health for your company.
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u/WheredoesithurtRA 1d ago
Not all disabilities are visible. Some folk can also work light duty with restrictions after an injury or surgery.
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u/Alistaire_ 1d ago
Fuck outta here with the "getting soft." What if he has a disability or injury that makes it difficult or impossible to lift? Hell there's people at my job who can't/ aren't supposed to lift anything more than 10 pounds past their chest.
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u/homerj1977 1d ago
Somewhere someone put a workers comp claim for chucking a bag of rubbish and this was the outcome
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u/ThatShadyJack 1d ago
Eat shit OP maybe he’s got a bad back or better yet avoiding getting an injury like that
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u/CaptainMagnets 1d ago
Soft? Mother fucker have you tried slinging garbage? Sit down before you hurt yourself. Oh wait, that's too soft. Stand there and never sit down
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u/SourpatchMao 1d ago
It’s a good way to avoid garbage juice on you. So i’m not sure it’s making anyone soft. Just not smelly.
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u/SuperShecret 1d ago
Y'all are focusing on the weight of the bag. This thing definitely reduces the rate of those bags ripping. Less of a mess!
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u/SolarPunkYeti 1d ago
I dunno, after decades of hard labor my back and knees are pretty fucked lol, and I'm not even 40 yet. 3 days ago both my elbows started hurting a lot, not sure why lol, still pretty sore.
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u/regular_gnoll_NEIN 1d ago
Having done this with over 250kgs of expired food.... I have done exactly this, though it wasn't apecifically designed for it. Just a repurpoaed other tool in the warehouse that let get the cans up to level with the chute.
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u/lexmichelle94 1d ago
I would rather look like an idiot and use this than suffer a herniated disc that will be with me for the rest of my life.
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u/ShakyTheBear 1d ago
Since you know so much,
1) you must know the weight of the bag, what was it?
2) you must know this person's medical history, can you confirm that they don't have diagnosed spinal issues?
3) you must know the company policies of his employer, what are they?
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u/superkickpunch 1d ago
Zero understanding of this dudes circumstances and you’re ready to dogpile him on the internet. He hasn’t hurt anyone, he’s not doing anything criminal, but he’s somehow deserving of having himself recorded without his knowledge and labeled weak in a Reddit post. Fuck off OP.
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u/Specific-Barracuda75 1d ago
Maybe it's heavy as fuck? I have a spinal injury from constant lifting that ruined my life. Don't take chances to injure yourself to be macho
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u/PassMeThatPerrier 1d ago
Lawyers is why this is happening. I work in a company that has devices like that, all because of lawyers and workman's comp. This guy probably rolled his eyes too when he was told he had to use that
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u/Keyndoriel 1d ago
I'm 5 foot and too short to even open some dumpster lids, and I'm expected to throw 30 LBS elementary trash into it. This would be convenient
Have you tried not being a judgemental asshole OP?
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u/not_sick_not_well 1d ago
That looks like a dumpster area for a food chain. The trash can easily become very heavy, and or risk tearing the bag. In my experience working fast food, I would have much rather had that device and be called "soft", than end up covered in rotten half eaten food and drinks for the rest of my shift
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u/zaevilbunny38 1d ago
I've had bags rated for 60 pounds shred, cause people have put in concrete and other heavy garbage. There have been used needles in the bags. This literally make sure someone doesn't stab themselves through a bag, I am all for this.
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u/kalooboo 1d ago
There are so many variables possible here. Is that very heavy? Is he recovering from injury? Does he have an invisible disability? Or maybe he's just not willing to throw his back out for whatever paltry hourly pay he gets.
Either way, it's easier to judge than mind your business, apparently.
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u/CptMeat 1d ago
It's all fun and games until you try to sling the bag over the rim by hand Without realizing the bag has a small cut in it, the centripetal force causing a full overloaded garbage back of Outback refuse to fly across the parking lot, oil and viscera covering your employee shirt as you pick bloom out of your hair. The smell took a full week stg
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u/OuterInnerMonologue 1d ago
It could be very heavy and/or hold an untrustworthy container with lots of oil and shit I wouldn’t want to risk spilling on myself if it ripped when I threw it over
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u/thesurgeonsuicides 1d ago
I work in workers comp and I’ve seen numerous claims where people threw their backs out throwing away heavy bags of trash, etc.
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u/NoOnion4890 1d ago
I can tell you, as someone who has had several back surgeries as a result of being hit by a door (nothing major, just a door) - this is fantastic.
If "We are getting soft" boy wants to, he can go back to the good days when he would be expected to run 26 miles in full metal armor plus gear and...wait..a car, you say?
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u/Creepy_Truth_9000 1d ago
Some people don’t have the ability to lift, but machines like this can help people with disabilities or if the individual is on light duty, this is perfect. This is a shameful post. OP and whoever took this video should honestly be ashamed, no need to judge people without knowing the situation. The world we live in is cruel and evil, I wish OP and the person who took this video look into themselves and heal whatever evil causes them to judge others.
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u/LeahXXVII 1d ago
He needs to mind his business. Products like these provide accessibility. Just because something appears stupid to you, doesn't mean it doesn't have its functionality for everyone else.
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u/Party-Weather5643 1d ago
I bet that someone had injured themselves putting garbage into a dumpster working for that company and sued, so now they've given everyone that machine and made it company policy that you have to use it.
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u/SecretPersonality178 1d ago
This looks more like a company policy/ anti-workers claim machine rather than a legitimate need.
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u/The_Big_Kahuna_ 1d ago
My toddler understands assistive technology so I refuse to believe OP doesn't get it. Are you fucking stupid?
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u/powprodukt 1d ago
If that guys has back issues and wants to keep his job without stacking up medical bills and more health problems, more power to him!!
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u/benjamin_ho 1d ago
I worked at a place that had one of these. It's because they use a trash compactor. If you get enough in there it's pretty difficult for the avg person to get it in there. Plus if you sling it over and the bag bursts, you're having a pretty bad night 🤷♂️
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u/Pressure-Impressive 1d ago
What if that device is part of the workplace modifying procedures to ensure employees are not injured in their duties? What if this fellow has a disability, but this allows him to complete tasks safety and for business purposes?
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u/raynbowz13 1d ago
This isn't about a person being soft this is about a company having insurance and the insurance company telling them they're not going to cover workers comp
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u/Zealousideal_Fun7385 1d ago
What’s wrong with making our jobs easier? Lots of people do backbreaking work and end up with lifelong problems from the injuries they suffered from having to do things themselves. Life is hard enough, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to preserve your body as much as you can so that you can enjoy yourself.
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u/BolOfSpaghettios 1d ago
Ahhh yes, throwing out garbage without the chance of throwing your back out means "we are getting soft". What are we outraged at today?
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u/Resonating_UpTick 1d ago
You know this is 100% a corporate decision after someone was off for months with a workers comp claim.
These and 10 minutes of training is cheaper than workers comp.
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u/GrandMastaGaz 1d ago
Mate of mine got paid out 500k from Costco doing his back in the tyre shop...
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u/the_ok_doctor 1d ago
Yo thats great for heavy shit. Reduces the chances of injuries and long term body issues.
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u/Tri_fester 1d ago
Toxic slave macho mentality, until they start to use painkiller because their joints and back hust as hell.
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u/OneSufficientFace 1d ago
It looks like a food waste bin. If it is, they get SERIOUSLY heavy, like two man lift kindve heavy.
Source : me, and 11 years in hospitality
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u/Employee_Agreeable 1d ago
No we just care about our backs and dont want to be crippled by 50
But you do you I guess
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u/kenziethemom 1d ago
Did I just throw bags like that into the dumpster? Absolutely. Did I also have a broken bowl go through my finger and land me in the emergency room, and permanently alter my fingerprint after throwing one of the bags into the dumpster? Also yes.
It looks lazy but it's probably cheaper for the company than my hospital bill was, and also they're not gushing blood everywhere.
It's funny to watch but like.... I kind of get it lol.
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u/peachy-carnahan 1d ago
“Soft”, my ass. If the technology exists, and it gets the job done and improves our quality of life, then why not? My Dad (a “boomer”, as the half-wits say) died because of back problems. There’s nothing wrong with using the tools you have. No job is worth your vertebrae, especially tossing trash.
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u/I_talk 1d ago
Slavin away over here, pans to black guy who's also just watching the trash get thrown away, continues to film zero work happening on their end while the smarter not harder guy continues working. The delusional aspects of this transcend generations. Improve your life by looking in the mirror and accept that you deserve better, then go make better happen.
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u/yesiamark 1d ago
Who cares? His just doing his work when you are just there filming without his consent. Stop being an as*hole
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u/Helmer-Bryd 1d ago edited 1d ago
I’m afraid I can relate to this dude since I got muscle rheumatism, fucking he’ll to do stuff above your shoulders….
So it could have been me. Hate people judging without knowing enough.
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u/BadLuckLopez 1d ago
You and the clown recording a man minding his own business are the soft ones bud.
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u/Image_of_glass_man 1d ago
If it enables someone who wouldn’t be able to work otherwise, awesome. But this is just absurd. It’s easier to just throw it in FFS. You made it harder on yourself.
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u/Nothinbutmike 1d ago
That looks like 4 tires in a bag, if it helps him get them all in without throwing out his back I’m all for it, that’s not lazy that’s smart. Homie on the roof is mad cause he’s still doing manual labour by hand without a lift assist 🤷♂️
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u/sik_dik 1d ago
We don’t know what’s in that bag
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u/chucks97ss 1d ago
Definitely a body. And from what I can tell, bodies are pretty heavy. So it seems justified.
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u/DrTheloniusPinkleton 1d ago
Judging from my experience I’d have to say it looks to be somewhere in the ballpark of 1.5 dead hookers.
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u/Reesevet786 1d ago
I like how everyone supported the garbage guy, like my dad always says...there could be something going on in their life that we don't know about, be grateful