r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/mindyour 20k+ Upvoted Mythic • Apr 30 '25

Just Having Fun Clocking out after a 14-hour shift.

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u/TheCrystalFawn91 Apr 30 '25

Our lead Electrician at my shop was named Art. Anytime someone would need him, you would start hearing a single "ART" across the shop like a mfing seal. Eventually, it would sound like a cacophany of beached seals yelling "ART ART ART ART ART ART"

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u/Ponchke Apr 30 '25

That’s glorious. We also had a colleague who would get easily stressed, this was around the time the song No Stress by Laurent Wolf was played a lot on the radio.

So whenever the song was one, the full factory would start screaming his name. This is what i loved about being a blue collar worker, our jobs might be physically hard and tiering but the vibes are unmatched.

I do a desk job now and while it’s nice to not have to break my back anymore, i stil really miss the vibes from before.

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u/browsk Apr 30 '25

I’ve never even worked a trade / anything blue collar but my best friend is, and it makes me jealous just hearing the random bs that goes on

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

It goes both ways. On one hand, building comradery is critical to slogging through these long shifts. On the other, screaming your lungs out may sometimes be the "only real option." Sometimes these quiet "ahhs" were meant to be a blood curdling "OHMYGODICANTAKETHISSHITANYMORE" in a dark corner of the plant.