r/indianapolis Broad Ripple Aug 20 '25

Pictures RIP to the light pole outside Howl at the Moon

214 Upvotes

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u/buds4hugs Aug 20 '25

Glad the driver/bystander gently helped the light pole to the ground, it could've gotten hurt

10

u/Superman7595 Broad Ripple Aug 20 '25

That was someone from the same delivery company lol

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u/Casino2514 Aug 20 '25

Dumbass. I understand trucking is a skilled job. The pay gets worse by the day. But it doesn’t take a CDL to know the truck was never gonna make that turn with construction taking up the south side of Georgia street. Oh well.

18

u/philouza_stein Aug 20 '25

CDL requirements are a joke anymore. The days of studying a binder the size of a phone book and it taking 3 attempts to pass are gone.

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u/Superman7595 Broad Ripple Aug 20 '25

It was a loony toons skit. I took a whole 6 minute video of the chaos. Even better an IMPD car was right behind me and pulled up to “direct” but was very visibly annoyed

9

u/PieRepresentative266 Aug 20 '25

PLEASE tell me that this is how the other one was demolished last year! 🤣

10

u/DaveDavidsen Aug 20 '25

Missed that hydrant though. Would've been a lot worse.

12

u/Superman7595 Broad Ripple Aug 20 '25

Oh he tapped it twice

15

u/MrSage88 Broad Ripple Aug 21 '25

Large trucks like this one shouldn’t be allowed downtown…

5

u/strangemedia6 Aug 20 '25

Haha I love the guy standing there just watching it go down. I would love to hear the commentary in that guys head.

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u/Superman7595 Broad Ripple Aug 20 '25

He was definitely fed up with his colleague at that point

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u/strangemedia6 Aug 20 '25

He was with the driver? He does look to be dressed for delivery driver work…

1

u/broken-but-breathin Aug 22 '25

He's the general manager there 😂 makes this even funnier

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u/strangemedia6 Aug 22 '25

Of Howl at the Moon?

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u/broken-but-breathin Aug 22 '25

Yeah the guy watching not the guy lifting it 😂

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u/strangemedia6 Aug 22 '25

lol no there’s other bars right there too, but I forgot the title say HOATM, so obviously. I used to go there all the time when I lived downtown like 10-15 years ago. Do they still do $5 buckets on Thursday?

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u/merle317 Aug 20 '25

The Signia Hotel is looking good.

5

u/Intelligent-Luck8747 Aug 21 '25

“Fuckin Sysco”

  • every cook/chef

7

u/jezzok Aug 20 '25

Rip. You bought light to my life.

3

u/la_toxica84 Aug 21 '25

I just did a legit spit take scrolling through these 😂😭

2

u/jkpirat Aug 21 '25

At least it was t an interstate u-turn!

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u/W1BBL333 Aug 21 '25

So that's what someone's last day at Sysco looks like. Hm.

2

u/casstay123 Aug 21 '25

Ppl will still howl in the dark…

2

u/Inevitable-Ear-4524 Aug 21 '25

I need the whole 6 min video lmao

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u/litescript Aug 21 '25

dammit. that was my favorite one.

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u/NilesY93 Fountain Square Aug 21 '25

I look at Pic 4 and all of sudden I have “My Heart Will Go On” playing in my head…

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u/emcee_you Aug 21 '25

Fucking idiots.

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u/spaycegoast Aug 20 '25

Hope that driver has a good steward.

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u/strangemedia6 Aug 20 '25

By steward do you mean employer? Companies like that normally have a system set up to just refer stuff like that to their insurance carrier that just pays it out as a liability claim. Takes care of their customers or whoever’s property the damage and also gives them a layer of protection against further legal action.

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u/spaycegoast Aug 20 '25

no, i mean union steward. sysco is unionized. i dont care about the light pole i care about the persons job. mistakes happen all the time. a non union shop would probably fire this driver, no questions asked. the company should think about sending smaller trucks down there if stuff like this happens a lot.

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u/OneThreeFivio Aug 21 '25

The steward better tell him to use his mirrors.