Thursday, April 03, 2008

Man, I wish I had a camera...

I saw something today that makes me KNOW who I won't be using the next time we need a roof on our house. Of course, I doubt if any of these guys will live long enough to actually make it across town, so it is pretty much a no-brainer.

I was dropping the cousin off at her house. Her neighbors are getting a new roof. The house is one of those big ol' 2 story boxes. So the edge of the roof is what, 25 or 30 feet in the air or so?

These knuckleheads were using two extension ladders to get to the roof. So how do you use two extension ladders at the same time? Duct tape of course.

Yep, they were climbing up to the roof on two ladders DUCT TAPED together. Nice!

I hope the company has a good worker's comp program.

Edit: 4/8/08

OK, the crew was gone of course, but I drove past the house again today. AND I had a camera with me. So there you go...

4 comments:

The Father of Five said...

Huh?? That's not "common practice" ???

Mike said...

But it'll keep you 911 guys in business, right?

The Father of Five said...

Yeah... Us and the Darwin Awards!!

Terry said...

Just another wonderful use illustrated by the miracles of duct tape. I keep a roll of it in every vehicle, never know when you might need to patch a tire, right!