Thread 2940257

What is the most sedentary trade? Is it also the most generally out of shape one?

>>2940257 (OP)
concrete

>>2940257 (OP)
Heavy equipment operators.

>>2940257 (OP)
can't say the most out-of-shape one but I can rule out carpentry. I work in construction management and literally all of my carpenters are fucking ripped. some of them have forearms bigger round than my thighs. I don't know how they do it.

>>2940257 (OP)
>What is the most sedentary trade?
russian shill
OP
shitposting

>>2940287
Meth

>>2940257 (OP)
Electricians. Laziest SOBs on any construction site every time

>>2940257 (OP)
project management or inspectors. At least the inspectors know wtf they're doing.

actor

>>2940257 (OP)
Journeyman electrician. Apprentices work their asses off but the journeyman tighten a couple screws down and act like they're God. It's hit or miss. Some are fat but another are super skinny cause they never work up an appetite, they prefer not to work at all.

>>2940257 (OP)
Corrupt Building inspector
>Drive over to job site
>pull out checklist
>check bank account for fund transfer
>heyup, everything looks like it's in order
>never get out of car
>drive to next job site

>>2940604
Inspector here, can confirm.

Insulator is pretty low effort.

>>2940257 (OP)
I've known some really fat plumbers. Really fuckin fat.

>>2940651
>be me, plumber
>pull up to 10 unit apartment building for first day of top out
>all plumbing walls are 2x4 walls
>need to fit a 3 5/8" OD pipe up a 3 1/2" wall for upstairs shitters
>builder says cut the top plates out to do it
>i tell him aint no way that will pass inspection
>he says dont worry about it, just do it
>tons of other fucked up shit in the building
>couple weeks later inspector comes
>inspector chills in the middle unit with foreman just bullshitting and laughing
>30 mins later he leaves
>never looked at anything
>signed off good to go!!
fucking insane.
they just bent the sheetrock around the pipes and there was a big bow in the walls in all the downstairs shitters.

>>2940270
This grandpa has got stories

I don't know if I count. But architects. You get diabetes by 35

machine operators,

crane operators specifically. they really just fuckin sit.

Office workers. Sitting on their ass all day.

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>>2940257 (OP)
Not really a trade but more of a role for senior tradesmen whose performance, reliability and aptitude for management & coordination distinguish said employee for the role.
As a site super, your job is to drive around town in a company truck, take power naps in parking lots, hide in portapotties, walk around on site talking to your phone, which should never leave the side of your head otherwise those guys will always be asking you about engineers and all that nonsense.

>>2940270
90% of concrete is just standing there
the only guy working is the one pulling the screed or the one figuring out heights of forms

>>2941087
let me guess, florida?

>>2941087
I swear man these lazy fucks don't do anything. Vito Spatafore was a realistic building inspector

>>2940269
this. crane operators, truck drivers, forklift drivers, digger operators, just sit there and operate machine.

>>2941053
yeah plumbers too, i don't know why though, it's a bit physical but yeh, for some reason, plumbers are fat.

>>2944557
You forgot THE single most critical function of the construction superintendent

>>2940257 (OP)
Maybe aerospace or motorsports TIG welders who just sit at a fixture bench all day.

>>2940269
It's sort of true. We are sedentary while in the cab. But some of us also grab a shovel, wrench, prybar, etc...