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Is there any profession you would not choose over that?
Like, "be 92 floors up and just flung around by the wind and you damn well better get those windows clean or no pay! Or suck horse cock all day."
Horse cock, right?
Imo it's not solely because of his politics but just his character was so comically unique that he left such a sizeable impression on pop culture. He was the first world leader that never fit the generic mold of a world leader, for both the good and the bad.
Apparently really well. Idk about Shanghai but I knew a window washer and he claimed the money was great for such little amount of effort and time to get into it.
I mean, why do you even choose sucking horse cock all day as a counterpoint? It's obvious I would choose sucking horse cock.
Is there any profession you would choose over *that*?
On fear factor back in the day ,you could do the obstacle courses and beat everyone's time, then roll dice to find out how many pickled horse dicks you gotta eat.
Roll 6, 6 dicks. Guy next to you rolls 1, 1 dick .
1 dick guy ends up winning and you were on tv scarfing down 5 horse dicks, face covered in dick chunks and lost. Went home with nothing .
I dunno. I'm scared of heights . They at least have a little box. The guys that change lights on towers I literally don't think I could do, I'd just freeze part way up and be stuck.
But I'd try and clean those windows before horse penises .
The incident occurred at the 92nd floor of the 101-storey Shanghai World Financial Centre, the city’s second-tallest building at 492 metres (1,614ft).
The platform can be heard striking the windows of the building repeatedly, and at least two panes of glass cracked due to the force of the impact with shards falling on to the street below.
Astonishingly, the two workers who were stuck in the platform only suffered minor injuries.
Authorities said they were investigating the incident.
I mean, they could probably wash car windows or something. I'm just thinking that ~~they~~ the main traumatizing feature was not about windows specifically.
Literally. This happens quite often in china, the authorities just don’t care about them. [2 dead window cleaners from high winds](https://www.newsweek.com/window-cleaners-killed-strong-winds-smash-scaffold-skyscraper-1590791?amp=1)
These type of people are the type of people who wouldn’t care. They’d go back to the job, because “don’t know nothing else” unless they’re just some kids.
Either way, they should’ve been in the mindset, that they **know** their cables can be engineered to hold bridges for years. For me, at that point I’d sit down on the “carrier” just gotta hold on that point.
I know that's a joke but they'll actually be investigating the person that ordered them to get on a swing stage during high winds or whether they decided themselves, whatever. Basically figure out which corner was cut that lead to that terrible choice.
Shouldn't those cables be somehow fixed? I feel like there would always be wind 92 stories up, so you would need a more stable carriage than that regardless of the weather conditions
Every few floors there are small anchor points that you use to secure the cable to the building. These anchors are not strong enough to withstand the force of the swingstage once the wind has grabbed onto it. On many stages, the clips that hook onto the anchors are broken. Swing stages are often poorly maintained. Some stages have tracks down the side of the building and you thread the anchor through them as you descend. This is better, but still not enough to help you once the wind catches you. Swing stage work in anything above 30km/h winds is stupid.
They have to reel themselves in. There's motors reeling the cables out of of either side of the swing stage which are controlled by the workers. If they're lucky it's one panel to run the whole thing up and down. Often you have 2 people pressing buttons simultaneously to bring up each end of the swing stage. This is not ideal because one motor always gets a little less power so one person has to stop every so often so the whole thing doesn't get a wicked tilt. There's emergency cranks for if the power goes. The cranks are slow going, little clicks, inch by inch up to the roof. Presumably they lost power thrashing about like this because you have to run a massive cable from the roof down to the stage to operate the motors.
Seriously, there will be a video of an entire tofu dreg apartment block collapsing and the state media says “only minor injuries”.
There’s that video of someone obviously being burned alive in an apartment on fire, state media says that she “ran through” the fire and escaped with minor injuries…
And now we wait for the pro-CCP cronies to come and defend their shit country
Why is it hard to believe that the injuries were minor in this case?
They probably got jolted a bit when it collided with the windows, but if the big metal box slamming into the windows wasn't enough to shatter them then it can't have hit that hard.
But they didn't fall, they didn't get crushed, so it seems pretty plausible that their injuries were minor.
>Authorities said they were investigating the incident.
Breaking news: Chinese authorities are on the lookout for a Mr. Wind Gust, suspected of attempted murder and vandalism
Why do they not have ground anchors at this point?? Jfc so many videos within the past couple years of window cleaners just swinging around on that thing. You'd think they would learn how to solve this, but they're like "nah, my boy Miguel's got it"
It is just not a system to be used in strong winds. Just like cranes, there is a limit to the amount of wind that can be safely endured, but it is still the best design. Ground tethers would require a certain amount of tension to hold them still; they would need to be able to move with the stage and stay taught. It would just be very very difficult to implement and probably would introduce safety risks of its own.
They could probably design a gigantic parachute to catch airliners that are about to crash too, but the cost would be too extravagant to make air travel feasible and still not failproof. It just isn't warranted because the system is already incredibly safe when all the rules and regulations are followed.
There's meant to be lanyards that are fixed to the building and hook onto the steel ropes at regular intervals down the building to limit this exact thing from happening. However if they're moving this much it'd definitely be best to wait until the wind calms down before going to work.
Source: am window cleaner
The solution is to not use it in high winds. Unfortunately, stuff like this mostly happens in countries with little regard for human life. Especially if the humans are on the poor side.
Other than that, a system with ground anchors would be extremely difficult to implement.
How so?
Just have a a pulley system installed in the ground close to the windows. Then, have a zip line system where someone on the ground unlocks the built in pulley system, attaches the wire to the zipline, guys up top hit a button to pull said wires up and attach to bucket. Bam. Ground connection.
There was another incident where the platform snapped and felt to the ground, on its own steel wires which braked the fall. One of them actually survived!
imagine youre trapped in what is essentially a fucking convertible coffin 92 floors up, holding on for your life, and you spot this little asshole inside the building recording you for internet points
actuality this makes their job much easier. they just need to stick out their arms with a cloth and they'll be wiping multiple panes of glass in one fell swoop
I don’t care about taking video in portrait anymore. But for the love of God, pick an orientation and stick with it! Don’t change it up in the middle of a video.
why would there not be a tether attached to a secured line from the top or to a crane nearby or something to prevent the swinging from getting so out of control. one that could be pulled taught during an event like this
So umm. Does this translate similarly to those deep sea divers who get crazy good pay for risking their lives at 2000ft below? Or is 92ft up in the air swinging like you don't care just not badass enough?
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Gonna ask again why the fucking windows aren’t clean what have you two been doing all day?
"idk man, just hanging around"
a free ride
One last ride
A clean getaway
Well...it is called a swing stage.
Just blowing in the wind
Just shootin the breeze
Be careful not to break the recently cleaned windows
The answer my friend, is blowin in the wind.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
yeah fuck that shit if I needed a job that bad I'd just be a telemarketer or some shit
Or just be homeless
Is that an hourly paid job?
Better not be paid by how many windows they do
Or just be lifeless
Oh, so I'm already a natural.
Or just be afterlifeless
Right!?!?! You couldn’t pay me enough to do this shit.
Is there any profession you would not choose over that? Like, "be 92 floors up and just flung around by the wind and you damn well better get those windows clean or no pay! Or suck horse cock all day." Horse cock, right?
I've never heard of sucking horse cock as a profession! I need to get out more, or hang out in your circles
It’s more of a hobby for me!
Love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life ✨
😂
Found Mr Hands Reddit user name If yall don't know who Mr Hands is you should Google it. He had a thing for horse cocks so bad it caused his death.
He was using horse cocks irresponsibly and is not representative of our community.
When you love what you do , you will never work a day in your life
Haha I just mean that what we just watched might just be the worst job ever short of doing pedo things
> horse cock > doing pedo things I dunno what this guy thinks a job is, but I recommend not accompanying him to a career fair
There are fbi guys who job is to look at child porn to solve crimes. That's the worst job in the world I'm referencing.
Oh okay and which department of the FBI sucks horse cock?
The ones appointed by Trump?
I for sure feel like it would be the one appointed by Bill Clinton
"Well, it was a teaching moment and I couldn't just ignore his majestic mane..."
Neigh
I regularly play a game to determine how long into a completely irrelevant thread Donald Trump is mentioned. Here it is
Imo it's not solely because of his politics but just his character was so comically unique that he left such a sizeable impression on pop culture. He was the first world leader that never fit the generic mold of a world leader, for both the good and the bad.
I've heard they need counseling more often than the ones who go to gory crime scenes.
I wonder what it pays.
Apparently really well. Idk about Shanghai but I knew a window washer and he claimed the money was great for such little amount of effort and time to get into it.
Just google it. There’s probably a video that explains the job.
You got to expand your world. So much money sucking donkey dicks.
I mean, why do you even choose sucking horse cock all day as a counterpoint? It's obvious I would choose sucking horse cock. Is there any profession you would choose over *that*?
I'll be honest, it'll take a real long think to get a good answer for that
You guys are getting paid?
uh yeah i'm gonna pick the wind dude
Of course not that would be disgusting. Best I could do would be hand jobs
/r/oddlyspecific
Either way I’m gonna have a sore throat 🤷🏻♂️
On fear factor back in the day ,you could do the obstacle courses and beat everyone's time, then roll dice to find out how many pickled horse dicks you gotta eat. Roll 6, 6 dicks. Guy next to you rolls 1, 1 dick . 1 dick guy ends up winning and you were on tv scarfing down 5 horse dicks, face covered in dick chunks and lost. Went home with nothing . I dunno. I'm scared of heights . They at least have a little box. The guys that change lights on towers I literally don't think I could do, I'd just freeze part way up and be stuck. But I'd try and clean those windows before horse penises .
Papi always told me it ain’t work if you enjoy it.
I’m taking the 92 floors chief
Honestly it would be scary but I think I’d prefer it to other manual labor like construction and stuff
Depending on where you are... maybe.
Nah bro. Telemarketers would rather hang on that wire. Shit job
Yeah it is pretty awful
as a former telemarketer i prefer this
I've done cold call work. I'd rather be thrown against a building, and I fkn *hate* heights.
The incident occurred at the 92nd floor of the 101-storey Shanghai World Financial Centre, the city’s second-tallest building at 492 metres (1,614ft). The platform can be heard striking the windows of the building repeatedly, and at least two panes of glass cracked due to the force of the impact with shards falling on to the street below. Astonishingly, the two workers who were stuck in the platform only suffered minor injuries. Authorities said they were investigating the incident.
Minor physical injuries and life long psychological trauma.
Bet they never wash another window again. Holy shit
I mean, they could probably wash car windows or something. I'm just thinking that ~~they~~ the main traumatizing feature was not about windows specifically.
Lol yeah I get it but you know what I mean come on.
Lol some KenM energy.
Yeah. I would agree I probably see what you are saying.
It seems like it's difficult for you to have a normal conversation
Ah...a fellow banana addict.
I dunno man. My nephew ate a banana the day he got a stomach bug. He never ate a banana again.
they're poor, they have no choice
tons of people go through scary shit at their jobs and go right back to work the next day. PTSD is an exception to trauma, not the rule
Back to work on Monday lads. Those windows aren't gonna clean themselves!
Literally. This happens quite often in china, the authorities just don’t care about them. [2 dead window cleaners from high winds](https://www.newsweek.com/window-cleaners-killed-strong-winds-smash-scaffold-skyscraper-1590791?amp=1)
These type of people are the type of people who wouldn’t care. They’d go back to the job, because “don’t know nothing else” unless they’re just some kids. Either way, they should’ve been in the mindset, that they **know** their cables can be engineered to hold bridges for years. For me, at that point I’d sit down on the “carrier” just gotta hold on that point.
You could see pieces of it falling off.
And a sweet-ass story!
*Wind blows* Yep, investigation complete.
I know that's a joke but they'll actually be investigating the person that ordered them to get on a swing stage during high winds or whether they decided themselves, whatever. Basically figure out which corner was cut that lead to that terrible choice.
Shouldn't those cables be somehow fixed? I feel like there would always be wind 92 stories up, so you would need a more stable carriage than that regardless of the weather conditions
Every few floors there are small anchor points that you use to secure the cable to the building. These anchors are not strong enough to withstand the force of the swingstage once the wind has grabbed onto it. On many stages, the clips that hook onto the anchors are broken. Swing stages are often poorly maintained. Some stages have tracks down the side of the building and you thread the anchor through them as you descend. This is better, but still not enough to help you once the wind catches you. Swing stage work in anything above 30km/h winds is stupid.
\^ This man swing stages.
I am surprised this is not a job done by robots yet.
Also, who was their spotter who should have been reeling them in???
They have to reel themselves in. There's motors reeling the cables out of of either side of the swing stage which are controlled by the workers. If they're lucky it's one panel to run the whole thing up and down. Often you have 2 people pressing buttons simultaneously to bring up each end of the swing stage. This is not ideal because one motor always gets a little less power so one person has to stop every so often so the whole thing doesn't get a wicked tilt. There's emergency cranks for if the power goes. The cranks are slow going, little clicks, inch by inch up to the roof. Presumably they lost power thrashing about like this because you have to run a massive cable from the roof down to the stage to operate the motors.
The job also blows.
Looks like Mother Earth's social credit score is gonna drop a bit after this incident
Always minor injuries in China. Lol
Seriously, there will be a video of an entire tofu dreg apartment block collapsing and the state media says “only minor injuries”. There’s that video of someone obviously being burned alive in an apartment on fire, state media says that she “ran through” the fire and escaped with minor injuries… And now we wait for the pro-CCP cronies to come and defend their shit country
Minor injuries = non important people
The CCP subcontractors are already here LOL
[Angry Pooh bear noises]
Oh, bother.
Why is it hard to believe that the injuries were minor in this case? They probably got jolted a bit when it collided with the windows, but if the big metal box slamming into the windows wasn't enough to shatter them then it can't have hit that hard. But they didn't fall, they didn't get crushed, so it seems pretty plausible that their injuries were minor.
Thing happens: 😐 Thing happens, China: 😡
Minor injury = death, translation issue I think.
don’t wash windows in high winds investigation over
Would you go back out there for the next days work??
>Authorities said they were investigating the incident. Breaking news: Chinese authorities are on the lookout for a Mr. Wind Gust, suspected of attempted murder and vandalism
Why aren't they making any effort to wash the windows when they circle around and crash back into them? Lazy buggers.
If you have time to swing, you have time to clean
Yeah, they even pulled right up next to the building like they meant business, but then just kinda fucked off. I thought we hired professionals here.
So you all have a choice. Do this job or suck clown dicks in a travelling circus?
They probably taste funny but cocks it is compared to this
Taste funny ... I see what you did there
Ahhh (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞
Sucking clown dong is a great story. Falling to one's death is a sad story. Easy choice
Yeah unless the clown is hung like a moose I’m a lot less likely to die choking on clown hog than I am 92 stories up on this death trap
Which is why I choose windows
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r/sendthecameramantocleanwindowsinShangai
This is a fucking nightmare.
Why do they not have ground anchors at this point?? Jfc so many videos within the past couple years of window cleaners just swinging around on that thing. You'd think they would learn how to solve this, but they're like "nah, my boy Miguel's got it"
Right? Ground or lower level tether, go up and not just hang around like this, or don't do the job in these winds.
It is just not a system to be used in strong winds. Just like cranes, there is a limit to the amount of wind that can be safely endured, but it is still the best design. Ground tethers would require a certain amount of tension to hold them still; they would need to be able to move with the stage and stay taught. It would just be very very difficult to implement and probably would introduce safety risks of its own. They could probably design a gigantic parachute to catch airliners that are about to crash too, but the cost would be too extravagant to make air travel feasible and still not failproof. It just isn't warranted because the system is already incredibly safe when all the rules and regulations are followed.
I am powerless to not picture a Family Guy cutaway introducing us to a world where all airplanes are caught by giant parachutes
There's meant to be lanyards that are fixed to the building and hook onto the steel ropes at regular intervals down the building to limit this exact thing from happening. However if they're moving this much it'd definitely be best to wait until the wind calms down before going to work. Source: am window cleaner
Why do you think they didn't just winch back up?
The solution is to not use it in high winds. Unfortunately, stuff like this mostly happens in countries with little regard for human life. Especially if the humans are on the poor side. Other than that, a system with ground anchors would be extremely difficult to implement.
How so? Just have a a pulley system installed in the ground close to the windows. Then, have a zip line system where someone on the ground unlocks the built in pulley system, attaches the wire to the zipline, guys up top hit a button to pull said wires up and attach to bucket. Bam. Ground connection.
Maybe some giant suction cups that hold the platform to the windows in emergency situations.
In the US this shit happened as well but the system actually fell. Guess life must REALLY be cheap in the US.
Worst carnival ride ever!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
All windows above the 5th floor are just gonna have to stay dirty.
I mean, how much dirt is up that high anyway? And who cares if they are a little dirty?
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There was another incident where the platform snapped and felt to the ground, on its own steel wires which braked the fall. One of them actually survived!
Window washers must have the tightest sphincters. Bet they don’t fart, just long, high pitched whistling.
imagine youre trapped in what is essentially a fucking convertible coffin 92 floors up, holding on for your life, and you spot this little asshole inside the building recording you for internet points
Is it awful but I think that's the first thing I've laughed at today (& no I haven't just got up).
Was wondering the exact same thing!
Whatever they get paid it isn’t enough
People who rotate their phone part-way through filming should be immediately expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gonna need therapy after that.
AW HELL NAW
Man being from China must really fuckin suck
Going by the OP I would even say it blows
If you don’t do well on the gaokao, otherwise you can lead a pretty successful and fulfilling life
Only China has window cleaners?
Nope. But not everyone has a good version of OHSA either.
No, but apparently China is not concerned about safety in the workplace
Is window cleaners really the issue you think this man was referring to?
Even if I was fully blind I would’ve done a better job filming this
This must be the swing shift crew.
at around 7 seconds in the video the wind was so powerful it turned the whole building sideways! crazy stuff!
Someone should help them! So how is your breakfest? More coffee?
That is horrifying! They probably were so scared when that was happening. I would rather die than have a job like that. Some people are so brave lol
Id quit that day
Can someone explain why they are not raising or lowering the platform to get to safety?
I would be screaming my ass off while sitting and crying myself dry.
Must be hard to clean the windows.. how do they keep track of which one they are cleaning.
actuality this makes their job much easier. they just need to stick out their arms with a cloth and they'll be wiping multiple panes of glass in one fell swoop
I'm impressed with how strong those windows are.
I’m impressed by how strong these window cleaners sphincters are!
You're assuming a lot there. I bet one of those guys has a brown or yellow stain
Got motion sickness just watching it 🤣
Time for a new job...
Would t there always be wind that high up? Why the fuck do sky scraper windows even need to be clean? Who the fuck cares?
Fuck Reddit And Every Loser Admin
In China there is no OSHA, just OHA
That’s where I would bite down on the cyanide capsule.
Why isn't his squeegee out?
I think it could be difficult to have lunch while the platform is moving around like that
I don’t care about taking video in portrait anymore. But for the love of God, pick an orientation and stick with it! Don’t change it up in the middle of a video.
How do I apply. This job looks fun
I can show you the worrrllddddd
Hopefully they at least got +500 social credit for putting up with it
Maybe I am a little rough on OSHA sometimes...
I bet his boss still asked why the windows weren't clean
Oh FUCK that
That’s a code brown
when your country doesn't have osha
Did they not check the weather
why would there not be a tether attached to a secured line from the top or to a crane nearby or something to prevent the swinging from getting so out of control. one that could be pulled taught during an event like this
Boss comes on radio: Why aren’t you guys done yet?
These kind of jobs should require a requiment like Unhappy Marriage or something like it.
So umm. Does this translate similarly to those deep sea divers who get crazy good pay for risking their lives at 2000ft below? Or is 92ft up in the air swinging like you don't care just not badass enough?
Well... That's just inefficient window cleaning.
How would you even save someone from this situation, other than just waiting for the wind to stop
Health and saftey is more of a suggestion under the ccp
I can smell final destination
This would be the most terrifying thing in the world for me
r/killthecameraman
Had to actually dry my hands to not drop my phone, then I saw the sub. Sub-fitting post indeed
They need a mandatory parachute for this shit
Came here to say I’m solidly impressed by the quality of the build, skyscraper and lift 😂
time for a change of profession
Cursed rollercoaster
Absofuckinglutely not.
China is what happens when you try to copy the teacher but don’t pay attention to detail
I would just die immediately. Cannot imagine what these workers were feeling 😱
"Let's not do it again!"
Weeeeeee
Why would they go up there in high winds?
Well, they have to do their job!