Hilarious Moments That We Have Live TV To Thank
Like everyone else, news anchors and reporters can be stressed out or make mistakes while on the job. The only difference being their actions (and reactions) are filmed and televised live, for all to see. These are some of the craziest candid moments to have ever happened on live television.
Transparent Dress Reporting Live
This is why there are rules to what you can and cannot wear in front a green screen. She starts to give the presentation of for forecast for a few seconds before she realizes that things are see through! "Oh. I'm going to have to change, she said. "Look at this! That's a bummer. I thought it was light enough!"
After her co-workers teased her, a male came in to try and save the day by giving her his blazer to put on over the dress. To play off the situation, she starts dancing when she puts the blazer on before she starts to do the forecast again.
A Runny Nose
Poor Saphia Khambalia was a victim of one of the most serious dangers of live television: total embarrassment. The City TV News Toronto reporter was reporting live from Massey Hall theater when the cold weather made her nose run uncontrollably.
She describes how Charlie Sheen has made an impact on the city as she reports from outside his show. Then, she turns away from the camera to try to suck it in, but her nose drips right onto the microphone before the segment ends. She wasn’t about to let that cold weather get the best of her though. Khambalia went on to become an anchor for The Weather Network.
Aussie Reporters Fight Over Wardrobe
What happens when three Australian news reporters all wear white on the same day? Pretty much a cat fight. After noticing that all three ladies were wearing white tops during a three-way split screen segment, host Amber Sherlock asked reporter Julie Snook to put on a jacket, to prevent all three from matching. A request turned into a demand after Snook hesitated and rolled her eyes.
"If it's an issue, I'll just jump on out, honestly," Snook says. "Fine, just jump on out, if that's what you'd like to do" Sherlock replies. The ladies continue to snap at each other, back and forth as they're all wearing mics. Snook reappears wearing a black jacket and all three ladies are all smiles as they go live.
Here Kitty, Kitty
WJW’s Fox 8 reporter Kathleen Cochrane was reporting on a story about a couple arrested for animal abuse when they threw two cats out of their car. Some brilliant producer had the bright idea that Cochrane should be holding a cat during this segment, but from the moment the screen cuts to her, we know the cat isn’t happy.
Throughout the report, the cat struggles to jump down from Cochrane’s arms and loudly yowls. The cat gets so fed up that he eventually leaps up and scratches her in the face before jumping to the ground. Cochrane holds her head and starts to cry before the camera cuts to cute images of more innocent cats playing. She then laughs it off and says, “Obviously I’m not a cat person.”
A Spanking Confession
As what has to be one of the most embarrassing moments of her life, this female news anchor's "confession" to taking spankings as an adult was taken out of context- or was it?
While on the topic of disciplining children, her co-anchor inquires whether or not she received many spankings as a child. As she responds with "As a kid? No," he cannot keep himself together. Realizing what she had just admitted on air, she verbally scrambles to try to take back the words, but it is just too late.
Creepy Captain Jack Sparrow
This reporter is not a happy camper when she gets surprised by the one and only Captain Jack Sparrow. On her attempt to reach Breaking Bad fans on the streets of Hollywood, NBC reporter Madison Brooks gets harassed by random Captain Jack Sparrow wannabe and she cannot hold back her feelings.
As he creepishly smells her hair on air, he is pulled off the camera's view with Madison looking dumbfounded and disgusted. Such a funny take!
Buzz Buzz Buzz
KSNT reporter Katya Leick was reporting from a United States Army base in June 2015 when she was quite literally, and unexpectedly, swarmed by a pack of cicadas!
She kept her calm at first, but dropped her microphone when one flew near her mouth. We can't blame her for that!
Megyn Kelly Accuses Ex Of Cheating While On Air
The Fox News star sparked rumors that her first husband, Dr. Dan Kendall, had cheated on her when she told USA Weekend in 2011 during a segment that involved cheating, "I have been in the position, not with my current marriage, where I’ve been betrayed. In the beginning, the instinct is very powerful to hang on." Kendall was upset that he had been indirectly accused of being unfaithful to Kelly during their marriage.
Again, this time on her own show, Kelly brings up her past, and again, was sure to mention that it wasn't her current husband who was the cheater. Kendall text Kelly to ask her why she did that, and she apologized.
A Case Of The Giggles
We’ve all heard of people who inappropriately laugh at funerals, but how about news anchors who laugh as they announce deaths? That’s exactly what happened to Australian news anchor Natasha Exelby, whose co-anchor just wrapped up a segment about a handsome Irish adventurer. Exelby and her co-anchor exchanged some flirty banter and laughed before she launched into some terrible news.
Unfortunately, Exelby hadn’t gotten all the giggles out of her system. “One protester has been killed and,” she announced before breaking into a snicker. “Ten people, including five children, have been killed after a building collapsed…” at which point she broke into a full-blown giggle. Exelby quickly apologized for her case of the giggles before the commercial break.
Ringing In The New Year
Do you remember your most embarrassing New Year’s Eve ever? CNN’s Don Lemon has you beat. On New Year’s Eve, CNN sent Don Lemon and Brooke Baldwin to New Orleans to ring in 2017, and Lemon took the trip as an opportunity to down shots of tequila, with Brooke Baldwin telling her co-anchor “The tequila is, like, emitting from your pores!”
As the night wore on and Lemon got more intoxicated, he proceeded to tell Baldwin about his relationship woes, slurring that he thought he’d be open to a relationship in 2017 but was really a self-centered person to date. In other words, he was all of us after a rough year being single. The night culminated in Lemon debating whether he should pierce his nipple or ear. He chose his ear, which he probably thanked himself for in the morning.
Those Fabulous Food Stamps
In one of the most tasteless Fox news clips of all time journalist Andrea Tantaros actually says that she would look "fabulous" on food stamps.
On the topic of food stamps providing people with $1,033 a month to purchase food, the conversation starts out on a serious note until Andrea makes her horribly ignorant comment comparing the weight she would lose if she were in the welfare line.
Bug-Eyed Mugshot
While delivering an on-air report on murderer Steven Grant, this female Michigan news reporter could not keep it together after seeing the suspect's bug-eyed mugshot. While even announcing the terrible things he did, she could not stop cracking up.
Even worse, the mugshot was displayed a second time onscreen which further continued to make the anchor laugh while relaying the gruesome details of the murder.
The Mouse Mishap
During a serious and haunting reporting of a missing girl named Molly Bish, this Channel 3 news reporter got a major surprise. While revealing that a 60-year-old Florida prisoner was suspected of kidnapping the victim, they go to show a picture of the disgusting man but we see instead an adorable picture of a hamster holding a film set marker.
"Well, no this is not Rodney Stanger obviously" she explains to the screen and continues on to give her various reports. Who knows? Maybe that really was Rodney Stanger.
Muy Caliente
Jackie Guerrido is a journalist and weather forecaster from Puerto Rico. She works on Univision’s Primer Impacto, which is a news program aired in both Mexico and the United States. A graduate of the University of Miami, Ms. Guerrido got her television start on Despierta America.
Ms. Guerrido is very well known among her fans for her non-traditional wardrobe choices when she’s on air. This weather forecaster looks good in anything she puts on, and she knows it! From skin-tight dresses to very sheer blouses, fans never know how much skin they’ll be treated to when Jackie’s on the air.
No More Kardashians
"Good Day Orlando" co-host John Brown has had ENOUGH of talking about the Kardashians. During a live segment last year, he stormed off the set because, as he said, "he was sick of talking about them!"
He later clarified that this was meant to be a sarcastic joke, though we wonder if that's really the truth...
It's Getting Hot In Here
Fox 10 Anchor Cory McCloskey reports the weather every single day, but it's unlikely he will ever have to read off numbers this high again! A technological problem caused the temperature in the city of Ahwatukee displayed as 1,270 degrees, Wickenburg at 2,385 degrees, and Cave Creek at 2,960 degrees.
He joked, “I would get out while you still can!"
What Is Going On In The Back?
This news reporter has the stance, her pad of notes, and is talking directly to the camera. However, something is going on in the back of the frame that she is completely unaware of -- someone is lying down on their stomach with what looks to be a bag over their face.
Who knows how this wound up on the air or what is happening. One thing is for sure though, it makes for one funny blooper.
Sofia Vergara Slapping Gordon Ramsay
In 2010, actress Sofia Vergara is seen slapping and yelling at celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay on The Jay Leno Show. It was well deserved, too. During the show, Ramsay is seen making very inappropriate comments towards the actress and moving oddly close to her during the interview.
He also went ahead and touched her leg, even after she asked him not to. Needless to say, the internet had a lot to say about the encounter.
Missing A Button
While this news anchor is giving her daily briefing on the air, she doesn't seem to notice the wardrobe malfunctioning happening right on her own body! Looking closer at her shirt, viewers might have noticed a certain button missing.
She doesn't even know that people probably weren't listening to the news, but rather looking at that little button that seemed to miss the mark! Better luck next time.
A Real Minnesota Tackle
Putting a great spin on the Viking spirit, NBC reporter Lee Valsvik went to the rooftop at Union Restaurant to show off some great food and a great time. Little did she know she was going home with a great big bruise after her cameraman decided to sack her on camera.
She had a great sense of humor about it though as you can hear her busting up with laughter on the ground.
Groaning About Grapes
In January 2006, a segment that aired on WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia went viral. The footage shows a news reporter Melissa Sander and another woman competing in a grape stomping contest, but when the reporter makes a playful attempt at cheating, she loses her balance and falls face first off of a platform and onto the ground.
It’s definitely a little mean spirited, but her subsequent groans of pain—at one point she gasps, “Oooh, ow, ooh, stop I can’t breathe,”—drew a lot of attention online with people mocking the reporter. We just hope she was actually okay after the cameras stopped rolling.
Yes, It's Hot
This latina weather woman is brightening everyone's morning, even the weather! While most of us are dragging our tired bodies out of bed, she is bright-eyed and done-up first thing in the morning.
Whatever her local news station is, is sure happy to have her on the staff! Don't miss the daily weather report!
Whoops
Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle is a co-host on Fox's The Five, a panel-style news talk show. Guilfoyle, a former prosecutor, also served as the First Lady of San Francisco when she was married to the city’s mayor, Gavin Newsom.
In 2014, Guilfoyle suffered from a nearly disastrous wardrobe malfunction while on air. Wearing a dress, she made an attempt to throw a football, and in her excitement tried to sit down with her leg still extended. The dress did not cooperate and revealed much more of the beautiful newscaster’s leg than she would have liked.
Bugs!
It was a beautiful day for Brad Wills to report the weather from the beach when a large bug flew right in front of his face! He immediately veered to the side to avoid being hit by the bug. It continued to harass him as the news reporter ducked and dodged it, while screaming and making a big ole scene.
A reporter is heard saying, "Brad was just attacked by either a large bug or a small drone." We can imagine that he was quite embarrassed after the entire city of San Diego saw how afraid he is of bugs.
A Lover's Affair On Air
Although we are not quite sure what went on between these two co-anchors on this English news station, female anchor Belinda let the world know how she felt about her co-anchor's "size." Wrapping up a segment on an English Olympian athlete's tiny urn, anchor Mark says, "Belinda, I just don't understand how something so small can be so impressive."
To which Belinda replies with "Well, Mark you would know about that." Ouch, clearly she knows something and now the entire world does, too. Comments like this can land you in hot water at work, we wonder what happened to these two, as she said it on air!
A New Way To Get Bird Flu
During a Channel 7 Action News segment, this reporter delivers a story on a local bird infestation as he nears under the tree where the Canadian Brown Finches are found. After a bird poops on the shoulder, he laughs and exclaims that he should have seen that coming.
But while laughing and looking upwards for the culprit, the birds take a second aim and land one right in his mouth! Disgusted and profusely spitting the horrible taste out of his mouth, he is not able to "stomach" the rest of the segment.
Watch Your Back
An Australian news channel recently went to a bank to conduct an interview with a prestigious banker. But... they apparently didn't warn the rest of the employees! If you look carefully at the background of this image, you can see a banker looking at risque photographs of supermodel Miranda Kerr.
This guy is totally busted, and there's a good chance that his wife will find out about it. Good to see that all of the employees are working diligently and making proper use of the internet and computers! Sheesh.
The Evil Mr. Rogers
Fox & Friends has the answer to millennial issues and why the generation is so entitled and spoiled: Mr. Rogers. In 2008, the anchors claimed that Mr. Rogers was directly responsible for ruining the generations' lives by making them feel special and it's one of the dumbest things we have ever seen.
What makes it even worse is the passion they have when they call him an "evil, evil man."
A Bad Idea
Reporter Rob Leth of Global News Toronto was standing on the slopes reporting on an inner tube toboggan race with his “trusty stopwatch,” but unfortunately he didn’t think about the fact that he was standing directly in the way of the tubes coming down the hill.
Leth was hit by a sled, does a flip, and falls into the snow. Like a true professional, he props himself up on his arm, picks up his microphone and reports, “That was a bad idea.” He finishes, “From Riverside Park, this is Rob Leth,” before collapsing again. He then walks it off.
She Wanted To Be Competetive
What better way to grab someone's attention than to be half-naked? Well rather than it just being one person, it was an entire network that this Albanian woman impressed when she auditioned for a news anchor job. Enki Bracaj did what she had to do stay ahead in the highly competitive TV world.
“It is not easy to enter the world of television," said Bracaj “So it was obvious that if I wanted to make it I had to be brave and offer something different.” The network was impressed and Bracaj said she even checked with her parents first. As long as she had their blessings, what others think is irrelevant.
A Dancing Unicorn
The beginning of this segment was about wild hogs running rampant in the streets of Venice... which is funny enough on its own.
But, the real joke turns out to be a girl dressed in a tutu with a unicorn mask over her face harassing the onsite reporter screaming "boogity boogity boo" failing about, trying to distract the reporter. Oh, Venice.
Bug In The Mouth
Such a seemingly polite and professional newscaster at the beginning of the segment turns into a blur of ghetto curse words for this reporter when a bug decides to fly into his mouth.
It must have been the last straw for this Channel 4 reporter as goes on and on about being sick of the "country *expletive* town" and other words that are definitely not allowed to be said on air.
"Know Your Role And Shut Your Mouth"
On Fox's Hannity segment, guest and radio host Bill Cunningham and Fox commentator Tamara Holder get into it over Attorney General Eric Holder and it gets awkward. Often these shows bring strong voices and personalities, but these two telling each other to "shut up" is a little more than unprofessional.
It gets even more awkward when fingers start flying in the air as they pester and destroy each other on national television.
Max Headroom
This may be the most famous incident in the history of television! In 1987, a news channel was hijacked by 30 seconds of a man jumping around and yelling profanities in a Max Headroom mask.
He repeated the scheme later in the night, and has never been caught! Now that takes some serious skill!
An Accidentally Inappropriate Drawing
WJRT reporter Siobhan Riley from Flint, Michigan was attempting to map out construction in the city by sketching it on a screen, but ultimately a few circles in the wrong places made her drawing look more like a doodle from Superbad than something that should be on a news report.
Riley either didn’t notice what her drawing looked like, or pretended not to, and finished the segment. Of course, everyone on the Internet had a field day with her Freudian sketch, and the segment was even featured on Ellen. Though it wasn’t intentional, there’s no denying this reporter’s live gaffe was totally hilarious.
Lesson: Lock The Door
Professor Robert Kelly, a BBC World News guest expert, was discussing the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye when his adorable children burst into the shot. Kelly was midway through answering the question when his daughter, dressed in a yellow sweater, opens the door and happy struts up to her dad, who spots her on the screen and gently nudges her back.
Things got so hilarious that even the broadcaster couldn’t help but laugh when a baby in a walker waddled into the open doorway. Their stealthy mom rushes in and grabs the two children before backing out of the room. The clip immediately went viral on Twitter
The Time Nancy Grace Found A Missing Kid
In what was largely regarded as one of the craziest Nancy Grace moments of all time, the HLN anchor brought on the father of a missing 12-year-old boy to tell him his son had been found in his basement. If the father looks shocked, there’s a good reason—it’s the first time he’s heard the news.
The father seems to be having a panic attack on television, and Nancy Grace, eyebrows raised, asks him, “Sir, did you check your basement?” The man says not only did he check the basement, but so did the FBI and trained police. As the father continues to mumble in shock, she scolds him for not searching his basement thoroughly enough.
SpongeBob’s Nefarious Agenda
A Fox & Friends segment in July 2011 accused the cartoon SpongeBob Squarepants of pushing a nefarious agenda to children—educating them about climate change (then more popularly referred to as global warming.)
Nickelodeon released The Big Green Help series about climate change featuring the popular character. The hosts of Fox & Friends were angry that the network didn’t present global warming as a “disputed fact.” They then proceed to spend several minutes reporting on a cartoon with the text “SpongeBob’s Bias” across the lower third of the screen and ranting about the nefarious agenda of SpongeBob.
Luxury Refrigerators
After a Heritage Study was released that showed people below the poverty line actually owned such luxury items as refrigerators, a Fox News Neil Cavuto segment made the claim that people below the poverty line weren’t actually poor because they could afford a fridge or a microwave.
The study also found poor families often had cable television, cell phones, and computers. Rather than chalking this up to falling prices for consumer goods like computers, Cavuto made the case that poor people weren’t slumming it quite enough since 99 percent had a refrigerator.
At Least You Get A Workout
If you're in a pinch to get some cash and this is the nearest ATM, you better hope you have a kid with you.
Bending down like this for $20 doesn’t seem worth it.
A Bridge To Nowhere
A car lover's dream is to be rich enough to own a two-story garage, but it looks like these people got a little ahead of themselves. Just looking at the shot of the road… there’s almost no way this would have ever worked. Where would it have connected? Was the plan to make a spiral staircase-like driveway? This was just doomed from the start.
On the plus side, this kind of looks like it would be a great way to protect your family from a zombie apocalypse, which is always a worry for any forward-thinking millennial. Oh, we know! This garage actually holds a tiny plane, and this homeowner is just very anti-social.
See You Ladder
There are a few rules when it comes to climbing a ladder. Make sure you have a spotter, watch out for slippery surfaces, and when you're screwing in a long metal pipe, make sure you don’t start in the middle of the ladder. There’s nowhere to go but down after a mistake like this.
We get how easy it is to make this kind of mistake, but how didn’t anyone stop him? If they abided by the few rules listed above, there should have been a spotter present, and this looks like an easy problem to spot. Our guess is he was hoping to see his co-worker fired.
In Case Santa Needs To Take A Peek
We know he sees you when you're sleeping, but Santa needs to chill. He’s only in our chimneys once a year so he should know where he’s going by now.
We know that the whole 'fake window’ thing can really make a house pop, but if you’re trying to improve your house decor, know when to fake it before you make it. This homeowner went for the real thing, and now everyone can see that their upstairs bedroom is nothing but a lie. At least put some curtains up or something!
Water Conservation
It's all pipes! Plumbing is easily the most confusing of the contracted trades, so if you don’t know what you’re doing, you should probably hire a pro. Even the pros can get it wrong though. They don’t understand the appeal of how lovely it is when you can comfortably sit on your throne without a pronounced hunchback and do your business.
They don’t understand that sometimes, it actually makes sense to put the toilet seat up. They don’t seem to understand why the sink should be more than a foot away. All they see is pipes. It’s an epidemic people.
A Point Was Made
If you're reading this and have no idea what any of it means, it’s time to crack open a book. Or a Kindle. Or just go to Wikipedia. Whatever you need to do to take in this important history lesson. Not only does this shed light on the importance of patience, but it’s also an incredible lesson in finding the right deal. So often, people are worried about getting the job done as quickly as possible, but they don’t realize what can happen when you rush things.
So when you’re hiring a contractor, make sure to keep an eye out for Trojan horses. They can sneak by in those hidden fees and run up the costs in a hurry. You’ve been warned. That’s more than Ceasar got.
It's Important To Plan Ahead
Being able to see potential hurdles is important in any job, but especially when you're constructing immense structures for years to come. Someone was obviously worried that a mountain would suddenly rise up from the ashes, so they made sure to build the tunnel they’ll obviously need down the road to travel through that very same tunnel.
It’s perfectly logical science us normal, everyday people could never understand. Maybe this is a place where rocks are regularly falling on passersby and they’re looking to help alleviate that kind of destruction, but this would have me looking for another way around the mountain.
A Meeting Of The Minds
"So when I zigged, you should have zagged." We can only imagine this is what the conversation is going to boil down to, because there's really not much to talk about at this point. We mean, didn’t you see this coming a few feet before getting to this point?
We’re not saying water-bound construction is easy, but unless the waves shifted things over a bit (maybe? It doesn’t sound too crazy) someone definitely messed up big time. We don’t know how you backtrack from this construction mix-up. We’ll take the long way thanks.
I'd Stop For Him
Driving through the construction zone is an obvious pain, but you have no idea what that poor construction worker is going through. We get that it looks easy to just stand there with a stop sign and twirl it all day, but it's really not all that fun. You have to deal with the drivers who just stare at you as if the roadblock is somehow your fault. That’s why we’re all for adding this guy to do the dirty work.
We’re much more likely to slow down if we see this helpful gentleman giving me a heads up, and as an art savant, we’re impressed by the work put into making him smile. Have you ever wondered where that one phantom doorway led? Keep reading to find out!
Sing It Loud
We'll start off by apologizing for getting that song stuck in your head, but be honest. You don’t mind that much. It’s a good song, even if it doesn’t mean "no worries." You know a sign is doing its job when the local high school hooligans go to the trouble to print out a Scar picture and post it up for the world to see.
What are we supposed to prepare for anyway? Speedbumps? Water buffalo? Eternal sadness and the realization that your childhood as you know it is changed forever? Sorry, The Lion King already prepared me for at least two of those things.
We Can't Handle This
You read that right. We went there. Sometimes the simplest home repair can be the most infuriating. Why do people even invest in these types of door handles? A simple spherical knob works just as well unless you suffer from slippery-handedness like some of us.
The thing with these knobs is that they're pretty easy to get by. They’re not the most burglar-proof, and even worse, they get caught on your clothing all the time. They can go through your belt loop, and pretty much trap you. If you’re looking to install these handles, just don’t. They’re nothing but trouble.
Best Seats In The House
Tickets can be insanely expensive. This is why so many of us have given up on going to a game altogether and just invested in a sweet home entertainment center. We get to enjoy the game in the comfort of my own home, we don't have to deal with rowdy fans who are getting a little too into the game, and food doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
It’s overall a much better atmosphere, but every now and then we’ll try and catch a game. The biggest problem is you don’t always know what you’re getting, and if these are your seats, you might as well just turn back and head home. You’ve already invested enough time and money, don’t let them suck out a $12 pizza slice from you too!
Class Is Out
You know that feeling when your teacher finally lets you leave before a holiday? The bell rings, everyone storms out, and the world is your oyster? Well, clearly this guy got a little carried away. This must be why they always told us to not run in the hallways. It looks like he's in midstep still, and not ready to let anything hold him back from finally getting out of class.
It takes a lot of force to burst your way through a ceiling (don’t ask how we know that), which this guy would have learned if he were paying attention in physics class rather than daydreaming about asking Cindy out to the dance. Lesson learned folks. When you’ve been on the job long enough, you’ll start to challenge yourself in exciting new ways… trust me.
No Parking
This is petty, but we approve. Far too often, construction workers take it upon themselves to go wherever they please and cause whatever destruction necessary to complete their job. When you drive around heavy machinery, you start to get a taste of what true power feels like.
Have you ever tried to argue with a backhoe? What about an auger? They have no time for the simple squabbles of everyday life. They have a job to do. So props to this homeowner for going out and proving a point. Hopefully, their property doesn't pay for their little prank. We wonder how much this would go for on eBay anyway?
It's A Tough Job
Honestly, it is. There's a reason you hired them in the first place, and it’s because you probably had no idea what you were doing, how to go about it, what supplies to get, or what kind of manpower it took to get the job done. So don’t judge. We could all use a nap, and when you have fresh, newly installed carpet to lay down on, sometimes it takes control of you.
Five minutes turns into five hours. Lunch becomes dinner. "Feel free to stay for dinner" becomes “get out of my house!” It’s just a simple fact of life. While there’s no rest for the weary, sometimes you just need a couple minutes of shut-eye.
Never Have Guests Over Again
It's awkward enough when you have unexpected guests over and your bathroom isn’t clean. But what about when your bathroom is in the kitchen? That’s just wrong. We’re not sure if we should blame the contractor or the homeowner for this design disaster. Whoever decided that this was a good idea clearly doesn’t have company over often.
If someone invited you over for a home-cooked meal and you saw that the toilet was located next to the stove… well, it’s a little off-putting to say the least!
We Wonder Where This Leads?
This person should probably find a new parking spot. If we pulled in and looked up and saw a phantom door just hovering above our car, we wouldn't trust that nothing could possibly go wrong. Parking doesn’t even seem to be that bad there! This is probably a better place to park a dumpster than the boss’s son’s first car. What’s on the other side though?
We have a feeling this is the "emergency" exit that only the select few know about, used religiously for long weekends or spontaneous group meetings. That’s probably why they removed the staircase. Still, when there’s nowhere else to turn, at least the fall doesn’t look all that far. A guy coming up will show you why your teachers told to stop running in the halls!
When the Contractor Decides to Skip the Blueprints
There are many times in life when winging it just seems to work out. This wasn't one of those times. This is exactly what happens when your contractor decides to skip the blueprints entirely and just go for it. The only problem is when it doesn’t work out and you end up with a large concrete pillar blocking a staircase, rendering it useless.
You know what they say — fail to plan, plan to fail. Someone should tell the contractor this.
The First Time You Play SimCity
This game is shockingly addicting. For all you wannabe architects out there (or city planners for the truly ambitious) it's a great way to get your hands dirty and get a taste of what goes into building a city.
You learn a lot of life lessons like "don’t put a nuclear power plant next to a daycare" and “make sure everyone has running water,” but what every builder quickly learns is that your first try definitely won’t go as planned. You’ll want to make some changes, and throwing a building in the middle of the road will suddenly be the best idea to make your city hum.
Some Training Required
I know you came here for some good train wordplay, so hopefully, you aren't disappointed. The workers on this job were right on track (get it?!?) when they decided to fix up this station, but someone probably deserves a swift kick in the caboose (we did it again). Who conducted this madness? Whoever made this mistake is definitely going to hear from the engineer about this. Hopefully, this mistake didn’t derail someone’s day (ok, we’ll stop).
We had a few more train puns but decided to cross them off our list. We figured it would be easier just to trail off instead of minding the gap.
Get Back Here!
When you're out on the construction site, it’s not all that easy to sneak away. There’s usually a warden or some guy in charge who’s constantly breathing down your neck or telling you to move faster. So when you see a chance to escape, you take it. Now, climbing up this tower like you’re King Kong is a bold strategy, but I think he’s proven his point.
This probably started off as a good-natured bet, but when the stakes continued to grow, someone had to put their money where their mouth is. Hopefully, they earned themselves a well-earned day off. These things can do a lot more than just climb buildings!
I Can Clean This Up
Mistakes happen. Sometimes you send an email to the wrong coworker. Maybe you spilled coffee all over your bosses desk. These things happen. Mistakes help you grow, both in your professional life and as a person. As easy as it can be to move on and learn from your mistakes, there's not much to learn from this.
Basic science should have alerted this worker that the higher up he goes, the more likely that vehicle is tipping over. I don’t know how you come back from this, but at least it looks like they avoided most of the neighborhood cars. That in itself is pretty incredible.
Meet Your Supervisor
The first day on the job is never easy. Being thrust into a new world with new coworkers who do things differently than you're used to can sometimes be overwhelming. There are rules to follow, and sometimes the boss can be a little overbearing. So having someone there to help keep things calm and collected is pretty important in the high-stakes world of roadside construction.
With people driving by, constantly honking and giving you dirty looks, it must be nice to look over your shoulder at your supervisor just completely goofing off. Just don’t be the one caught messing around, because the probationary period lasts a couple months.
What Traffic?
If traffic never seems to be getting any better near your neighborhood construction site, this is probably why. Despite all the honking and fist-shaking, routine roadwork takes time, and there's very little anyone can do about it. Even the construction crew needs to let off some stress, and if that means tearing up the road for a quick game of tic-tac-toe, who are we to judge?
From the looks of things, winter is coming, so getting a head start on construction will probably help them out in the long term, but if the ground is already frozen over, what more can you ask? If you’re looking for someone to hire, one guy has a great pitch you’ll want to read.
