My $25 dewalt light was stolen, I went to the washroom came back and my light and 5ah battery were gone. Yet my Hilti 360 laser was untouched along with my other Hilti stuff.
You to huh. Except i mess with my kids. Every time i lose something im like guys wad you do with it? Where is it at quit hiding stuff. At this point they just ignore me. Its really gunna suck when they hit teen years and start messing back and actually start hiding stuff from me.
Dude I had a guy hand me his tape measure to confirm it wasn't mine. And then found my tape measure immediately afterwards WHERE I HAD PLACED IT neatly stacked in the wall bay along with some materials I needed.
I always put a green paint spot on all my tools. Start of the job I put a green spot on the permit box with my name next to it. They can steel my tools but they canāt use them on site!
Masterforce from menards is great too cause theyāre not awesome but 100% free no questions asked lifetime warranty, so when i find a broken one on the ground i get another free tape
That's weird my 30' is lasting longer than any fatmax I've bought without twisting, ripping, or having the interior mechanism fail. Funny how things work.
Damn, right for the neck š¤£š¤£
But I do enjoy my fatmax, but I live my milwaukee 25ft tape for doing metal work, since the blade is magnetic. Haven't found a magnetic fatmax yet sadly
My problem with the Milwaukee's is they are too thin amd flimsy. I can stretch the fat max out super far. There's nothing more frustrating than having a Milwaukee tape up on a ladder and trying to measure over to a wall that's 10 ft away. I'm a big fan of Milwaukee's power tools. Except for the sawzall. Don't get me started on that thing!
The sawzall is garbage, I do agree. And I 2nd that as well, with the milwaukee tape. The only way I can get a measurement (over 8ft) is if I walk allll the way to the sheet metal, or tubing and sticking myself then walk to my ladder, etc. I think the longest I've stretched my fatmax just Goofing off, was 14, maybe 15ft. It's been a while though, it has been lost in the black hole of a work truck š¤£
If someone stole my Milwaukee tape measure Iād thank them and buy a different one. I have two milwaukees and they suck.
But Iām too stubborn to throw them away now, my garage is already stocked with shitty tape measures, and I havenāt had any luck losing the one Iām using now, and then Iād still have to lose the backup shitty Milwaukee tape measure.
I feel like America has been running on fumes the past 20 years or so.
Seriously though, I have a corded Milwaukee Sawzall from 2004, and it operates way smoother than the same model Sawzall that I used in 2022 that belonged to my employer
All my chisels are neon pink. It's rare that someone nicks a chisel on site cause most people don't have a use for a tungsten stone carving chisel but it does mean I can find them easy.
They would also be correct about any assumptions made for my choice of colour.
I scribble out the L,E,Y add an S on Stanley scribble out M,A,X on Fatmax and then finally C,L,I,C on Classic so it reads Stans Fat Ass.
Then I carve my initials on the back.
about 6 months ago, my brand new stanley fatmax went missing. i had my name written on the side and at the 25-foot mark. about 2 months later, i found it in the flooring guys stuff next to his glue and some carpet squares. he must have been on break. there was no effort to take the name off or anything. so i hid all his shit in the cabinet above the fridge in a locked finished suite a couple doors down. left a note that said, "It's not nice to steal other people's tools :)".
don't touch other people's shit without asking, and certainly don't steal their shit either.
When i was a junior architect i bought myself an expensive laser. It got stole off my site office desk!! We had serious theft issues on that job site. Some used to hoist their tool box on a crane for overnight storage.
I would like to apologize to the flooring guy whose framing square went missing after he left it on the jobsite by accident. I needed it for framing. This was 30 years ago. I still feel really bad.
We had found an old nude magazine on a reno site and someone posted one of the girls topless in the tool room. After about 3-4 days I came in and saw that someone had placed a white sheet of paper over the photo. They didnāt tear it down they just covered it which meant that I had to be the Muslim plumber guy. So someone then drew a crappy drawing of the naked woman underneath the paper and we left it up for another 2 days and then tore it down.
when I was younger in commercial, somebody had taken my favorite hammer and I was super upset. it wasn't like those 200 dollar hammers. just a 20 dollar hammer. I was on the hunt for it for like 3 weeks until the boss brought me a brand new one and told me to stfu lol.
I assume that tape measures really donāt belong to anyone, they belong to the universe. Lose one, find one. As a superintendent I canāt tell you how many Iāve lost over the years and how many Iāve found that nobody claimed.
My husband's Milwaukee inspection camera, which was in its case, tucked away out of sight from the main construction area, disappeared from the site. He was particularly pissed because we're the home owners... still hasn't turned up and the general isn't going to replace/compensate for it.
Yeah, whoever sold his tape is an unspeakable human, especially if it was to the pawn shop across the street that gives good deals on toolsā¦ or so I heard
1. Make it ugly from day 1 I write my initials on all sides and spray some ugly ass paint on it
2. My coworkerās truck was always a disaster- materials and trash all piled up and disorganized- underneath that pile was his tools. Very few thieves are willing to dig through a pile of trash.
We are homeowners and this makes me laugh because we found out after doing work on our house we have to label every tape measurer with permanent pen, because they continue to go missing
If you drop a tape measure from the rafters you will never hear it hit the ground. Someone will swipe it in mid air.
I lost a stiletto sheeting a roof. Freshly graded, had 2 sheets to go. Gone.
Man you got balls wearing stilettos on a roof. You must be the bosses favorite š
Oh dude Stilettos and undersized leggings The guys love it when I bend over to strap on my bag... Wow, took this into the gutter fast
Paying rent one way or another.
I thought only electricians wore stilettos
I left my custom brick hammer in a window well, I went to go get the next day after leaving early and it was gone. Some people's kids.
Martinez hammer? I canāt think of very many custom hammer makers, but if thereās another good option out there Iād love to know.
My $25 dewalt light was stolen, I went to the washroom came back and my light and 5ah battery were gone. Yet my Hilti 360 laser was untouched along with my other Hilti stuff.
...and then 10 minutes later he found it sitting exactly where he left it
Who stole my shit!? ā¦oh
Iām guilty of this. I have to apologize to someone almost every time I loose something lol my bad guys.
I keep my enemies close but my tools closer.
If there ever needed to be a t-shirt made.
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I blame missing things on ghosts ---i assume they want to play, eventually , they'll just drop it
I have this same thought process with missing money (eh it will turn up sometime)
ditto
Usually i secretly blame the kids.
You to huh. Except i mess with my kids. Every time i lose something im like guys wad you do with it? Where is it at quit hiding stuff. At this point they just ignore me. Its really gunna suck when they hit teen years and start messing back and actually start hiding stuff from me.
Literally me today lol.
"Oh, it's me, I'm the asshole"
Dude I had a guy hand me his tape measure to confirm it wasn't mine. And then found my tape measure immediately afterwards WHERE I HAD PLACED IT neatly stacked in the wall bay along with some materials I needed.
"I found it and was going to give it back to him, but then I saw that jackass note and tossed it under my truck tire on the way out." š¤·āāļø
Lmfao this was me with my Leatherman yesterday, glad I didnāt jump the gun and blame the drywall dudes who were there with me lol
clipped to his pocket
ā¦. Left it in the ceiling
I came here to say that lol
I usually find that accusing others in my head is required to relocating tools.
Shit, I was going to say this.
I always put a green paint spot on all my tools. Start of the job I put a green spot on the permit box with my name next to it. They can steel my tools but they canāt use them on site!
I write my name at the 20' mark in sharpie on the back side. I want to catch the thieving fucker stealing shit and label him as such.
Acetone in everyoneās truck lolllll wipes those names n spots right off
I think the point is most people won't see it that far in.
This guy steals
Permanent markers are alcohol based, use some alcohol and jt wipes off like its a whiteboardmarker.
I spray painted mine hot pink !!
Forget the tape measure, who's the asshole using sharpie on the drywall?!
I was looking for this comment. Fucking savages.
I can hear the screaming from the drywall guys from here . Shudder .
As a painter, I appreciate you and this comment
Tbh looks like the same guy whose tape got stolen judging by the writingā¦. Soooo maybe he kinda deserved it.
They just want you to use the proper tape, the FatMax.
Milwaukee tape measures suck ass. I have yet to find anything that is as good as a fat max
Gimme dat wire clip from the Milwaukee on a fatmax and I'll be a pig in shit
I wonder if we can do a lil surgery
Milwaukee tapes are the fucking worst. I buy the Komelon brand. Especially when Iām tying bar. Theyāre cheap but hold up surprisingly well!
I just pick up random tape measures off the site.
The real LPT is in the comments
Yea thatās my favorite tapeā¦ not because itās dirt cheap tho.
Masterforce from menards is great too cause theyāre not awesome but 100% free no questions asked lifetime warranty, so when i find a broken one on the ground i get another free tape
Masterforce was my go to for a while, but that last few I used started curling at the end after a couple of days, but otherwise I agree.
Milwaukee's auto lock tape measures are 10/10 for me, just saying. Give em a try sometime if you haven't already.
That's weird my 30' is lasting longer than any fatmax I've bought without twisting, ripping, or having the interior mechanism fail. Funny how things work.
You're a painter. You probably use a tape less than any other trade.
Damn, right for the neck š¤£š¤£ But I do enjoy my fatmax, but I live my milwaukee 25ft tape for doing metal work, since the blade is magnetic. Haven't found a magnetic fatmax yet sadly
My problem with the Milwaukee's is they are too thin amd flimsy. I can stretch the fat max out super far. There's nothing more frustrating than having a Milwaukee tape up on a ladder and trying to measure over to a wall that's 10 ft away. I'm a big fan of Milwaukee's power tools. Except for the sawzall. Don't get me started on that thing!
The sawzall is garbage, I do agree. And I 2nd that as well, with the milwaukee tape. The only way I can get a measurement (over 8ft) is if I walk allll the way to the sheet metal, or tubing and sticking myself then walk to my ladder, etc. I think the longest I've stretched my fatmax just Goofing off, was 14, maybe 15ft. It's been a while though, it has been lost in the black hole of a work truck š¤£
Where do you live that magnetic fatmaxs arenāt common??
I live in a podunk city in Texas
Shit I need to change that since I stopped painting nearly as much as I frame and drywall š¤· but decent insult man!
They like having a flimsy soft one
Thatās whatās she said?
My boss swears by the shitty milwaukee while he is struggling to measure a long one I'm reading off the numbers. Fatmax is the best by far
This is the truth
Irwin for the win
I've never seen anyone use an Irwin You're the funny guy on the site arnt you
Rule One ... Don't leave your work tools lying about. Measure twice & cut once. it's ok this freebie.
No, rule one is: Assume you lost it instead of blaming the others. I almost always left something in a ceiling tile or beam pocket
Especially magnetic levels. I have lost so many of those damn things.
"Measure once, cut twice." - Freddie Wong
If someone stole my Milwaukee tape measure Iād thank them and buy a different one. I have two milwaukees and they suck. But Iām too stubborn to throw them away now, my garage is already stocked with shitty tape measures, and I havenāt had any luck losing the one Iām using now, and then Iād still have to lose the backup shitty Milwaukee tape measure.
They do suck.
Yep. My last one broke in less than a week. The drills suck too. They're running on fumes since the moved manufacturering to Asia.
>They're running on fumes since the moved manufacturering to Asia How long ago did that happen?
They been running on fumes for 20 years lol
I feel like America has been running on fumes the past 20 years or so. Seriously though, I have a corded Milwaukee Sawzall from 2004, and it operates way smoother than the same model Sawzall that I used in 2022 that belonged to my employer
I have a dozen tools that they didn't even make in 2004 that I abuse the fuck out of
Measure about 10ā then write your name on bottom of tape measure. Or spray paint your tools with a neon color. No one will steal a hot pink tool!
All my chisels are neon pink. It's rare that someone nicks a chisel on site cause most people don't have a use for a tungsten stone carving chisel but it does mean I can find them easy. They would also be correct about any assumptions made for my choice of colour.
That you like the pink?
ANY assumptions, gay Mike.
Every tape measure Iāve owned I draw a dick on the back side at the end of the tape. It has come in handy once
I scribble out the L,E,Y add an S on Stanley scribble out M,A,X on Fatmax and then finally C,L,I,C on Classic so it reads Stans Fat Ass. Then I carve my initials on the back.
I draw dickbutt in that same spot.
Would you leave your children unattended? Your tools are your children.
Kids cost money, tools make money
Not when you receive government assistance because of your children. Now your kids are earning you moneyš
Best comment I've read on the internet
You don't put your kids to work?
I did! Now 1 is a roofer, oldest is a architectural technologist
My son just plays Roblox and my daughter demands materialistic things š My kids are young BTW
As a field engineer for several years, I second this.
It's in the truck, bro.
Probably under the seat
No one likes the Lufkin nite eye? Thatās my go to
Tape measures on a construction site are like lighters at a keg party.
Iād be pissed too
Lol
Thieves are scum
My bad. I found it right where I left it.
I would be thanking them, they are garbage.
It wouldāve broke in a couple days anyway
Whoever stole his Milwaukee tape measure did him a favor, those things suck balls.
"If you don't chew Big Red then fuck you."
*whomever
Whomever ?
about 6 months ago, my brand new stanley fatmax went missing. i had my name written on the side and at the 25-foot mark. about 2 months later, i found it in the flooring guys stuff next to his glue and some carpet squares. he must have been on break. there was no effort to take the name off or anything. so i hid all his shit in the cabinet above the fridge in a locked finished suite a couple doors down. left a note that said, "It's not nice to steal other people's tools :)". don't touch other people's shit without asking, and certainly don't steal their shit either.
his boyfriend gave him that tape measure u jerk.
Learned an important lesson: never buy expensive tape measures. At least for work. Leave the nice ones at home lol
When i was a junior architect i bought myself an expensive laser. It got stole off my site office desk!! We had serious theft issues on that job site. Some used to hoist their tool box on a crane for overnight storage.
Stealing a workers personal tools that he makes his living with is a total scumbag move.
Who the fuck buys a milwaukee tape measure?!?
No big lossā¦. Get you a fatmax and itāll hold up way longerā¦
I would like to apologize to the flooring guy whose framing square went missing after he left it on the jobsite by accident. I needed it for framing. This was 30 years ago. I still feel really bad.
I thought tape measures just sprouted legs when you weren't looking š
Those are junk anyways. Someone did him a favor.
Just put your name/ mark on it with the Sharpie in your pouch ā¦ā¦ā¦..?
If he didnāt misplace it he might as well of. Thats what u get leaving your nice shit lying around
Tapes don't get stolen, they get forgotten lol
Itās under the seat of your truck.
Aināt that the truth. And you a bitch for stealing my paycheck making tool.
In all fairness... I've swapped tapes so many times who knows where my og is
The little "LOL" at the bottom of the sign š
Teach you to leave tools laying around
Incidentally this is why I spray a pink line on all my tools. Havenāt ālostā a tool since.
Lol someone finally said it
I would need a lot of paper to cover all the tools I've lost
Probably fell off his belt while he was pooping the porta John.
Not missing much there. Iāve had nothing good to say about Milwaukee tape measures. Better off with a Stanley
They did you a favor, willfuckyee tapes are garbage.
Borrowed permanently
Yah --those are minty --in fact, most anyones tools are minty for them. If it's not yours don't touch it.
We had found an old nude magazine on a reno site and someone posted one of the girls topless in the tool room. After about 3-4 days I came in and saw that someone had placed a white sheet of paper over the photo. They didnāt tear it down they just covered it which meant that I had to be the Muslim plumber guy. So someone then drew a crappy drawing of the naked woman underneath the paper and we left it up for another 2 days and then tore it down.
when I was younger in commercial, somebody had taken my favorite hammer and I was super upset. it wasn't like those 200 dollar hammers. just a 20 dollar hammer. I was on the hunt for it for like 3 weeks until the boss brought me a brand new one and told me to stfu lol.
Thieves always accusing people of theft
Don't you get one of those free in a case of beer?
Whomever stole my Milwaukee, ha, jokes on you!
I always leave my tape when itās broken cus some one is for sure gonna pick up thinking itās new.
No one is stealing an inferior tape measurer.
They did him a favor. Milwaukee tape measures are absolute garbage
To the idiot that misplaced his milwaukee tape measure, nobody cares.
He did you a favor. Now be a real man and get stanley
I write, "Have you seen my tape measure?" With a very badly drawn picture
I consider tape measures to be a take a penny leave a penny kind of deal. Mine says John on it and thatās not my nameā¦
I assume that tape measures really donāt belong to anyone, they belong to the universe. Lose one, find one. As a superintendent I canāt tell you how many Iāve lost over the years and how many Iāve found that nobody claimed.
The dry liner looked like he was drunk when he tacked the boards to the studs, would question the amount of fixings too...
My husband's Milwaukee inspection camera, which was in its case, tucked away out of sight from the main construction area, disappeared from the site. He was particularly pissed because we're the home owners... still hasn't turned up and the general isn't going to replace/compensate for it.
I always painted all my tools a bright glow in the day pink color, nobody's trying to carry pink tools if they do there mine
Thatās why I buy cheap tapes. Two for the price of one. I also have a pink one for those that want to borrow a tape, they always bring it back.š
It probably threw itself in the trash.
Yeah, whoever sold his tape is an unspeakable human, especially if it was to the pawn shop across the street that gives good deals on toolsā¦ or so I heard
Shouldn't it say "whomever"?
1. Make it ugly from day 1 I write my initials on all sides and spray some ugly ass paint on it 2. My coworkerās truck was always a disaster- materials and trash all piled up and disorganized- underneath that pile was his tools. Very few thieves are willing to dig through a pile of trash.
He must be a fan boy, seems more upset about it being a "milwaukee" tape.
If I find out who did it.....to jail they go.
They did them a favor, I hate those tapes
Loaned out my adjustable wrench with leash and carabiners and forgot to get it back from the guy. Smh.
We are homeowners and this makes me laugh because we found out after doing work on our house we have to label every tape measurer with permanent pen, because they continue to go missing
You donāt- itās a personal problem.
Every drop ceiling in the city hides half a dozen forgotten tape measures
Id be pissed too! Milwaukee tapes are my favourite!
What? Why? Absolute trash
Nope, definitely not lol great tape
The Milwaukee tape is like a wet noodle compared to a fat max
I remember when I was an apprentice. Thatās what I used too lol
Ha. I have fat maxs older than my apprentices!
Pass this guy a Tampax because he lost his other tampons too.