"Didn’t hire this kid but I was his foreman. Day one I have him gluing together some PVC pipes using an extremely runny, very toxic purple primer chemical. Safety glasses are mandatory. I look over, he’s gluing these pipes above directly above his head, glasses off, and the chemical has a very low viscosity so it’s running down the underside of the pipe and about to drop right in his face and eyes. 

I yell over for him to stop and step away, and explain the he could have been permanently blinded. He proceeds to freak the f@#k out on me, and yell about how I’m not speaking to him in a “respectful manner”. I’m f@#king flabbergasted at this point, but I calmly tell him that he was in imminent danger, and to get his goddamn glasses on. At this point he’s already used up all his strikes with me, but it’s not my call. 

Ok, like a half hour later, despite me trying to keep an eye on him, he comes up to me with his mouth and lips stained with this primer liquid, and he’s laughing about how he accidentally got it in his mouth. I’m totally lost for words. I’ve already explained to him that this sh#t for sure can give you cancer, but he thinks it’s a huge joke. 

Anyway he lasted a couple months SO many more stories. Finally I just went ballistic on him one day and that was that."