# My Managers are in the running for a Darwin Award \*EPIC FAILURE\*
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945 "2008-05-20T10:28:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/1 "2008-05-20T10:28:36Z")
So, every spring city workers come to my parking garage and use the fire hose system to clean it. Well today they come to pressurize the system to test it for this weekend, and APPARENTLY one of these 4" diameter pipes that carry 100psi of water pressure decide they don’t like their job and go kaplooey. It just so happens that said lazy pipe runs directly above the office.
Soooo now it’s raining in our office, there’s about a half inch of standing water…so I walk in…light are still on, computers still running, the lighting fixtures that have water running through them are flickering…so me being the rational employee that I am I naturally suggest we kill all power going to the office.
But nooooo they decide work is too important, and call our maintenance guy, a friend of mine to MOP UP THE WATER.
:headbang
Here’s a pic, please note the Fridge is still on, along with the lights that water is currently pooling in/running through:
The bafoon on the left is the guy that’s been commissioned in the suicide clean up effort.
Please note he’s still alive. For now.
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/2 "2008-05-20T10:30:34Z")
lol i see the water coming off the ceiling by the light
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/3 "2008-05-20T10:32:30Z")
Precisely the issue.
ITS EVEN COMING OUT OF THE LIVE PHONE/CAT5 NETWORK OUTLETS…THAT ARE STILL BEING USED BY LIVE COMPUTERS/PHONES
:idiots
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### Author:  [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/4 "2008-05-20T10:35:06Z")
how come none of their workstations shorted/fried yet?
not enough water? ;D
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/5 "2008-05-20T10:36:51Z")
make sure u get zapped workers comp bitch!!! and lawsuit
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### Author:  [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/6 "2008-05-20T10:38:51Z")
I’m shocked (no pun intended) that everything is still running just fine…
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### Author:  [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/7 "2008-05-20T10:41:54Z")
benny tel him to iron his shirt, or atleast wash it after it comes out of a package… maybe when he gets zapped itll steam it for him
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### Author:  [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/8 "2008-05-20T10:47:56Z")
> [@Mk4 30R](#):
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> benny tel him to iron his shirt, or atleast wash it after it comes out of a package… maybe when he gets zapped itll steam it for him
HAHA
he looks like a loony.
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/9 "2008-05-21T08:50:28Z")
OSHA would have a field day at ur office, Benny :lol
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/10 "2008-05-21T09:24:01Z")
Update:
All of the pipes have been repaired by the plumber, and here’s the clean up effort…vacuuming the 2" of water still on the roof:
This was my idea :rofl
Notice the shop vac suspended from it’s own extension cord, and the blatant disregard for ladder safety.
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### Author:  [@McLen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McLen)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/11 "2008-05-21T10:16:31Z")
> [@votblindub](#):
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> OSHA would have a field day at ur office, Benny :lol
Seriously, an OSHA inspector would walk in and go :wtf
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### Author:  [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/12 "2008-05-21T10:29:03Z")
> [@elzzifynneb](#):
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> Update:
>
> All of the pipes have been repaired by the plumber, and here’s the clean up effort…vacuuming the 2" of water still on the roof:
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> 
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> This was my idea :rofl
>
> Notice the shop vac suspended from it’s own extension cord, and the blatant disregard for ladder safety.
:wtf
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/13 "2008-05-21T10:30:27Z")
hahahahahahaha
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### Author:  [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/14 "2008-05-21T10:59:45Z")
Thats almost as bad as using scissor jacks to take all your wheels off.
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/15 "2008-05-21T11:01:00Z")
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/16 "2008-05-21T11:09:21Z")
> [@SlackJ94](#):
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> Thats almost as bad as using scissor jacks to take all your wheels off.
that extension cord is actually designed to bear loads up to 75lbs, says right on it, so technically the aspect of hanging the shop vac from it was well thought out.
:rofl
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-managers-are-in-the-running-for-a-darwin-award-epic-failure/236945/17 "2008-05-21T11:13:51Z")
> [@elzzifynneb](#):
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> that extension cord is actually designed to bear loads up to 75lbs, says right on it, so technically the aspect of hanging the shop vac from it was well thought out.
>
> :rofl
the company producing those is aware of the level of idiotism the nation, thats good