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I might be a bit dramatic, but I made a stupid mistake that could have gone worse than it did.
I took a short nap in my car with the windows rolled halfway down, at the edge of a parking lot on a hill. We are in between rainstorms at the moment and there was a cool but wet breeze gently blowing. Peaceful.
Since lots need to be fairly level, there is a 10' retaining wall between the lot and the next street below, and as I dozed a city maintenance crew assembled to repave the street below the wall, directly next to my car. Due to the line of sight, there was no way the crew could see the lot or who was there.
I knew a crew was working by the sounds, but I didn't realize it was for resurfacing. Anyway, about 15 minutes into my little nap, a large dump truck poured a block's worth of slurry directly next to my car, maybe a dozen feet away. A giant plume of hot ash and fumes rose up the wall and into my car. With the windows only half rolled down, the car interior flooded with toxic air and stayed there.
I woke in a panic, unable to breathe, struggled to open the door and stumble out, only to find the cloud of smoke all around the car as well.
I ran, coughing and choking for 30 feet or so until I could escape the worst of it.

I might be a bit dramatic, but I made a stupid mistake that could have gone worse than it did. I took a short nap in my car with the windows rolled halfway down, at the edge of a parking lot on a hill. We are in between rainstorms at the moment and there was a cool but wet breeze gently blowing. Peaceful. Since lots need to be fairly level, there is a 10' retaining wall between the lot and the next street below, and as I dozed a city maintenance crew assembled to repave the street below the wall, directly next to my car. Due to the line of sight, there was no way the crew could see the lot or who was there. I knew a crew was working by the sounds, but I didn't realize it was for resurfacing. Anyway, about 15 minutes into my little nap, a large dump truck poured a block's worth of slurry directly next to my car, maybe a dozen feet away. A giant plume of hot ash and fumes rose up the wall and into my car. With the windows only half rolled down, the car interior flooded with toxic air and stayed there. I woke in a panic, unable to breathe, struggled to open the door and stumble out, only to find the cloud of smoke all around the car as well. I ran, coughing and choking for 30 feet or so until I could escape the worst of it.

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[–] [deleted] • 15 pts

Fact: a lot of construction workers are retarded.

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Alot of spics are taking construction jobs so it figures.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

construction has more drug abuse than any other industry

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Tied with the medical establishment.

[–] • 7 pts

What the fuck

[–] • 10 pts

The best part is there was no-one else around to see it. This stupid shit only happened to me, but I made it out. Survival instinct check passed.

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When I first started driving over a decade ago, I was stopped at a red light waiting to pull onto the highway. It was a two lane and the truck to the left of me was throughly blocking my view. Luckily, instead of being an impulsive nee driver and bolting when the light turned green I instead halted for a few more seconds. Suddenly a semi-truck came full speed through his red light which surely would have fucked me up in my little two door at the time.

[–] [deleted] • 5 pts

man, I always tell my kids, green light doesn't mean go, it means check if clear, then go. i learned this lesson the hard way. glad to know you didn't have to.

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Also be careful of driving past backed up traffic, never know when some faggot is gonna get frustrated and jump out of there.

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Also tell them 'around blacks, never relax'

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Stop signs and turn signals can't be relied on either.

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It's scary how fast life can go from innocuous to deadly with no effort on your part.

Reminds me of story. This got the fear in me on a primal level. shudders

[–] • 1 pt

Didn't realize this even happened.

[–] • 1 pt

It was a flash in the pan story, once it was over it was forgotten.

[–] • 1 pt

These sink holes are a real menace.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

we all have those moments that make us look at our mortality and realize it really is finite. Glad you're okay. Pay attention to your breathing for the next few days, make sure all is good and go see a doc if anything doesn't feel right. The lungs are unbelievably remarkable and delicate. Take the best of care of them!

[–] • 2 pts

I worked in those clouds of fumes for many, many years. Roofing, welding, paving. Then I worked my way up through the ranks of construction got lucky and ended up in senior construction management. A different world. Multi-billion dollar projects. ...That's why I had so much faith in Trump 7 years ago. I knew what he should have done.

...but the jews got to him

[–] • 2 pts

You probably got a good dose of carcinogens, eat tons of baby broccoli sprouts, no more than three days old, as a preventative measure. Sulforaphane is a cancer cure, and it's found most in raw broccoli sprouts. Go buy (or make, if you're a man) sprouting beds, and sprout the shit out of broccoli.

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Thank you, my local grocery carries baby brocs, I'll cook some up tomorrow 👍

[–] • 2 pts

Not baby, we're talking three days old MAXIMUM

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Build back better?

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Imagine diversity hires in construction.

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Why are you sleeping in your car?

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Great question. I don't like driving tired. Also I used to be homeless and lived in a car ages ago, it's a learned behavior.

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Fair enough

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Yeah, “learned behavior.” He also “learned” to stay asleep while construction was being done 10 feet away from his car in order to awaken from the toxic fumes rather than the noise.

So many holes in this story, it’s baffling the things people will do or say for attention

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