You guys need a hand?

Sep 18, 2021 5:10 PM

cyan1618

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The Bad Touch

4 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Wow, what a pane.

4 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 1

in her defense, they probably wouldve broken it withint he time those 3 guys were trrying to install it.

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Carry it vertically

4 years ago | Likes 43 Dislikes 0

Well OK I'll go tell them but

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

she caused the corner to be hit. tempered glass can take hard hits on the large flat surfaces but not the corners,

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the camera doesn't show this but she is vibrating really fast! :P

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

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Its the thought that counts.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You can see her pause in pure terror.

4 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Tries to act like she hasn't noticed anything bad happen.

4 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

I’m surprised it didn’t break after the first tap. Red shirt wasn’t paying attention to his corner.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Plz don’t insist on helping when I’m carrying something centered and balanced. Makes everything much worse.

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I don't even know who you are ?

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

jerkules

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

If you're not going to wear gloves, at least take off your diamond ring before handling tempered glass.

4 years ago | Likes 50 Dislikes 4

I can’t tell but I think it’s just from lifting her corner?

4 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 1

Yes it flexed the pane of glass

4 years ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 1

Physics

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Happened with a client, and a 7/16" shower door. He was in his socks standing in a puddle of glass $2,000 deep

4 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

I am not sure about this measuring depth by money, but I would like to bury pols at the depth of the amount of their campaign contributions.

4 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

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Never ever work glass without gloves

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Fun facts about glass: it is heavy, it is expensive, and it breaks.

4 years ago | Likes 126 Dislikes 2

As a glass artist, can confirm.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It is also constantly under tension and as such is a very predictably unpredictable thing.

4 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

More fun facts about glass: it hates Mexican food, once shat its pants at a party (fact related), and is addicted to amphetamines

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v

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A rock solid collection of ooooofffffffttt

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

PIVOT!

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Poor girl that looks expensive

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"I'm helping!"

4 years ago | Likes 316 Dislikes 13

Just like Turtleface https://youtu.be/iExgnVXSAuE

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Yeah, she straight up broke it, when she grabbed it she pulled up on just that one corner over flexing the glass and shattering it

4 years ago | Likes 61 Dislikes 15

Exactly that. An example of being too helpful backfired.

4 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 6

Well tbf they were gonna break it carrying it like that anyways

4 years ago | Likes 57 Dislikes 3

Na, she nudged it into the opposite corner, you can't break that glass just by grabbing it. Source glasshandler thats works with glass.

4 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 5

Nah, the break starts at the upper left. Glass must have bumped the jamb. She may have caused it, but it was the bump not the lift.

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

lol. I like the placid look of innocence after she breaks it.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Never carry your flat screen TVs this way.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Can someone explain the physics?

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

the lady lifted the corner and the glass couldn't take the strain. if you slow it down you can see

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Laminate Tempered glass, Due to the way they were trying to fit the pane put it under too much stress and it broke.

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

tempered pane is strong until it breaks in the slightest then the entire pane minorly explodes. the laminate keeps all the pieces in place.

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

They should've carried the pane vertically and set the pane onto the bottom of the frame instead of tilting the pane up from bottom.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Note: never carry a piece of glass horizontally if you can possibly avoid it.

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Specially with no gloves

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Because if a cartoon character is running it may comically cut them in half?

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Glass is so frail, until it knows you are trying to break it on purpose

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Never glass if you can

4 years ago | Likes 52 Dislikes 0

Never if you can.

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Note: Never do anything ever if you can possibly avoid it

4 years ago | Likes 431 Dislikes 2

Amen

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Words of wisdom

4 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

my motto in life right here

4 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

But eventually I will need to order pizza

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sex

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

wu wei

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That’s the stuff fam.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If you drop something don’t bend over… just kick it under the couch

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Fantastic. I'll be back at 7.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But if you carry it vertically, a chase scene will happen and they'll crash right through your glass, and knock over the fruit stand nearby.

4 years ago | Likes 97 Dislikes 0

Then you are at least not at fault.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not again.

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Every. Fucking. Time.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is there a best way to set it down? I ask because I have a small wicker outdoor table with a glass top and I carry the top 1/2

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Vertically but when I go to set it down it always warps like it wants to break2/2

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Just don't set it down on a "point". A point load can cause it to break. If necessary set it down on a towel and then slide the towel out.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Could you explain for a layman? Why is vertical better than horizontal?

4 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

Easier to carry.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not an expert, but would guess there is less risk of overflexing it when carried vertical.

4 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

Glass is heavy, and the middle is rarely going to get the support it needs to not break under the stress.

4 years ago | Likes 66 Dislikes 1

Thanks! That makes sense

4 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Glass heavy, gravity goes down, horizontal the glass is very thin, vertical the glass is very thicc 1/4in vs 8ft thick glass resisting grav.

4 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 0

So horizontal it bends because it's the same weight but only 1/4in thick and once it bends too far it breaks because glass is quite brittle

4 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

Always wear gloves and eye protection too

4 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 0

and three of them are wearing sandals, which is a mistake should the shards fall all over your legs and feet

4 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Can confirm, have had glass in my leg before, not a fun time. (actually an interesting story).

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Friend was moving a glass topped table, glass broke all around his feet... in sandals. He was out of comm for the rest of the day

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

ugh! glad you're around to tell it!

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

4 years ago | Likes 615 Dislikes 2

Saw a forklift but its boom on a panel in the trash. The glass bent but didn’t break. Had to hop in the dumpster and pop the corner.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wat

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It would be good as a red arrow

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Let the records state that I was the 69th upvote.

4 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 11

Nice.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Nice.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Pics or it didn't happen.

4 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

You can now vote. It’s over 69.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Omg! I need to see the original

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Got something for everything, don't you Mr. Smartypants? (+1 and I steal this)

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What really happened?

4 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

The air cushion prevented the glass from breaking. The hammer didn't care and smashed it

4 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Person filming dropped a hammer on it, presumably for shits and giggles.

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hammer

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time

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