Indian labor workers are daring, fearless, and have proven to me time and again, that “This is actually probably safe after all”. I have seen caution thrown to the wind, and in the end, no one gets hurt. I used to worry about the workers on the scaffoldings in RTP…
I have taken shots of 2 examples:
The first: There are water tanks (above what is pictured) and pipes that need to receive maintenance on the roof of this (1st) building. One day I saw a “ladder” placed. You can possibly tell from this picture that the ladder is very “stick-like”. No metal, and not even re-enforced materials of any kind. I stuck with the event, as I was sure someone was about to climb it once it was placed. I thought, sure enough, someone would be holding the ladder for safety, as it was not entirely "even" (not to mention twig-like steps). But, no...a Fearless Indian emerged, and climbed it like he does this sort of thing every day! Alone on the roof of this building, he was. I had my phone ready. I was ready to hit the Emergency Dial. But, he made it. He stood on a concrete barrier (12-18 inches tops) and attended to the pipes. On another day (and I tried to have my camera ready and did not!) he climbed above this particular structure to a 2nd roof of concrete (which you can see, above the "roof" of the pipes, pictured above in 1st 3 pics) without the ladder or any other assistance, and then when done, swung his body back over the side and miraculously made it to the 1 foot lip of concrete where the ladder rests (still 30 feet in the air). He basically defied the laws of momentum. I did not speak much the rest of the day, I was in such awe. I reconsidered my comfort levels at work. I really have it made.
The first: There are water tanks (above what is pictured) and pipes that need to receive maintenance on the roof of this (1st) building. One day I saw a “ladder” placed. You can possibly tell from this picture that the ladder is very “stick-like”. No metal, and not even re-enforced materials of any kind. I stuck with the event, as I was sure someone was about to climb it once it was placed. I thought, sure enough, someone would be holding the ladder for safety, as it was not entirely "even" (not to mention twig-like steps). But, no...a Fearless Indian emerged, and climbed it like he does this sort of thing every day! Alone on the roof of this building, he was. I had my phone ready. I was ready to hit the Emergency Dial. But, he made it. He stood on a concrete barrier (12-18 inches tops) and attended to the pipes. On another day (and I tried to have my camera ready and did not!) he climbed above this particular structure to a 2nd roof of concrete (which you can see, above the "roof" of the pipes, pictured above in 1st 3 pics) without the ladder or any other assistance, and then when done, swung his body back over the side and miraculously made it to the 1 foot lip of concrete where the ladder rests (still 30 feet in the air). He basically defied the laws of momentum. I did not speak much the rest of the day, I was in such awe. I reconsidered my comfort levels at work. I really have it made.
The 2nd set of 3 pictures is of a building across a street where I had to really zoom, to capture an equally fearless Indian worker, who was on a lip of concrete not more than 1 foot. Tending to pipes, or electricity. He was just there…and it is the most amazing thing to me. I bet neither of these Indians “make a big deal” about this at the end of their days, either. They probably eat a curry dish and think of whatever Indian workers think about. (Or they wonder who that crazy woman was, taking such interest in them “while they were trying to work”).
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