How to Destroy a Building With Only Three People

They're knocking down a building next door from my work.

From the moment I walk into work in the morning to the time I walk out in the afternoon, there is the constant sound of jack-hammering. This is not a sound that is conducive to concentration. I drown out the sound by listening to music stored on my computer. I've noticed a lot of headphones in the office lately.

So, I was intrigued by the demolition and decided to take a look for myself. I went out onto the fire escape (it's made of wood, go figure) in the back of the office and expected to see a whole team of people ripping up pieces of plumbing, walls, etc. Instead, there were three guys. Three. To tear down a whole building. One of them was in a bobcat/backhoe/jack-hammer thing on the roof. He was the guy doing most of the work despite sitting on his arse. He was breaking up the roof into tiny pieces.

Then, there was another guy who was holding a hose and shooting water onto the concrete that was being broken up. I can only assume this was to minimise dust and possibly sparks that were created when the jack-hammer hit the rebar.



Ok, so, he had a pretty easy job: just stand there and spray water. Nice.

Then, there was this guy:



Come on! This guy is sitting there, doing nothing. He was watching the other two guys for a while, and then decided that it wasn't as interesting as his own boots. I didn't stay long enough to see if he was going to do something else, perhaps he might look to the left. I know he probably got back into that little blue bobcat and picked up all the rubble and put it somewhere else. But even doing that, he would still be sitting down.

And here I thought demolition was hard work.