THE "WTF were they thinking" thread!

[Irving]

Yeah, that's why I have the first picture, so I could show where I was standing. And for the record, it's okay to laugh, that's why I posted it here. It was a total bonehead move and looked every bit as dumb as it sounds.

First I texted my buddy who is about an hour away (also a member here), then I got back up to finish what I was doing, but with more swearing. Then I went on four more roofs at my other inspections. One was an 8/12 which is beyond the comfort of most people that don't work on roofs even under the best circumstances. Then, just to prove how dumb I am, I got onto another metal roof, this one with a 16' eave. While I was on that one, it started raining in earnest, instead of the sprinkling it has been doing all day. Fortunately that roof was even less steep, and the panels were all like 30 years old so they weren't as shiney and slippery as usual.

The whole issue is that it was raining, and I was trying to keep my little clipboard that I write measurements on dry. So I was instead writing the measurements on the roof and then taking a picture for later. I had already measured that porch eave and bent down to write the measurement and broke the #1 rule of walking on roofs. Always keep your feet directly below your center of gravity (like skate boarding) and my foot slipped and dropped me right on my back.