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My old carpentry instructor pissed off one of his friends. The friend decided to retaliate with fish guts in his truck, the night before he was to fly out. My instructor thought he could get retribution by calling in a bomb threat at a payphone. He's now in jail for ten years.

Federal laws ain't nuthin to fuck wit.

Because it rustles /r/Texas's jimmies.

What's the craziest thing you seen/heard one of your co-workers doing?

As a carpenter who started out working non-union, and coming from a family of non-union carpenters here is my POV. While working non-union I wasn't paid very well, yet worked extremely hard in hopes of recognition. None, my foreman was very happy with me, but superintendents didn't give a shit. Years of low wages and getting told that the way you earn more money is to work more hours (I averaged 55-70 hrs a week). I finally settled down and got married, I was making $14/hr and my Foreman caught wind i was having a baby. He brought it up to our Superintendent, who begrudgingly gave me a $2 raise. My wife gives birth to our son. I sign her and my son up for our health insurance. Premiums begin to be deducted from my paychecks. $175 a week. My raise did not cover this. Being a hard worker, my reputation got around, and one of my co-worker's Uncle needed some good hardworking carpenters to start a crew. He gave my name and I decided to go talk to him. Turns out he was in a Union outfit. I got indentured and have not looked back. I make $40.25/hr + $5/hr vacation/holiday pay, all my insurance is paid for by the employer, retirement is paid by the employer, I went through community college to get certified as a carpenter (paid for by the employer), if i get laid off I don't have to look for work because that's the Unions job. The feedback I get from my father who has been a non-union Carpenter for 45 years is if he had to start over he would go the union route.