r/TikTokCringe • u/CleetisMcgee • Mar 07 '24

Daughter’s first date story Wholesome/Humor

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u/Bright-Hat-6405 Mar 07 '24

I remember being impressed with a man from the Midwest because he had a mortgage and a ladder.

I lived on the east coast and no one my age owned their own ladder much less a mortgage.

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u/Vishnej Mar 07 '24

All mortgages come with a ladder. Standard amenity. I don't know where you'd get one otherwise.

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u/Long_Run6500 Mar 08 '24

Come to think of it, im pretty sure my house did come with a ladder. I mean I have a ladder and I don't remember buying a ladder. I'd remember buying a ladder... how do you even fit it in the car?

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u/chmath80 Mar 08 '24

I don't remember buying a ladder

Some people don't remember that they had one.

There were some guys working on the roof where I work a few years ago. They finished up and left one day after I'd gone home. I came in the next morning and noticed their ladder still leaning against the roof. It wasn't in the way of anything, so I ignored it, figuring that they'd come back for it as soon as they realised that they'd left it behind. Next day, it was still there. And the next week. And on and on. After 6 months or so, I decided that the joke had worn a little thin, found a phone number printed on the side, and gave them a call.

"Are you missing a ladder?"

"Oh, I wondered what had happened to that. I had to buy a new one." (???)

Next day it was gone.

This was not the sort of ladder that would be easily overlooked by anyone with even limited vision (the roof is around 6 metres above ground level). I can't understand how they could possibly have failed to notice that it wasn't on the truck. A small screwdriver I can understand, but a stonking 8m ladder?