There's a trend with the kids called "fork lifting" where everyone takes a couple Ambien and goes to work in a warehouse.

Wait they aren't talking about cranes?

I drive a forklift for a living and I equate "heavy machinery" as a bulldozer or something, lol.

It says don’t drive or operate heavy machinery, the additional clarification is precisely because people will think “well a forklift isn’t a car”

https://lemmy.world/post/39600616/20797357

forklift-sama is about to make me lose my licence

This was on my dog’s medication once.

I once zoned out of driving for a solid 5 minutes on my way home from work as a teen because my brain didn't equate heavy machinery with car. Got onto highway...turning off of highway. Nothing in between. Needless to say, I've never made that mistake again.

Having driven both, I can safely say that they meant both.

Big ball and chain thing for knocking down buildings for me

It's even worse than that: when I'm zoned out of my mind, nothing feels heavy anymore. So I can operate anything safely, right?

They obviously mean my schlong

My mind goes to this, but I don't need medication for me to be unsafe operating any machinery other/heavier than a simple car.

I've seen enough warehouse fails to fully agree.

I always think of like an excavator lol

My mind always goes to all garbage mashers on the detention level.

Baler

I thought they meant gundam suit.

What if my ride was an ultralight? 🤔

Mine goes to bucket excavator.

I don't consider forklift to be heavy machinery, at least not the little pallet ones. The seacan ones, absolutely.

I guess small quadcopters do not count?
"Alright commander, I'm all clear to operate kamikazi drones." 🎇🙈 xD

(Slava Ukrani 🇺🇦✊)

I always go to crane

https://youtu.be/39hxtxyElgs

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Okay but also chainsaws.

Bagger 288

There's other safety oriented tasks with the same attention required. I wouldn't pass meds on ativan or oxy, and would be pretty cautious with most other sedating medications. Weirdly I also don't pass meds without strattera. Weirder I think flight attendants are in the same boat (plane?) where a lot of people see it as a customer service role and don't realize how safety oriented the job is. Then people start some bullshit in a crowded aluminum tube with no safe exits and get surprised when they get duct taped to a chair.

Yes, 100%!

Sorry boss

All machines are heavy, I operate none of them.

This was once on my medicine But I ignored it cuz I didn't know that they meant,but nothing happened I still operated machines so yh

Yes, car brains are completely desensitized to their own murderous potential.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ja7ap6AEuYU