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Bloke In White Hardhat Sorts Site Dispute On The Spot Without HR As Orange Hat Does Exactly What He's Told

4 November 2026, 8:30 pmOn The Boom

ON THE GRAVEL — Nobody called HR, because HR was never going to understand. A man in a white hardhat stepped up to a man in an orange one, got right in his face and cut him off with two words and a stutter, "shut, shut up now", and the dispute was settled there and then, on the…

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Bloke In White Hardhat Sorts Site Dispute On The Spot Without HR As Orange Hat Does Exactly What He's Told

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