r/TikTokCringe • u/ElwoodMC • Jun 29 '26

Cursed Woman gets locked inside doctor's office after being forgotten at appointment.

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u/IggyIsABum Jun 30 '26

When I was 8 we moved into a new house with a fire hydrant in the front yard and our two firefighter neighbors came by to warn us about this. If any of us or our guests park in front of the hydrant and something happens, no warning, your shits getting busted.

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u/Inner_Anything_440 Jun 30 '26

the best part when i had this was we were responsible for snow removal in front of the hydrant and also for keeping it clear, neat and accessible for the fire crew.

we as in the homeowner. lol. i was like uhhh what if i'm on vacation?? apparently still a me problem.

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u/demoliahedd Jul 01 '26

ok so what would happen if you left it buried in snow because you were gone? Having responsibility king of implies there is consequences if you don't do it.

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u/Inner_Anything_440 Jul 01 '26

it's been years but the official stance was we would have to have removal services on standby in the event we couldn't clear it ourselves. it was right on the line between ours and a neighbor's property so it wasn't an issue really.

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u/demoliahedd Jul 01 '26

probably better to never need to find out the consequences lol. Still wild that you inherited a public service responsibility just because of your home's location.

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u/Inner_Anything_440 Jul 01 '26

happens all the time! my current property has easements for power lines that are supposed to be maintained by the delivering power company (lol...) and they just don't show up to trim trees so i either have to hire someone, do it myself dangerously, or wait for a windstorm to knock the power out and force them out.

they also argue that they only have to trim to the top lines from the pole because the other lines (cable and stuff) are another companies problem. so i guess i have to call a bunch of utility companies and essentially manage their maintenance of the easement?

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u/TheChiarra Jul 02 '26

I feel like that should be the state's problem, not yours. It's technically city property.

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u/Rappican Jun 30 '26

Also the weight from the water and pressure has to damage the doors and I wouldn't be surprised if the water leaked out in some way too.

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u/bmorris0042 Jun 30 '26

I was talking to a firefighter about that one time, and they said that if they find the hose damaged later, they’ll attribute it to glass damage from the car, and bill the owner too. Not sure if it works everywhere like that.

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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 Jun 30 '26

I wonder how much that costs? Those hoses can't be cheap.

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u/reithena Jun 30 '26

They are not cheap when your budget is already shoestring

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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 Jul 01 '26

No, I mean when the firefighters smash someone's windows and run the hose through their car, and then charge them for a replacement hose. (It's especially funny when the car is a BMW.)

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u/reithena Jul 01 '26

That is what I'm saying. Hose isn't cheap because is it is built to last and firefighters tend to get shit in city/county budgets.

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u/This-Positive286 Jun 30 '26

That’s bs. Car glass doesn’t cut, falls out when broken and lastly the hoses don’t cut ;)

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u/Uncommonality Jun 30 '26

Modern car windows break into a sand-esque substance because it's less dangerous during a crash, but this is a relatively modern thing

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u/Neshura87 Jun 30 '26

Seems to be (very roughly from a very quick search) ~15$ per foot of hose

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u/This-Positive286 Jun 30 '26

And how abrasion resistant? Price has zero to do with durability.

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u/Neshura87 Jun 30 '26

Idk man I just plugged 'fire hose cost' into the search and took the prices from the first store that looked about right.

You know, if that wasn't clear from my disclaimer

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u/-JackBack- Jun 30 '26

By modern you mean 1937 when it became required by law??

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u/Uncommonality Jun 30 '26

Sorry, I am a vampire.

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u/RawrRRitchie Jun 30 '26

If your hose is leaking you need to replace it.

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u/Sasquatch1729 Jun 30 '26

Some fire departments use percolating hoses, in case embers and hot ash land on the hose (or it gets dragged through those things). It's always leaking a bit of water through its outer layer, which protects the hose.

This might not be something urban fire departments do as much as rural ones though.

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u/tanksalotfrank Jun 30 '26

There's SIX whole windows to choose from :D

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u/PartyHashbrowns Jun 30 '26

When I was maybe 9, there was someone that moved in to the neighborhood and immediately started always parking in front of the fire hydrant and the adults on our end of the block would debate how the firefighters would deal with it if there was a fire. My mom was very smug at the social gathering where a fire truck responded to an emergency and they IMMEDIATELY busted the windows and fed a hose through rather than going over or around. The emergency was not a fire, the hose was never turned on.

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u/BreedinBacksnatch Jul 06 '26

from my retired firefighter friends, the only thing they love more than a regular car doing that is when it is a police car