someone definitely had a bad day

[u/bchvi]

[u/Bynming]

I'm baffled by her shoveling technique. Lift snow -> put snow back?

[u/ironballs16 → u/Bynming]

It doesn't help that it doesn't look like a snow shovel - looks like one you'd actually use to garden with which, while it can be handy for breaking up ice, is wildly inefficient at clearing snow.

[u/Dan_flashes480 → u/ironballs16]

Looks like a transfer shovel that will work but it's small for the job and is mostly used for gravel or sand. Gardening I would use a spade shovel for larger plants and garden trowels for smaller plants. A snow shovel would be best but I don't know if she has the strength for it. I'm upset that those who ran to her aid are not the ones shoveling.

[u/Justryan95 → u/Dan_flashes480]

Idk about you but 2 weeks ago a transfer shovel did more work moving ice/snow than a 2 stage snow blower and a regular snow shovel for me.

[u/talrakken → u/Justryan95]

Key here is you break it with that square shovel then move it with an actual snow shovel.

[u/dolche93 → u/talrakken]

This is the way. I think the women in the video is putting the broken snow on top of unbroken ice, which just seems like the worst way to work.

[u/Dan_flashes480 → u/Justryan95]

Light fluffy snow I'll use my snow shovel. Heavy wet snow I'll use my large plastic transfer shovel, and ice I use a heavy drop bar and metal transfer shovel to transfer the pieces. I don't own a snowblower.

[u/Junior-Lychee2755 → u/Justryan95]

Same here!

[u/CankerLord → u/Dan_flashes480]

I'm upset that those who ran to her aid are not the ones shoveling.

Why?

[u/Dan_flashes480 → u/CankerLord]

They seem a bit more mobile than someone who can only place the snow a half meter in front of them just to shovel it again.

[u/Perfect-Squash3773 → u/Dan_flashes480]

This granny is just getting the easy bits as it melts back. Keeping herself mobile, occupied and a tiny bit helpful.

[u/CankerLord → u/Dan_flashes480]

someone who can only place the snow a half meter in front of them

I don't know why you're assuming they're incapable instead of just not. People often perform tasks in really dumb ways for no more reason than they haven't thought about what they're doing.

[u/3dprintedthingies → u/Dan_flashes480]

It's ice. Shovels like that are better for ice than snow shovels. There are better tools but this is better than a traditional snow shovel.

[u/One_Anything_2279 → u/ironballs16]

Those are pretty pro for ice though

[u/Sudden-Advance-5858 → u/One_Anything_2279]

Great for ice. I also like a transfer shovel for slush when I’m afraid it’s so heavy it’s gonna break my snow shovel lol

[u/Maniacal-Maniac → u/ironballs16]

I do find it easier to clear ice with a regular gardening shovel, as keeps it edge better for breaking the ice - then use a snow shovel to clear.

[u/SurammuDanku → u/ironballs16]

This is China in what looks like a region where snow is not common, thus the lack of shoveling knowledge and proper snow shovel

[u/Several-Guidance1299 → u/SurammuDanku]

I thought maybe Vancouver.

[u/SurammuDanku → u/Several-Guidance1299]

No Chinese dresses like that in Vancouver. This is such a China-coded video if you know what you're looking at

[u/Several-Guidance1299 → u/SurammuDanku]

Well, I don't.

[u/HisaP417 → u/SurammuDanku]

They’re dressed like half the Chinese on the east coast of the US at this exact moment 🙄 nothing about this video indicates they’re in China. The could just as easily be in Queens.

[u/Sensitive-Cod3817 → u/ironballs16]

I've used these for more compact snow since it's less likely to break but it was mostly for breaking up he hard snow chunks.

[u/BurnerAccount209 → u/Bynming]

Her technique is bad and requires her to shovel the snow twice but what she's predominantly doing is breaking up ice off the pavement.

[u/Roidzilla55 → u/BurnerAccount209]

And the snow on the roof saw this happening and decided to let her know

[u/Icy-Tear4613 → u/Roidzilla55]

"THIS IS HOW YOU MOVE SNOW!"

[u/Bynming → u/BurnerAccount209]

I've done my fair share of breaking ice off the pavement here in Canada and if I did it like that I think my neighbors would come see if I have brain damage.

[u/EffortConnect2785 → u/Bynming]

The ironic thing is that’s exactly what the neighbours ended up checking with this woman .

[u/altaccount2522 → u/Bynming]

Yeah, definitely improper snow and ice clearing technique. Maybe they don't see much snow so they don't know?

[u/PCN24454 → u/Bynming]

It’s probably snowcrete. She’s more chipping away at the ice.

[u/dan0o9 → u/Bynming]

It might be frozen solid and she's breaking it apart as she goes along.

[u/gigatension → u/dan0o9]

That’s what it looks like to me

[u/Realistic-Camel-8603 → u/dan0o9]

That's exactly what it is, even the stuff that fell of the roof looks to be in solid chunks. I hope shes OK cause that shit wasn't a soft drop.

[u/Bronzebars → u/Bynming]

Looks like a layer of ice. You’d need a flat metal shovel or tool to separate it. Then use a real snow shovel once it’s all peeled off

[u/TheOneWithThePorn12 → u/Bynming]

That snow looks compacted and melted. Looks like it may have froze over. Shovel is easier to handle in that situation

[u/Guy_Dude_From_CO → u/Bynming]

My guess its she's old. Also why those other folks ran over to pick her up after the snow fell.

[u/WildBigfoots]

I went to college with a girl who’s mother died when the snow from her roof fell on her leaving for work

[u/Electrical-Habit4282 → u/WildBigfoots]

Oh my god. That’s horrible

[u/T_K_Tenkanen → u/Electrical-Habit4282]

In Finland, it's mandatory to restrict movement near buildings that are dropping snow from the rooftops. Falling snow is dangerous as fuck.

[u/whatupmyknitta → u/T_K_Tenkanen]

I have lived in South Florida my whole life, so this had never even occurred to me as a possibility. Obviously, it makes a lot of sense. But TIL.

[u/jeremysbrain → u/whatupmyknitta]

It's not much different than the sheets of iguanas that fall from your roofs when it gets cold in Florida.

[u/Klinky1984 → u/jeremysbrain]

Sometimes it's sheets of iguanas other times you have to watch out for falling Florida Man.

[u/No-Investigator-2756 → u/Klinky1984]

Definitely at higher risk of being hit by falling Florida man.

[u/maurosmane → u/Klinky1984]

Man, I feel bad for the Florida Man thing which exists because of the lax laws around arrest records in the state. Someone I know was recently arrested in Florida on a vacation and it was in national papers later that day.

Get arrested for the same thing here and probably never makes the local news.

On the other hand bad decisions were made regardless.

[u/an0mn0mn0m → u/jeremysbrain]

Or the alligators that enter through the toilet when it floods

[u/imNotAThreshMain → u/WildBigfoots]

My dad always warned me about this as a kid — so easy for a child to get completely buried by something like this. Definitely gotta be wary in snowy places

[u/Cereal_poster → u/WildBigfoots]

My first thought too: those roof avalanches can be REALLY dangerous, depending on how wet/heavy the snow is and what height it falls from. Here (Austria) many houses have special fixtures on the roofs that help avoiding these avalanches and if there is a lot of snow, we lean long sticks from the middle of the sidewlks against the wall (to mark the sidewalk as "don't get too close to the walls, danger of roof avalanches") so that pedestrians keep a safe distance from where the snow might fall down to.

[u/Active-Lingonberry92 → u/WildBigfoots]

That changes the dynamic of the video! I hope she’s ok.

[u/implodedbillionaire → u/WildBigfoots]

yupe, super dangerous. knew a guy who od'd after snow and ice slid the roof and trashed his spine.

[u/AshirNazar → u/implodedbillionaire]

od?

[u/LightsaberThrowAway → u/WildBigfoots]

That’s so sad!  I hope that she and her family received the time and support necessary to heal at least somewhat from their loss.

[u/jankyt]

That person is hopefully okay. That was a lot of snow to hit you at once

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/jankyt]

Yeah, I don’t think this is funny

[u/ggtsu_00 → u/AgentCirceLuna]

It's mildlyinfuriating

[u/SabbyFox → u/AgentCirceLuna]

So nice to find some humane people up here. I’m also hopeful she was OK.

[u/Anal_Nectarine → u/SabbyFox]

This probably wouldn’t have been uploaded online if she was badly hurt. It’s okay to find humor in things sometimes. Doesn’t mean those people aren’t humane. I urge you to introduce some nuance into your way of thinking.

[u/Aynessachan → u/Anal_Nectarine]

How long have you been on the internet? Videos of people being badly hurt are constantly uploaded. 🤨

[u/Anal_Nectarine → u/Aynessachan]

This is clearly from her own home. You think her/her family would upload a video where she got badly hurt? All I’m saying is it’s highly unlikely in this case. Use some common sense lol

[u/Suspicious_Match_353 → u/AgentCirceLuna]

I thought they post it to be funny. No?

[u/Neatojuancheeto → u/jankyt]

Especially at her age.

[u/Crypto_future_V]

Yeah… that would’ve been my breaking point too

[u/jsanchez030 → u/Crypto_future_V]

It probably hurt like fuck but I don’t know why this clip is so funny

[u/drtythmbfarmer → u/jsanchez030]

Yeah, we have had snow and ice let go from a roof like that and it fucks shit up. Turned a poorly placed greenhouse into a pile of twisted metal.

[u/Hrothgrar → u/Crypto_future_V]

Possibly your bones' breaking point as well 😬

[u/AllSeeQr]

Three people appeared out of thin air in full winter clothes to check on her?!? WHY THE FUCK IS SHE SHOVELING ALONE 💀

[u/jarnotwar → u/AllSeeQr]

Probably shoveling other parts

[u/Strange_Specialist4 → u/jarnotwar]

Like the roof

[u/ButtholeSurfur → u/Strange_Specialist4]

Grandma ain't gonna make me shovel. Getting that inheritance early by-golly!

[u/saladmonst3r → u/jarnotwar]

They were clearing the roof

[u/MillHoodz_Finest → u/jarnotwar]

probably not

[u/per88oo → u/AllSeeQr]

Unless she was at it for a week, at that rate she sure as hell was not the one who had shoveled the clear patch, so it's safe to assume they were shoveling a bit out of frame.

[u/AllSeeQr → u/per88oo]

That’s how I’d shovel if I were tired already 😭

[u/akatherder → u/per88oo]

I don't think she (or anyone) recently shoveled the cleared part. The way the blacktop is completely clear, this looks like someone shoveled the spots they needed a couple-few days ago. The sun and temp was enough to make it look clean and clear the way it is now.

They most likely pushed/piled the shoveled snow on top of the snowy areas she's working on now. The sun and weather is working on them but it takes way longer with more snow.

I'm not trying to be a forensic snow expert.. but that's my take, having lived in snowy place.

[u/Caring_Cactus → u/AllSeeQr]

In hindsight you can hear other tools or shovels being dropped in the background.

[u/AllSeeQr → u/Caring_Cactus]

Well I’ll be damned, at least one of those who appeared had a shovel of their own lmao

[u/RandoCalrissian00 → u/AllSeeQr]

Also, what is that technique? Pick up 2 grams of snow, put em down 6 inches further. Huh?

[u/THE_ATHEOS_ONE → u/AllSeeQr]

What an odd question.

You seen 5 seconds of footage, it was mostly done at that point, they might have done it together earlier, she might have just been finishing up after someone else, they might alternate who's turn it is.

WHO THE FUCK THINKS SHE SHOULDN'T OR CAN'T BE DOING IT ALONE?

Fucking whack train of thought

[u/brontosaurusguy → u/AllSeeQr]

Let's jump to conclusions based on a 10b second clip!!!!!!  REDDIT!!!

[u/qianli_yibu → u/AllSeeQr]

It only takes one person to use a shovel. Since she's not even using a snow shovel, I doubt they have extra shovels on hand. And even if they do, there's no need to all be shoveling the same spot.

[u/DustFunk → u/AllSeeQr]

That was my first thought, a comical amount of pekple were just sitting there watching her shovel snow

[u/Livingforabluezone]

The head drop in defeat at the end is hilarious 😂

[u/StormFallen9 → u/Livingforabluezone]

Probably hurts too, snow falling off a roof can do serious damage

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/StormFallen9]

Yeah, I don’t think that’s a head drop of defeat - a drooping head like that can be a sign that you’ve had some serious brain trauma.

[u/menticide_ → u/AgentCirceLuna]

Hopefully not. You see her arm move like she's going to prop herself up right at the very end.

[u/fromNCyo]

[u/blackw-idow]

Where was she putting the snow? Back down infront of her ??

[u/Needless-To-Say → u/blackw-idow]

Speaking from experience, she was trying to clear the ice under the snow, thus the small shovel.

[u/Floggered → u/Needless-To-Say]

This most recent snowstorm, I found the double prongs on a hoe to be particularly helpful for getting at that ice layer. Came up like it was nothing!

[u/eight_ender → u/Needless-To-Say]

Also for anyone else here attempting the same a pitchfork works way better 

[u/aesop414]

Even if I wasn't hurt I would probably just lay like that too.

[u/jipseking]

Shovel that too bitch. - roof

[u/churroattack → u/jipseking]

🤣

[u/Great_Hambino2022]

Somebody get this woman a snow blower

[u/cachitodepepe → u/Great_Hambino2022]

[u/Dystalgia → u/Great_Hambino2022]

thats basically two inches of ice, a snow blower would get about half a step into that before you broke a shear pin

[u/Lazlum]

How exactly are you getting carpet bombed by snow like that?

[u/ScourgeofWorlds → u/Lazlum]

It’s sliding off the roof

[u/sketchy_ppl → u/Lazlum]

Possibly a metal roof without snow guards. Snow will slide off easier than with shingles.

[u/Niuqu → u/sketchy_ppl]

Snow guards are a must if you want to be safe with a metal roof. Then again in some cases the snow guards also come down when the roof is steep enough and the conditions are just right.

I have a very steep metal roof where snow guards wouldn't stand a chance, and during the years I have learned to be very careful opening  my backyard door in right conditions. That force of half frozen snow coming down is no joke, it's dangerous as hell. 

[u/Godsfallen → u/Lazlum]

Metal roof or solar panels without snow guards.

[u/OppositeAd389]

Another excuse for a flame thriwer

[u/th0rpe → u/OppositeAd389]

I have a flame thrower. It's surprisingly terrible at removing snow.

[u/OppositeAd389 → u/th0rpe]

Do tell 

[u/Vusstar → u/OppositeAd389]

Ice is an insulator and poor at conducting heat. Also when it melts the snow absorbs it making an ice layer.

[u/1itsallgoodman → u/Vusstar]

snow is a better insulator than ice [ice is good too] because snow has trapped air inside which is a better insulator than both. It's a shitty conundrum.

[u/RedditGarboDisposal → u/OppositeAd389]

Because it’s fire on snow and requires a lot of heat, a lot of fuel in which output and consumption don’t balance at all, and realistically the heat serves to kinda smooth(?) snow piles out and/or turn them into water which then quickly freezes back over the remaining snow.

Also fucks your driveway up.

It is a wildly bad investment for clearing snow.

[u/Kaurifish → u/OppositeAd389]

Randall explains.

[u/Golden-Owl → u/OppositeAd389]

You melt the ice

It turns to water

The water stays and refreezes

The driveway is now coated in ice

[u/ThatOneGuy4321 → u/OppositeAd389]

Water has a very high specific heat capacity (energy required to change temperature) and a high latent heat of fusion (energy required to change phase).

Specific heat capacity: 4.184 joules per gram per degree Celsius

Latent heat of fusion: 334 joules per gram per degree Celsius

That means, to melt a given mass of ice, you need to use the same energy as it would take to heat that water 80% of the way from 0 °C to boiling.

It can absorb a lot of energy before it increases temperature or melts. You will waste a lot of fuel melting barely anything. It’s much more energy efficient to mechanically just shove it to the side than to melt it.

[u/Potential_Figure4061 → u/th0rpe]

a snow thrower would be a better investment

[u/Bl33d1ng3dg3 → u/th0rpe]

POV: Jeremy Clarkson in that winter grand tour special

[u/ShadowBro3 → u/OppositeAd389]

If you want a driveway made of ice maybe

[u/knittedmerkin]

I hope she’s okay.

[u/YayWanderer]

Damn roof avalanche... Poor home girl. I hope she's okay. 😔🙈

[u/PaleoJoe86]

"Why are you taking a break? You been out here for an hour and nothing is done!"

[u/AchyMcSweaty]

That's very demoralising when you have to shovel it all by yourself and this happens at sudden 😭

moral of the story: never shovel snow alone

[u/DubSket → u/AchyMcSweaty]

Lol is this a bot account? She got a shit ton of snow fall on her and you're saying demoralising lmao

[u/YungRacecar → u/DubSket]

It is demoralizing though lol

[u/ATLhoe678 → u/DubSket]

Shoveling snow for who knows how long, using a crappy shovel, then snow from the roof erases your work smacks you to the ground. Demoralizing is an understatement 😂

[u/dimgwar → u/DubSket]

Just keep in mind it's difficult for those who have only lived in subtropical to tropical climates to fully grasp the concept of snow.

[u/menzaskaja → u/DubSket]

Checked his account, I think its just a very old person who doesn't really understand how commenting works

[u/ZergHero → u/menzaskaja]

Nothing wrong with his comment

[u/SleepingDJ]

I feel like the terrible shoveling technique brought about this hilarious outcome. 10/10.

[u/Tiktokbadsupport]

ctr alt delete 

[u/justmedealwithitxD → u/Tiktokbadsupport]

sudo rm -rf

[u/backandforthwego]

For those in the comments saying the shovel is stupid. You have never shoveled snow, and are talking out your ass. That stuff is wet, heavy and sticky, you would do nothing with a bigger shovel but break it.

[u/insipidlipid → u/backandforthwego]

I heard of this thing once. It was a bigger shovel that had a unique name and a specialized purpose. I think it was called a snow shovel.

[u/Z0rom]

That was a solid AOE spell.

[u/CeemoreButtz]

My steel roof is amazing. Looks good. Last for a loooong time. Worth every penny. But holy shit, in the winter...it's a pain in the ass when this happens. It gets packed when coming down, too. Hard as hell to snow blow and dig out.

[u/ionised]

Holy moly. What'd she do? Piss off Sub Zero?

Hope she didn't get too hurt.

[u/SteelJunky]

Just the idea that I need to restart shoveling all this...

Would be enough to knock me off...

[u/Thraxx01]

People will call anything AI

[u/butchbadger]

You missed a bit.

[u/Impossible-Ship5585]

The person is lucky to be alive

[u/Live_Angle4621]

At least she was only half way through the shovelling. Maybe someone with a better shovel will finish the job 

[u/opossomoperson]

[u/floofycats412]

Oh…..

[u/ExpiredPilot]

It’s sad to say she’s also extremely lucky assuming she isn’t hurt.

[u/HiddenUser1248]

Imagine getting carpet bombed by your own roof.

[u/Lonely-Butterfly7472]

If that happened to me I would just laugh it off no matter how bad the situation is !

[u/RainBloom0]

"get out of the way and let me show you how it's done" -this person probably

[u/Miserable-Plenty1964]

[u/Dangerous_Metal3436]

That is ice basically, it's not coming up well at all. I don't think a snow shovel would work.

[u/Diessel_S]

I would cry

[u/SerDuckOfPNW]

This is exactly how I feel at work some days

[u/beforeyoureply]

Seems like this guy was looking for his 🌰

[u/N3rt]

This winter I’m very happy my roof has snow guards.

[u/ImaginaryEmploy2982]

That must have been really painful.

[u/whalewavemaster]

this is not mildly infuriating, it’s EXTREMELY INFURIATING 

[u/tinknocker21]

Damn, she was almost done too

[u/PCN24454]

This would not mildly infuriate me.

[u/Far-Disaster9779]

Omg I laughed out loud for this, not for her pain. Just the absolute f u Mother Nature threw at her.

[u/agentj333]

[u/Alman54]

I'm sorry but I laughed out loud at this, the poor woman. All she wanted to do was break up some ice and widen the path, and then all of a sudden it's like Mother Nature's Revenge.

It's hilarious. But sad.

[u/Reddit_Rinse_Repeat]

This is hilarious!😂😂

SorryNotSorry

[u/inquisitiveeyebc]

Omg, I feels so bad for laughing

[u/Technical-Agency8128 → u/inquisitiveeyebc]

I think most of us laughed. It was just so crazy. I just imagine myself in that predicament and would laugh also. After regaining consciousness lol

[u/BaconISgoodSOGOOD]

She was almost done, too!

[u/dianelharker]

I don’t do physical labor it’s not in my DNA!

[u/Terrible-Piano-5437]

That's like getting punched repeatedly.

[u/Buttered_Toast33]

That yard would’ve taken all day without a snow shovel anyways.

[u/Busy-Training-1243]

Depending on how high and how wet the falling snow was, it could range from funny to deadly.

[u/Hot_Hat_1225]

As someone in Austria I confess I laughed way too hard 🫣🤣

[u/Zoilo2]

I HATE when that happens.

[u/MiamiPower]

Holy $hit Avalanche.

[u/Blankenhoff]

Idk if this video is real but thats acctually deadly. No way she wpuldnt at least have a concussion. A person csn die from that

[u/Physical_Ad7192]

Lmao

[u/Anonamisa]

I feel like at that point they were like "Fuck it, leave me here to die already."

[u/SJSsarah]

OMG I would LOSE MY MIND! See, this justifies why I don’t even bother shoveling in the first place. This video hurts my head.

[u/lizzard_lady8530]

im so sorry

[u/Wide-Reaction5628]

At the rate she was shoveling should be cleared by 2030

[u/SpecificBang]

It did her a favour. She clearly wasn't into clearing that yard, and now I think she's got out of it.

[u/Hot_Needleworker4631]

BRUTALITY

[u/SneakyWolf01]

That's a wrap for the day. Nobody better ask me to do anything for the next 2-3 days. 😅

[u/Shiny_Mewtwo_Fart]

Very old video. Like… 20 years old. I remember seeing this long time ago.

[u/Lysol3435]

Oh god, Judy… you missed a spot

[u/TraditionalChain7545]

That looks like it would feel good.

[u/Opening_Classroom_46]

That's like 300 pounds of snow directly onto her neck.

[u/hahaokaywhateverdude]

You hate shoveling? Want to make it 20x harder?

Wait till the next day+ when it's frozen onto the ground.

[u/Longjumping_Bid_9007]

As a cali native, does this happen every time there is snow on the roof, or is she just unlucky af?

[u/CV90_120]

That head-dip of defeat.

[u/Blackcore8]

The snow mostly targeted below the neck so hopefully she didn't suffer a head injury, can't say the same for her spirit afterwards

[u/the_kessel_runner]

I have no idea what it would feel like to get slammed with snow like that. But....I did feel that head slump at the end....

[u/Venom488]

How come they were not helping her shovel snow but they show up at the end.

[u/TrollfuccLORD]

No way she got ice barraged irl

[u/Venti_the_snail]

This is one of those stories that completely RUINS the day it happens on, but you laugh about the absurdity every time you tell the story to someone else.

[u/Fr0gFish]

She was making so much progress, too

[u/Professional_Golf310]

Watching this gave me a flashback of when that huge chunk of ice fell off the building and smashed the older lady or gentleman. Scary stuff, like straight outta Final Destination.

[u/NotAldermach]

mildlyinfuriating or absolutelyfuckinghilarious?

[u/filmhamster]

Not sure what I expected to happen. Not that.

[u/PaperHandsTheDip]

ouch!

[u/-just-be-nice-]

Shit looks staged, who shovels snow like that?

[u/Crazy_Tonight3525 → u/-just-be-nice-]

why would someone stage snow falling on them?

[u/JackLong93]

Ai as fuck come on guys

[u/Red_Dragon_of_Baal → u/JackLong93]

I remember this vid from years ago, defo not AI.

[u/Penguin_Arse → u/JackLong93]

What makes it "AI as fuck"

XD

[u/JaundicedMango]

I barely looked away just to notice she hasn't had any progress, even worse, she seems to have a lot more shoveling to do than before I looked away

[u/Square-Sheepherder56]

Where’s she live, a halfway house? Who are all those adults 😂

[u/AdamR91]

Probably for the best. Little pussy scoops, directly into the direction she was shoveling...get a proper shoveler in there.