My friend:
"You should become an electrician, it's so easy you'll have it made"
Frequently telling horror stories about apprentices fucking up and getting injured or seriously crippled or just generally being pieces of shit and in-fighting, rampant substance abuse and people that flake out and leave everyone else in shitty situations where they have to work very long days weeks on end
Friends brother:
"You should be a Carpenter it is so easy I'm telling you, you'll have it made"
Blew out one of his knees already at 21 and already has back problems, frequently works in the cold and rain and looks 40 years old already and has developed alcoholism to deal with the stress and bodily pain. Most of his peers are felons and ex-cons
Fuck construction. My health is far more important than money. I would never get along with those types anyway they'd probably think i was gay