#6 - or electronics tech. Had a kid on my shift who'd pulled a power supply for repair. Thing had giant filtering capacitors. I saw him with a screwdriver, and asked, "You did ground that out, right?"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever."
"Just make sure it's grounded out."
"I did."
I walked off, and from behind me... BANG!
Turned back and saw him sitting there eyes like saucers, holding the remaining STUB of his screwdriver. "Didn't ground it out, did you?" He just shook his head.
My dad learned the hard way: always work with your left hand in your back pocket. He touched a tv tube with a screwdriver while holding onto the case with his left.... he would up 10 feet away, upside down, against the wall...
Knew an engineer that had worked for the TV station I was working at back in the 70's. They were on the backup transmitter and he was repairing the main transmitter. He had the back open to work on it and apparently failed to ground everything. As he poked into the back of it, he was knocked across the room and onto his butt. After a minute, he picked himself up and dusted himself off. He then said "It can't do that!", walked back up to the transmitter, poked inside it again, and promptly had an instant replay. Didn't do it a third time. Dang lucky to be alive.
Only heard the story. Didn't actually see, but knowing the guy I believe it.
The woek I did and the way the shop was laid out I kind of had my own private toilet at one job. Had it stocked with magazines like Car Craft, Hot Rod, American RIfleman. I would go back when it was slow and smoke a few cigarettes and read my magazines, no one caught on. Daryl
#13 Years ago, had a work colleague state flip charts were offensive as it was a demeaning term for Filipinos. The Filipinos on staff couldn't stop laughing.
#16 - Had an episode where I had to make a quick break to the Men's Room. After only 5 mins, a coworker came in (Marine, VN Vet, didn't like the BS that was being thrown) came in and after knocking on the stall said, the boss lady is "looking for you, make it a good one". I came out and when I was confronted about "where I was on company time" responded, out loud for the entire office to hear: "well, I had a vicious case of diarrhea so I thought it better to head to the shitter rather than offend the whole office." She left the company shortly thereafter. eg: It was old Telco, before the break up. She's still out there making people's lives miserable.
#15 have a friend who's employees were getting mysteriously sick a lot, eventually realized the burger king next door had a racist employee who was contaminating the food with bodily waste. BK fired him, he sued and got his job back. My friend's employees started getting sick again, eventually BK managed to fire the guy and make it stick.
#6 - or electronics tech. Had a kid on my shift who'd pulled a power supply for repair. Thing had giant filtering capacitors. I saw him with a screwdriver, and asked, "You did ground that out, right?"
ReplyDelete"Yeah, yeah. Whatever."
"Just make sure it's grounded out."
"I did."
I walked off, and from behind me... BANG!
Turned back and saw him sitting there eyes like saucers, holding the remaining STUB of his screwdriver. "Didn't ground it out, did you?" He just shook his head.
He's lucky he had eyes, much less eyebrows.
Lost my BIL for the same stupid reason, that guy was lucky.
DeleteMy dad learned the hard way: always work with your left hand in your back pocket. He touched a tv tube with a screwdriver while holding onto the case with his left.... he would up 10 feet away, upside down, against the wall...
DeleteKnew an engineer that had worked for the TV station I was working at back in the 70's. They were on the backup transmitter and he was repairing the main transmitter. He had the back open to work on it and apparently failed to ground everything. As he poked into the back of it, he was knocked across the room and onto his butt. After a minute, he picked himself up and dusted himself off. He then said "It can't do that!", walked back up to the transmitter, poked inside it again, and promptly had an instant replay. Didn't do it a third time. Dang lucky to be alive.
DeleteOnly heard the story. Didn't actually see, but knowing the guy I believe it.
my told me once he was tasked to put a shelf in a power shed. he came back with his hammer, and shorted out EVERYTHING.
Deletethe big problem was he was a seabee and this was at Guantanamo bay. in 1962. in october.
oh sure he was messed up it went down his arm, down his side, and out the tip of his boot, blowing his clothes off the whole way.
but the effect on everyone else on the base was...exciting may not be the right word...
The woek I did and the way the shop was laid out I kind of had my own private toilet at one job. Had it stocked with magazines like Car Craft, Hot Rod, American RIfleman. I would go back when it was slow and smoke a few cigarettes and read my magazines, no one caught on.
ReplyDeleteDaryl
I'm crying here over #6.I'm sitting laughing my head off. Hubby is like what is so funny? He's laughing now as well.
ReplyDelete#13 Years ago, had a work colleague state flip charts were offensive as it was a demeaning term for Filipinos. The Filipinos on staff couldn't stop laughing.
ReplyDeletere: #20 Shouldn't all three be crossed out?
ReplyDelete#18. That's actually the gates of hell.
ReplyDelete#16 - Had an episode where I had to make a quick break to the Men's Room. After only 5 mins, a coworker came in (Marine, VN Vet, didn't like the BS that was being thrown) came in and after knocking on the stall said, the boss lady is "looking for you, make it a good one".
ReplyDeleteI came out and when I was confronted about "where I was on company time" responded, out loud for the entire office to hear: "well, I had a vicious case of diarrhea so I thought it better to head to the shitter rather than offend the whole office."
She left the company shortly thereafter.
eg: It was old Telco, before the break up. She's still out there making people's lives miserable.
#15 have a friend who's employees were getting mysteriously sick a lot, eventually realized the burger king next door had a racist employee who was contaminating the food with bodily waste. BK fired him, he sued and got his job back. My friend's employees started getting sick again, eventually BK managed to fire the guy and make it stick.
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