the official: I work with an idiot thread..

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I'm training a new guy on a paper route. He is a former New Yorker who work at the stock exchange. He says the F word ever 3 seconds and has to blow into a breathalyzer to start his car or keep the car running. He drives a Lincoln Continental and you can guess his turning radius is ridiculously bad and it took us 3 Fining hours to drive a 2 hour route......... Anyways I got so sick of his bad attitude toward cops,which he hates them all by the way. I started to tell him that hes giving me wood when he blew into that machine... I think tomorrow I'm going to attach a big Rubber dink to his machine when he is delivering to a hotel... He's going to love me...ROFL




The icing on the cake he also sells insurance and is a Jets fan go figure...ROFL
 
Had a nice dinner plan (eating with Sarah and her parents at her parents). Got to work and there is already a watch. Weather goes way south and north of the main viewing area and of course the idiot weather guy wants to do live planned cut ins. So, I have not had a home cooked dinner all week and still have not thanks to him...... Starting to really hate my job.
 
Ahh, looking back on this thread.

Tomorrow (Saturday) makes officially 1 year since I was fired from my old job. There are some idiots at my new job, but they pale in comparison. And my tolerance level is a lot higher, making a lot more cash.

I ain't even mad at the idiots who fired me. Did me such a huge favor. :shrug_n:
 
Steve-o said:
Ahh, looking back on this thread.

Tomorrow (Saturday) makes officially 1 year since I was fired from my old job. There are some idiots at my new job, but they pale in comparison. And my tolerance level is a lot higher, making a lot more cash.

I ain't even mad at the idiots who fired me. Did me such a huge favor. :shrug_n:
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Take heart

Directions on a bottle of body wash:

How to use:
1. Squeeze out
2. Lather
3. Rinse

It's painfully obvious that the average person is dumb as a post.
 
chevss454 said:
Take heart

Directions on a bottle of body wash:

How to use:
1. Squeeze out
2. Lather
3. Rinse

It's painfully obvious that the average person is dumb as a post.
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I'm pretty sure they are drawn to each other. All the worst places I've worked, idiocy has been an ingrained culture.
 
OK, here is government workers at there best...

My Secretary comes to me and ask if she can talk to be about new girl. Her complaints? That the new girl "shows up early and doesn't leave before five, does nothing but works all day".

I told her, that is pretty much what you are SUPPOSED to do! LOL, she had just never seen it during her tenure with the government!
 
FreeTedWilliams said:
OK, here is government workers at there best...

My Secretary comes to me and ask if she can talk to be about new girl. Her complaints? That the new girl "shows up early and doesn't leave before five, does nothing but works all day".

I told her, that is pretty much what you are SUPPOSED to do! LOL, she had just never seen it during her tenure with the government!
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:facepalm: ah nice to know the tax dollars are hard at work with her - geesh
 
I work from home - I have for about 10 years now - which means that we don't see "others" but we use email/instant messaging all day long to keep in touch and up-to-date on projects.

When I was first hired, this was drilled into me - always always always acknowledge email assignments, updates, changes, etc... Well the head of the department that I was originally hired for (I've since moved onto another department), refuses to read her emails. She would constantly IM me looking for emails that I had sent to her days and days prior. So I would have to stop what I was doing, go fish out the email and re-send it. I'm no longer in her department (thank GOD) but sometimes I still have to deal with her. Just so infuriating that she can't be bothered like the rest of us to actually read emails.
 
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:


We've got one of our Norman Einstein's in Europe working on a real nightmare of a project.

But consider the following e-mail exchange.

ZK:
I was asked by project management to provide on the best estimate basis the list with delivery schedule of major equipment we will be using at the xxxxx inspection with HEX scanner.

I am summarizing this list as follows:



1) HEX Scanner Unit-A:

1.1) HEX Scanner Mechanical Assembly Set (X-Axis, Y-Axis, and Mounting Bracket)​

OPT:

We are making a new X-axis package that is anodized and hard coated to replace the initial one you have. It will be what is shown in 150993 (see attached). You will have to take some of the parts off of your existing scanner and mount them on this​

ZK:

1A) Please make a list for this “X-Axis Package”. Is the X-Axis motor housing in it?​

The 150993 reference in my response is the drawing number for the item in question.

Below is what 150993 shows.

I leave it as an exercise for the group to answer the follow up questions.
 
O_P_T
You sound pretty stressed - Norman Einstein ??? or is it intentional ?

Gina
 
Wow, just plain wow.

The European project I'm working on has imploded into a Mongolian cluster****.

But what happened today is just plain Wow.

The Norman Einstein I mentioned in my previous post, who I swear is who Sheldon from BBT is at least partially based has been sent home. Reading between the lines, from some recent e-mails from him, it was he couldn't play well with others.

Of course, this means I have to run the job remotely and be on call 24/7.
 
O_P_T said:
Wow, just plain wow.

The European project I'm working on has imploded into a Mongolian cluster****.

But what happened today is just plain Wow.

The Norman Einstein I mentioned in my previous post, who I swear is who Sheldon from BBT is at least partially based has been sent home. Reading between the lines, from some recent e-mails from him, it was he couldn't play well with others.

Of course, this means I have to run the job remotely and be on call 24/7.
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Doesn't sound good, but hopefully one idiot does not get replaced with a bigger idiot.

Gina
 
taltos said:
Doesn't sound good, but hopefully one idiot does not get replaced with a bigger idiot. Gina
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Well since I'm replacing him remotely, I would like to think that won't happen. :coffee:
 
O_P_T said:
Well since I'm replacing him remotely, I would like to think that won't happen. :coffee:
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Sorry, did not know this ! I thought that he was probably at a lower level than you, didn't know you were at same level. Best I not comment before getting myself in hot water ! Mea culpa !

Gina
 
I am working mornings this week (almost over thank goodness) and after teh 1.5 hour newscast there is a cut in every 30 minutes. I went down to the audio booth a few minutes before the cut in and the news anchor didn't make it before the open rolled. They were too busy talking to the other anchor. After the break, I was told by one that I was important for them to know when the cut ins were. HELLO, I don't work this shift normally and look at the clock so I am on time for these cut ins. You work this shift normally, you should be ready to go minutes before the cut in, not seconds.
 
OK, this is just priceless.

Anytime there is any sort of injury that's an OSHA reportable, days away case, etc. the Environmental Health and Safety group sends out a mass e-mail telling us all about it.

OK, this is one I got today.

To: All xxx Employees

EHS Alert is intended to provide timely, reliable and accurate notification of environment, health and safety-related occurrences. Please review this information individually and with your department to raise their awareness about similar environment, health and safety situations or conditions, thereby reducing the likelihood of future events.

Location: Monfalcone, Italy

Incident: Left eye contusion

Description:
While an employee was opening a tool drawer with his left hand and holding an extended tape measure with his right hand, they opened the drawer and the measuring tape struck the left eye area, just above the eye lid. The employee did not report the injury and left after their shift, then went to the local hospital where the doctor prescribed three days off.


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Picture shows accident simulation

Personal Protect Equipment (PPE) Use:
The employee was not wearing safety glasses at the time of the event as the task they were performing did not require them.

Immediate Corrective / Preventive actions:
Accident investigation indicated that the employee was not focusing on the task being performed. Going forward, all people entering the workshop will be required to wear safety glasses at all times.​

I leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine which of the following are the true idiots here.

  1. The person who got hurt in such a ridiculous fashion
  2. The doctor who gave them 3 days off for a tape measure whacking their head
  3. The manager who decided that the obvious response to such an incident is not to smack the injured person in the back of the head for being such a dopey bastage but insist everyone must now wear safety glasses because he was a doofus.
  4. The person who thought it was necessary to stage a "simulation" and photograph it so we could see what a dopey bastage the injured person was and realize that doing such a thing was not the best idea.
 
O_P_T said:
I leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine which of the following are the true idiots here.

  1. The person who got hurt in such a ridiculous fashion
  2. The doctor who gave them 3 days off for a tape measure whacking their head
  3. The manager who decided that the obvious response to such an incident is not to smack the injured person in the back of the head for being such a dopey bastage but insist everyone must now wear safety glasses because he was a doofus.
  4. The person who thought it was necessary to stage a "simulation" and photograph it so we could see what a dopey bastage the injured person was and realize that doing such a thing was not the best idea.
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The correct answer is ALL.

This reminded me of a similar incident. I used to work in an office that provided computer and phone support to technicians working outdoors, up on telephone poles and at customer premises etc.

Since we worked with them on a regular basis we all knew the techs pretty well even though their reporting location was a garage across town.

So, one day a woman named Kathy mentions in passing to a new manager, Ginny, that she got a paper cut and showed her the tiny wound. Ginny didn't know her ass from a stick of butter and figured that she better report the "accident" or risk dereliction of duty.

So, then comes a mountain of paperwork, phone calls with corporate and interviews and the upshoot of it was that at the garage's monthly safety meeting a report was read that went something like this:

"This month we had several dog bites, a motor vehicle accident, a near electrocution and two guys cut out of their poles and fell causing serious injuries......oh, and at the support center it seems that Kathy Jones got a pretty bad paper cut."

The whole crew then just fell out laughing their asses off and they never let her forget it.
 
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