Sunday, October 22, 2006
Going Straight To The Top...And Getting Stuck There!
This summer, I worked at an amusement park. There's a policy where if a worker is caught riding any of the rides in uniform, they're automatically fired. The park is usually empty in the hour or so before closing, so it's easy to get away with a lot of stuff.
I worked on this water/roller coaster type ride. Every night at closing, maintenance would come and turn off my ride, because it ran automatically throughout the day.
Anyhow, these two guys who worked on my ride decided to go on it in uniform just before closing, for jollies. Everything was going smoothly, until they came to the top of the second drop. Then, the ride suddenly stopped. It turns out, maintenance had come a few minutes early that night to turn off the ride.
And they were stuck...on the top of the biggest drop - in uniform, for all to see.
Needless to say, they were fired - after being rescued via cherrypicker, and enduring major embarassment in the process.
I worked on this water/roller coaster type ride. Every night at closing, maintenance would come and turn off my ride, because it ran automatically throughout the day.
Anyhow, these two guys who worked on my ride decided to go on it in uniform just before closing, for jollies. Everything was going smoothly, until they came to the top of the second drop. Then, the ride suddenly stopped. It turns out, maintenance had come a few minutes early that night to turn off the ride.
And they were stuck...on the top of the biggest drop - in uniform, for all to see.
Needless to say, they were fired - after being rescued via cherrypicker, and enduring major embarassment in the process.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Stoop
I got on the elevator and 3 people were bent over like they were looking for something so i started looking too. I just kept looking to find something laying on the floor to be nice and help out. The elevator door opened and they walked off still bent over and i felt so bad.I work in a medical clinic and watch what i do more carefully now
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Not Such A Bad Boss
The weirdest guy I ever worked for turned out to be one of the nicest. If you wanted a new pen, he wanted the old one in exchange, to prove it didn't work.
Phone messages that were taken and crossed out had to be provided to show that they were "voided." This was done in a marked, sealed envelope.
The thing is, I had a big family passage and this same employer flew my family several thousand miles and paid for accommodations so they could be there. The employer was nuts, but it clearly cut both ways.
Phone messages that were taken and crossed out had to be provided to show that they were "voided." This was done in a marked, sealed envelope.
The thing is, I had a big family passage and this same employer flew my family several thousand miles and paid for accommodations so they could be there. The employer was nuts, but it clearly cut both ways.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Smoky Joe
Editors Note: I think I used to work with that guy too!
A couple weeks later I went with him to install something in somebody's house. First thing he did was stop at a warehouse, get the materials, and smoke pot with the warehouse guys. On the way, we were on a twisting, narrow country road. He was already doing fifty, and then he breaks out a bowl. Starts steering the van with his knees while lighting it up. He turns to me, eyes off the road, hands off the wheel and offers me a hit. I declined.
A couple weeks later I went with him to install something in somebody's house. First thing he did was stop at a warehouse, get the materials, and smoke pot with the warehouse guys. On the way, we were on a twisting, narrow country road. He was already doing fifty, and then he breaks out a bowl. Starts steering the van with his knees while lighting it up. He turns to me, eyes off the road, hands off the wheel and offers me a hit. I declined.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
A Revealing Interview
My co-workers hired a male stripper to impersonate a job candidate. He had a perfect resume. I started the interview and kept thiniking he was lying...and hadn't done what the resume said. After about 20 minutes he said, I will do anything for this job, and pulled out a boom box and started stripping. I opened the office door and 40 people were standing outside laughing hysterically.