I got in an argument with a superior about excel functionality and had to draw out on paper the solution to our problems because we were in the middle of a conference and couldn't do it in the program.
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this last summer i was working as a wildland firefighter, and was doing night ops with my crew members (3 per engine total). and well i had to take a dump so i went and found a perfect shitting spot. dug a little hole and leaned up on a tree. shortly after getting comfortable, i hear a growl of some animal. and well, hearing any growling noise while taking a dump is a damn scary thing. i honestly thought a cougar was gonna come ripping out of the bushes and eat me. yah i high tailed it back the rig and was lucky to never see anything that night.
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This just happened a couple days ago.
I work in a hospital, and the West 5 wing is the psych floor. To keep them from getting out there are two sets of doors to get through, and one won't open if the other isn't closed.
I'm leaving W5 and feel something heavy hit my shoulder, and as I'm turning around a patient starts grabbing for my keys and trying to get through the open door. In fighting to get the keys the patient knocked the door closed, but didn't realize and kept grabbing for them.
I've never been assaulted by W5 patients, and didn't really think anything of it when administration but big "BOLT RISK" signs on the doors on the way in. Now I'm getting mauled by a psych patient. I hit the alarm on the door and took her to the ground to keep her from kicking me. W5 went into code orange (security alert) and the floor was locked.
For what seemed like a good amount of time the patient kept trying to kick me and bite me and scratch me while I had them pinned on the ground. Security got there and they sedated the patient and I was able to get off of them. I glanced at the door and saw something weird in my reflection; there was a fork sticking out of my shoulder.
I didn't think it was really in there, maybe just caught in fabric, so I tugged it and the fork came out. It turned out it was in pretty deep, about 1/2 the depth of the prongs, so I had to go to the ED and be looked at.
Cliffs: I got stabbed in the back with a fork by a crazy person.sigpic
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Originally posted by stegosaurus View PostThis just happened a couple days ago.
I work in a hospital, and the West 5 wing is the psych floor. To keep them from getting out there are two sets of doors to get through, and one won't open if the other isn't closed.
I'm leaving W5 and feel something heavy hit my shoulder, and as I'm turning around a patient starts grabbing for my keys and trying to get through the open door. In fighting to get the keys the patient knocked the door closed, but didn't realize and kept grabbing for them.
I've never been assaulted by W5 patients, and didn't really think anything of it when administration but big "BOLT RISK" signs on the doors on the way in. Now I'm getting mauled by a psych patient. I hit the alarm on the door and took her to the ground to keep her from kicking me. W5 went into code orange (security alert) and the floor was locked.
For what seemed like a good amount of time the patient kept trying to kick me and bite me and scratch me while I had them pinned on the ground. Security got there and they sedated the patient and I was able to get off of them. I glanced at the door and saw something weird in my reflection; there was a fork sticking out of my shoulder.
I didn't think it was really in there, maybe just caught in fabric, so I tugged it and the fork came out. It turned out it was in pretty deep, about 1/2 the depth of the prongs, so I had to go to the ED and be looked at.
Cliffs: I got stabbed in the back with a fork by a crazy person.
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should we ask why you were in the ceiling??Originally posted by BillBraskyThat's like Vlad challenging Chip Foose to a car painting contest.Originally posted by acolella76i'm pretty sure 'Phillis' is short for syphilis
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Originally posted by ieatpeople View Postshould we ask why you were in the ceiling??
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Right Before thanks giving we had a tie in to xray down in the ground. It was wet very wet, so bad that 2- 6 inch diesel trash pumps would barley keep the water below the crane mat's that we were standing on because it had no bottom to it at all. (we were right next to the Chenango river in Binghamton NY) Well the bottom looked like it was pretty solid had some bigger stones sitting on top of the sand with about 5 inches of water rushing over the top. Well to get the other side of the pipe where I needed to be I decided to step off the mat out into the where the bottom looked good to get around my partner to hop over the pipe. Well I stepped down off the mat and the bottom feels like it will hold me so I let all my weight on that foot, I sink up to my groin faster than I can put weight back on the foot still on the mat.
It was snowing like mad and I still had to finish the the radiograph (3 shots at 7mins apice) my boot was full of water an mud its colder than hell . Well it was funny because I had a whole crew of welders, laborers, operators and inspectors just crackin up at my misfortune.
The reason this is really humiliating to me as all these guys know I used to be a pipe layer that dealt with wet nasty ground all day every day, and I committed the 1st mistake when dealing with wet ground, not checking the bottom before stepping off the solid ground.Last edited by mrsleeve; 12-31-2008, 09:44 PM.Originally posted by FusionIf a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
The Desire to Save Humanity is Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule it- H. L. Mencken
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
William Pitt-
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Originally posted by blunt View Postnot really work related but humilating all the same. i was taking a bath one night at home and when i tried to get out i couldnt . im going to cut to the chase and just say i was in the tub too long and wasnt able to get out. my knee was acting up from an old war injury... my wife calls the fire dept and next thing you know this great big burly dude shows up and starts pulling me out of the tub. i think he strained something because he ended up shitting himself right there alongside me. he was clearly embarrassed because he started smearing his own feces all over me and telling his co workers it was my shit. i couldnt believe this fucker. they got me out and my wife did her best to clean this guys shit off of me. ive never been so humiliated in all my life. i always thought the firefighters were there to help. fucking assholes
I really wish I could erase that part of my memory so I could read it again.
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Originally posted by DCColegrove View PostShort and to the point...
My boss told me to pull the engine out of an e39... He handed me the key...
3 and a 1/2 hours latter I had it out and on the ground...
It was the wrong car...
No shit.M Coupe
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