Idiots you have worked with

[Pete999]

I was Lead on on one particular job, overseas, and I had to arange a handover to a new chap we had so say trained in the particular needs of our working practices,
Any way Matey turned up all bright beyed and bushy tailed ready to set the World on fire.
Showing him around the Switch room, that switch there Mate, don't switch it off unless you have arranged with the client for a down time OK? yeah Fine Pete, no worries, the day I was flying home got a call , better get your arse round here PDQ Mate.
All Hell had broken loose, Matey had switched off without permission, lots of Damage to electronic Kit which needed a phased shut down, some Div knocking a 100Amp 3phase off was not an ideal thing to do, took me 3 days to sort the problem out change my flight and eat humble pie with Her in Doors, as well as arrangeing Matey's demise from his employment, Pillock.

 

[Deleted member 109422]

Pete,
I have worked with myself all my working life.
I am an idiot.

Sym

 

[Pete999]

Pete,
I have worked with myself all my working life.
I am an idiot.

Sym

Why do yourself down Mate? nothing goes smoothly for anyone.

 

[elsparko]

Why do yourself down Mate? nothing goes smoothly for anyone.

self deprication is a british value , its an act of modesty

its usually the guys that are full of confidence that are constantly ----ing up jobs, because they have no self doubt they dont check their own work

i always check my own work, im my own worst critic

 

[Midwest]

I've done loads of silly things myself, too many to mention. The last one was in my sons house when refurbishing it, stepped off the step ladder forgetting some of the floorboards were up, straight through the living room ceiling. Go it fixed & painted, but you can still see a mark there now

 

[elsparko]

i had a 1st year with me on a conservatory job, he was too scared to put his hands up the holes cut out for downlights, no access above, so i basically had to do the job myself with just rods and my fishing skills

he was also scared to go in lofts and under floors, hes now a labourer, not so much an idiot but a career spoiled by something so stupid

if we lived in australia i could understand not putting your hands into lofts with all the poisonous beasties , ive sat and fed a mouse milk on my tea time lol, rats can get to ---- though!

 

[elsparko]

one of the other 3rd years was totally useless, couldnt wire a simple timer fan, so he was relegated by his journeyman to taking the tools in in the morning, then going back to the van till 5pm, clean up all the tools then hometime

i had him with me on a small job to swap over faceplates, so i gave him the sockets to do, nothing can go wrong there right? wrong, earths in with the neutrals, they did have black sleeving on the earth but still.

i had to show him how to push a wheelbarrow up a hill aswell

xmas night out one of the supervisors was chatting to some women at the bar, so this apprentice wanders up and tells him his wife wouldnt be happy if she found out he was talking to women in the bar, 2 seconds later supervisor has him on a table by his throat, felt sorry for the guy so i stepped in and stopped it, dont think hes the full shilling

 

[Midwest]

I dunno, I was sent under the ground floor of a house into the floor void, where the council rat catcher turned up at that day. We were doing a rewire, and I was ordered down there by the electrician, to fish the cables, while remained in the safety of above the floorboards. Nearly phooed myself. Took a lump hammer for protection.

 

[Pete999]

I've done loads of silly things myself, too many to mention. The last one was in my sons house when refurbishing it, stepped off the step ladder forgetting some of the floorboards were up, straight through the living room ceiling. Go it fixed & painted, but you can still see a mark there now

Agree Middy, my example was after I had given strict instructions and explanations as to why, your experience was an accident, mine was wanton disregard of instructions, which resulted in Matey getting the Spanish Archer. He had dome stupid things prior to this incident. Thought he knew it all.

 

[elsparko]

I dunno, I was sent under the ground floor of a house into the floor void, where the council rat catcher turned up at that day. We were doing a rewire, and I was ordered down there by the electrician, to fish the cables, while remained in the safety of above the floorboards. Nearly phooed myself. Took a lump hammer for protection.

mice are choir boys compared to rats! i was under a floor that i knew had rats , just as i was passing under the hatch area a bit of plaster fell from the plasterers trowel onto my legs, i was out of the hatch in an instant lol, thought a rat had crawled up my leg!

big fat plumber got called to that job once all the floors were down, one of his pipes burst under the floor, poor bugger lol, glass wool netting under this floor too, so you can imagine how comfortable it is