Posted by NCWayne on May 23, 2014 at 06:25:51 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: OT Kibitzer Rant posted by John T on May 23, 2014 at 06:04:39:
Being mechanics, over the years both Dad and I have had folks like that standing around as we tried to work. In most cases the folks in question were the operator, or crew not able to work due to the machine being down, and they are usually pretty quite. As for some owners and other management types, it's often a different story.
Dad ran into one owner that kept telling him what was wrong, and what he needed to do to fix the problem. He finally started loading his tools back on the truck to the point the guy finally asked what he was doing. Dad's reply was that he seemed to know exactly what was wrong and what needed to be done to repair the problem so it appeared he wasn't needed....so he was going back to the shop. The guy finally got the hint and shut up and left.
For me it was a "Safety" idiot at one of the quarries. He kept questioning the things we did, and then demanded I 'tie off' when working on top of the machine. Thing is there was nothing over top of the machine to tie off to but open air, nothing on the machine had the required strength to tie off too, and the machine was not tall enough for a shock cord to function so you'd still have the shock of hitting something if you fell. Basically tying off was more hazardous than not. That being the case I stood and looked upwards for a second and said that since I didn't see a skyhook to tie off to safely, and that tying anywhere else would guarantee I swung into the machine and hit it if I fell, not to mention I'd be dealing with trying not to trip on the safety straps along with everything else it wasn't going to happen. I think my exact words, beyond the skyhook comment was basicslly that "I'll load my sh!t on the truck and carry my a$$ home before I do something that I know is going to get me hurt." Given that their crane was sitting there with the upper separated from the lower, the lower nearly gutted, and the upper not far behind, he took what I said to heart and Dad and I had no more problems with him the rest of the time we were there.
As far as the hose thing, one of my pet peeves is someone not taking the time to put tools back when they are done with them. Personally I can have half a dozen projects going on in the shop, and tools left at each project, and I know where they all are to get if needed. But if someone else borrows something it better go back where it came from, whether it was in the box or lying with one of my projects.
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