Reading thru some replys jogged the memory. Geez I hate getting old....LMAO
When I had the bad times I talked about in my other post, I had also taken two other jobs.
One job I was hired at $7.8/hr for 16hrs on the week-end even tho He was paying OT at higher than $7.8/hr to his regular workers and they were working 10hrs/day and he rode me like a dog. I just kept my mouth shut and kept working, and working harder than anyone else in that shop. The regular boys could have 10min coffee breaks, but I only got a lunch break.
I was really close to paying off my debts when he wanted me to weld a split on a AL gasoline tanker. I had seen the tanker come in that Sunday night but it was too late to get started on it, thank GOD!
On Monday I asked the regular guys at my week job of how to make the AL welds. They all told me I was a fool if I tried to weld on this tank without filling the tank with a special gas, and in a full SCUBA mask (fresh air), or the tank would explode as AL tanks will hold fuel oil in there AL pores.
I was a certified AL weldor but I was really green as to common knowledge of such type of welding. As I suspected, the next Saturday, I was told I had to weld the crack in the AL tanker. I asked for the special gas and the SCUBA equipment to make the weld. He says "you first go cut this list of metal for me". Of course the metal cutting took until quiting time, then he fired me!
That's when I had to find another job at a lower pay rate that I used to pay off my debt. I worked 7days/wk for over a year before my debt was paid.
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