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14 years ago
Well its been going great. I love it but hate it at the same time. Here's why.
On Thursday, I believe, one of our guys was jacking up a Jeep to do a tire rotation. Well as he was doing so it shifted and fell about 6 inches at max. No body was hurt and the Jeep was fine. But his first words were at me "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU MOVE IT FORWARD!?!?!?!?!?!?" Well I never touched it and nobody else was around it. It shifted because of where he was lifting it. Well he just couldn't accept that it was him who messed up and started to get all pissy at me and the others to the point that our shop manager told him "Why don't you shut the fuck up or quit", now mind you there are a few customers in the shop it is a quick lube, he says to Jim "Well I just might." He did mention somewhere in there that he had a 2x4 that he would use. I did mention that a reason that it may have shifted was because he was lifting it by the cradle I just don't remember when I said it.
Now the guy that can't accept that he dropped it is a senior in HS starting tomorrow. I am a fully trained technician so I think its because I'm the new buy with more training he thinks he can say it was my fault. But my manager saw that it wasn't me or anybody else in the shop so he is on my side ^^
So that was the first part to that day. Later that day or the next day, one of the two lol. I had a Chevy Diesel come in and I was working under hood. Well we check all of the fluids. That includes the transmission, washer fluid, coolant, brake, power steering. Well as I was checking the coolant the overflow tank decided to erupt on me. Thankfully I ALWAYS use a heavy rag to open it because there is always some pressure in it. As I was unscrewing it it was going easily like little to no pressure well suddenly it got pressure and forced my hand upwards letting hot coolant spray all over. The instance it happened I dropped my head down to avoid any burns to my face, it was hot, but I did burn my thumb a little. Luckily it was just a very minor burn but that was it. It made a mess but I had the only injury thankfully. We used it as a learning experience as to why you ALWAYS use a heavy rag to open it. Come to think of it it happened the same day because I even said jokingly, to my manager, see I know when to accept responsibility for my mistake.
But the guy that dropped the Jeep and one other guy almost always get into it even if it is something small. So on Friday my manager made both of them work the pit and OMG was it nice upstairs. There was like NO tension between the staff up there and it made the day FLY by.
So that was pretty much what all happened my first full week. It's still a fun job but some of my coworkers just plain suck making me hate the job. But I will stay with it because it is a field that I love working in.
On Thursday, I believe, one of our guys was jacking up a Jeep to do a tire rotation. Well as he was doing so it shifted and fell about 6 inches at max. No body was hurt and the Jeep was fine. But his first words were at me "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU MOVE IT FORWARD!?!?!?!?!?!?" Well I never touched it and nobody else was around it. It shifted because of where he was lifting it. Well he just couldn't accept that it was him who messed up and started to get all pissy at me and the others to the point that our shop manager told him "Why don't you shut the fuck up or quit", now mind you there are a few customers in the shop it is a quick lube, he says to Jim "Well I just might." He did mention somewhere in there that he had a 2x4 that he would use. I did mention that a reason that it may have shifted was because he was lifting it by the cradle I just don't remember when I said it.
Now the guy that can't accept that he dropped it is a senior in HS starting tomorrow. I am a fully trained technician so I think its because I'm the new buy with more training he thinks he can say it was my fault. But my manager saw that it wasn't me or anybody else in the shop so he is on my side ^^
So that was the first part to that day. Later that day or the next day, one of the two lol. I had a Chevy Diesel come in and I was working under hood. Well we check all of the fluids. That includes the transmission, washer fluid, coolant, brake, power steering. Well as I was checking the coolant the overflow tank decided to erupt on me. Thankfully I ALWAYS use a heavy rag to open it because there is always some pressure in it. As I was unscrewing it it was going easily like little to no pressure well suddenly it got pressure and forced my hand upwards letting hot coolant spray all over. The instance it happened I dropped my head down to avoid any burns to my face, it was hot, but I did burn my thumb a little. Luckily it was just a very minor burn but that was it. It made a mess but I had the only injury thankfully. We used it as a learning experience as to why you ALWAYS use a heavy rag to open it. Come to think of it it happened the same day because I even said jokingly, to my manager, see I know when to accept responsibility for my mistake.
But the guy that dropped the Jeep and one other guy almost always get into it even if it is something small. So on Friday my manager made both of them work the pit and OMG was it nice upstairs. There was like NO tension between the staff up there and it made the day FLY by.
So that was pretty much what all happened my first full week. It's still a fun job but some of my coworkers just plain suck making me hate the job. But I will stay with it because it is a field that I love working in.
glad your doing much better man :3
much love and respect
`chewy