What happened at work today?

[Trbo323]

I'm a trucker. I drive a propane delivery truck. This happened today

*looks at Google maps*
Google maps:"yeah man, it's a 55mph speed limit"
*Looks at the road*
Road: "brah. Do you see the road patches on top of road patches? I don't even have painted lines and you can't even see a quarter mile because of the curves"
*Looks at rough road sign*
Rough road sign:"I'm here for a reason brah, and " road" is generous for what that is"
*Looks back at Google maps*
Google maps:" man, don't listen to the haters, you got this! YOLO!"

*Tightens seatbelt*


Ok obviously I'm still alive so you draw your own conclusions

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[autococker04]

I like this idea.

For once, Europe is more lax and reasonable with their safety data sheets, and a contaminate in a raw material in a formula produced in Europe is making it so we can’t make the same formula in North America because of a rounding error. This will keep me employed for another year.

[markdem]

Every time i forget to put my welding hood down

[Chuck E Ducky]

lol I feel yah, or you get the guy in the shop next to you that gets yah. I’m loving my new auto shade helmet though.

[vijil]

Standing desk is broken, standing mode only at my desk.

I have mildly sprained ankle from being on vacation this last week and dunno what happened.

Now I'm sore.

[autococker04]

When ergonomics strike back

[Shan1Fat]

Some out of state rep sold an expensive piece of equipment in our territory and tried hiding it. Product showed up damaged and all sorts of shit went haywire. Now they owe us 85% of the total profit and surely someone in Chicago is getting fired.

[Jackson]

No one tried assassinating a former president from the roof of our building today, so that's nice.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Monday I was fabricating a new exhaust system in the belly of a local tour boat for 4 Detroit diesel engines. Tuesday we built a 20x40 mezzanine in the shop to relocate our plasma cam table to the new shop. The fun stuff…

Lately the Brims and Stones have been stabbing the hell out of each other so I have no idea what I’m walking into at the jail this afternoon. Good news is Only 6 more years left on my 25 year contract of indentured servitude with NYS. Yay….

[martix_agent]

We have GPS units on our work trucks. They ambiguously seem to care about speed limits, but the company claims they're cracking down on speeding.
"speeding" seems to be anything over 60 MPH, regardless of the posted speed limit....sometimes. Apparently in Montana speed limits are 80 MPH and they're getting hit for speeding over there.
Here in Indiana, the speed limits of county roads without a posted limit is 45, but the system doesn't care as long as we stay under 60.
Yesterday I drove to a nearby town for truck repair and had to take a detour where google maps said the speed limit was 35, but I never saw a sign. So who knows what the truck GPS thinks the speed limit was. Maybe I'll get in trouble, maybe not.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Nice thing about driving a truck is they need you more then you need them.

[Toestr]

My dad's friend was almost fired because he was flagged for speeding on every city street that passed over/under the highway. Apparently nobody actually checked the logs.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Isn’t technology great.

[bored383]

yesterday I drove 2hrs to do 20mins of work. that has generally been the exception, but will become a weekly occurrence unfortunately

my day to day 4mi commute and hybrid work schedule makes up for it

[RAZRBAKK]

That's 20% of the service calls I get. The best is when I show up and they say, "Oh, we cancelled that call."

Oh well, I'm paid by the mile.

[moonweasel]

Not this week, but this is one of those work moments that gave me pause.

[BrickHaus]

Not today, but a bout a week ago, one of our service guys was helping out in test. He picked a MCC section up with a skinny pallet jack, and jack knifed the handlebars. Tipped the section over after we had a week of work Into it.

Now we have to acquire a spotter to move anything over 43" tall.

[Rage aka LWard]

I was given an extra day off on Friday. Reason being was because there was a Trump rally being held at the business next door. The local police met with the management team and they decided it was safest for everyone if we just closed. A day with pay is always great.

[Deus Machina]

Not today, but it's been a hectic weekend.
At least two cases, grown grandchildren call grandma or grandpa to check in pre-storm. Grandpa doesn't answer. Local cops find out why.

Another old lady did not evacuate. Called local police to get her out. Waited, called back, reported that she had decided not to leave but now-submerged extension cords were sparking, requested they come to turn her breaker off.
Local cops show up in an armored personnel carrier. Discover that 'armored' does not mean 'amphibious', and weight and a lower air intake in fact make it less practical. Proceed to immediately get their armored personnel carrier stuck in her front yard. Call their backup, a normal SUV, to come and pick them up.
Focused on their stupid expensive overkill vehicle, none of the officers involved actually checked on either the old woman or her breaker box.

Wednesday, honkin' big sign by the highway is damaged in an accident. County workers check on it, declare it unsafe to repair or replace until the hurricane passes, just tighten the remaining bolts and make a note. Thursday, a family evacuates late. 80mph wind. Only vehicle for a mile. Wind pulls sign down on vehicle in proper Final Destination fashion, like a giant axe. Tears through windshield and roof. Doesn't even touch driver or right-side passengers as it converts one compartment into two. Similar to left-rear passenger's head.

Ugh, it's been a week.