Whats everyone do for a living?!?

[jejeosborne]

Currently I work for the local gas and electric company dispatching generation and buying and selling wholesale electricity. Just received my 20 year award with the same company. It is rotating 12 hour shift work so on the side I run a home improvement business doing like EddieWalker on a much smaller scale. Prior to this I've been an industrial engineer at a textile manufacturer, aircraft mechanic, and grew up in a farming environment in central illinois.

 

[dodge man]

I'm sorry to put myself down and all the others, but being the master and commander of a mega yacht is the coolest job so far! Probably a lot more headaches than I imagine though.

 

[xzcVAbc5]

You must have worked with Flash a truck driver that worked with us for a while. He worked on inventing every thing we use in daily life the CIA and even acted amazing his resume was

 

[paulharvey]

Redi-Mix Concrete Truck Driver, 12 yrs

Redi-Mix Concrete Batchman/Dispatcher, 5 yrs & counting

Is it true you guys have a pre-made list of lies to tell about why the concrete is late? I don't mean that in a nasty way.

 

[Ken]

In my early days I would tutor Einstein on physics. Later, I taught Henry Ford about mass production. After that, it was teaching Oppenheimer a thing or two about splitting atoms. As I grew older, my interests turned to music and gave some voice lessons to Elvis Presley. I was a photographer for awhile and discovered Marilyn Monroe. I mentioned to Steven Hawking about the possibility of black holes but then he stole my idea. A few years ago I came up with a social networking plan and I called it Face Pamphlet but it never took off. Now I'm retired and working on something called SkyNet.

Dennis Did you work under the code name of Clifford P. XXXXX The company I was working for needed person experienced in solid state electronics and Received this application where if there was a piece of test equipment he was qualified to use. Co paid his way to come to Arizona and passed a interview so came to work. Then mentioned he was driving and stopped at service sta. for fuel and attendant mentioned the battery acid was causing rust on fender of his Mustang car. so he sold it for bus ticket to Ariz.
First day we had to go to a Mountain top in N.Mex. to check on Diesel generator alarm. Low fuel So asked him to drive the Jeep Pickup He Put the transmission in 1st. or Grannie gear and floor boarded the foot feed and popped the clutch causing the tires to squall then yanked to 2nd. the same method. this went on until got to high way and failed to stop at the sign pulled out in front of car nearly hitting the vehicle. Seemed to settle down and drove o'k for close to 50 miles drove off road to trail to Mountain top and now mountain on one side and 50 to 300 foot drop on other with wash out He drove like it was timed trial for race car. I lived a year older getting to top of Mt.
Now at Microwave site parked and everything was amazing or stupendous. and never had seen anyone plug a metal fuel tank shot by deer hunter testing his rifle. with a cork kept for the purpose.
We opened the door to the flywheel type of Witty generator Discussed with him the method of starting and showed him how . then shut off and gave him the crank. Open compression valve spin the crank then hang it in wall and then close the compression valve or crank will hit you on the jaw. It hit on jaw almost knocked him out.
I drove back to Ariz. told the Forman need to keep looking for employee.
Do you remember this ? ken

 

[Underdog57]

Is it true you guys have a pre-made list of lies to tell about why the concrete is late? I don't mean that in a nasty way.

LOL..... Yeah, we have to get very creative in our excuses sometimes!!! Actually our Co. Is known for being quite honest on delivery times unlike some of the other companies (cheaper) in town.

 

[Underdog57]

Is it true you guys have a pre-made list of lies to tell about why the concrete is late? I don't mean that in a nasty way.

LOL..... Yeah, we have to get very creative in our excuses sometimes!!! Actually our Co. Is known for being quite honest on delivery times unlike some of the other companies (cheaper) in town.

 

[paulharvey]

LOL..... Yeah, we have to get very creative in our excuses sometimes!!! Actually our Co. Is known for being quite honest on delivery times unlike some of the other companies (cheaper) in town.

You know, I've always though bad news is better than great lies. If you have 10 men standing around, I would rather someone tell me flat out the mud will be 2 hours late, then promise it will be there then say it broke down.

 

[Capricious]

I'm sorry to put myself down and all the others, but being the master and commander of a mega yacht is the coolest job so far! Probably a lot more headaches than I imagine though.

Well, I have worked commercial towing vessels and also commercial passenger vessels, and I don't think anyone could pay me enough to get me to work a private yacht. Many many years ago I worked in a country club and the experience of dealing with "rich people" was not enjoyable to me.

 

[grsthegreat]

Well, I have worked commercial towing vessels and also commercial passenger vessels, and I don't think anyone could pay me enough to get me to work a private yacht. Many many years ago I worked in a country club and the experience of dealing with "rich people" was not enjoyable to me.

YOU GOT THAT 100% RIGHT. I tend to get nothing but problems dealing with rich clients. the poorer ones that are happy to be able to get the job done at a reasonable cost are nearly always the better client in the long run. It tends to be the richer they are...the harder it is to get paid.

i remember one particular vulgar client that did nothing but complain that i was trying to rip him off and that he wasn't made of money. mind you this was a $4,000,000 lake vacation home. He even went so far as to install coffee cup heater units that pre-heated coffee cups so they would be warm BEFORE the coffee was poured. i mean really, I THINK THEY JUST LOOK FOR REASONS TO SPEND MONEY. i cant recall a time when hot coffee didn't instantly heat a coffee cup......