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bigbadjohn
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1363 Posts |
 Posted - 02/08/2010 : 14:55:59
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• Change is the norm.
• Communication is something your group is having problems with.
• You spend the day putting out fires that management lit (i.e. problems).
• It's dark when you drive to and from work.
• Vacation is something you get a check for every January.
• Weekends are those days your spouse makes you stay home.
• You get really excited about a 2% pay raise.
• You have every Cup-A-Soup brand known to man in your glove box.
• You have no hobbies that do not involve an electronic device.
• You must fill in your own job performance evaluations because no one else knows what you do.
• You work 3120 hours a year for the $100 bonus check and jubilantly say "Oh wow, thanks!"
• You're already late on the work task you just got.
• Your boss' favorite lines are "when you get a few minutes," "in your spare time," and "I have an opportunity for you."
• Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers" or "does something with Gas pumps."
• Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.
• Your supervisor hasn't the ability to do your job assignment.
• You read this entire list and understood it.
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Don't learn safety by accident.
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APS Equipment Sales Mgr
USA
469 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 15:00:37
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| Now that's funny. Nice one! Perfectly true as it stands. |
Scott Coman
Operations Manager
APS International Inc.
1-888-889-2993 Office
Scott@apsinternationalinc.com |
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hardworking
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 15:26:24
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| Hope you're OK BBJ, you sound frustrated. |
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bigbadjohn
Canada
1363 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 15:49:58
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| It was e-mailed to me. I got a smile out of it, hopefully someone else will too. We all need a chuckle once in awhile. |
Don't learn safety by accident.
The expenses related to safety are nothing compared to the cost of an incident. |
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DownSouth
USA
11 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 15:51:28
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| Priceless...and so true! |
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xardoz
USA
1528 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 19:54:15
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I wish I got my Vacation in a check, they say use it or lose it!
But then they tell you when you can use it.... |
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security
will deserve neither and lose both.
Benjamin Franklin |
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MadMike
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 22:44:00
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What's a diskette??? Is that like an 8-track
Add to the list: You're finally clean-ish again on Sunday night in time to go to work on Monday morning |
Some days you get the beer and some days the beer gets you |
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bigbadjohn
Canada
1363 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 05:10:00
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Guess we can update it to ....You have your resume on a thumbdrive on your keychain.
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Don't learn safety by accident.
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ZMiller
USA
594 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 07:30:35
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Bigbadjohn you left out all the fun stuff.
You know what you are doing in this industry you never have to worry about finding another job.
Every once in a while when you show up on a service site the customer is happy to see you.
At times if a site down is a big pumper your arrival can be akin to a second coming.
We often know before we arrive what's wrong and how it's going to be fixed.
If your in business and you know what you are doing you can charge just about anything you want and they have to pay if they want to safely operate or pump fuel. |
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fatboy
USA
453 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 09:28:56
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| Like I always tell the new trainees (techs) when they start nervously freaking-out on a downed site call, especially a Truck-Travel Plaza------------" They're( The Site) already *^$%&*@!, you can't make it any worse!" |
.......... Jumpin' Jack Flash, It's a gas! Gas! Gas! ---The Rolling Stones |
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hardworking
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 09:42:43
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OK, I'll probably catch some flack for this, but.......
What "F" key to you press on the laptop to change a nozzle? 
(I come from a construction and management background, not service, so that explains the joke a little) |
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Kperlow
USA
2086 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 18:51:11
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I am still looking for the "ANY KEY"!
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Dont_Test_Me
291 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 19:13:05
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technoman
108 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 19:22:50
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| THEY HAVE COUNSELING FOR THIS CALL THE GILBARCO, WAYNE, VERIFONE HELP DESK. DO YOU NEED THE #?????? |
"EVERYBODY LIES" - DR. HOUSE |
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otis
816 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 19:41:35
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| who ever wrote it knows what their talking about. |
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Rex
USA
21 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2010 : 10:35:56
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| wow.... if only i could get my GF to understand me like u do!! haha |
shop smart...shop "s" mart |
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