So, how was your day? - Page 3

zippyt · 05-19-2019, 11:21 AM

Well a jolly good morning to you to !!!!

sexobon · 05-19-2019, 04:16 PM

News services said she didn't want a funeral, memorial service; or, even a grave marker. Reportedly; because, she didn't like either fame or death. But everyone knows she just didn't want anyone showing her animals where they could dig up her bones.

tw · 05-20-2019, 09:25 AM

Every day always ends badly. It gets dark.

zippyt · 05-20-2019, 07:03 PM

so i started the day driving to a customer plant to check scales , get there , phone rings , nope parts are in go here , change 1
driving to get parts , phone rings again , its a fellow tech asking how to fix a scale , i explain it to him , and that i have the parts he needs , so i have to meet up with him , change 2
get parts , phone rings , a customer is going thru an audit and cant find a cal cert on a scale , so i get the info ( serial number etc,,,) from the office lady , as i get half way thru filling out a new form , she calls back , nope dont worry about it , the form was stuck to the back of another one , all good ,
so i drive to the site ( a power plant ) have to sit thru contractor orientation ( weeeee theres an hour of my life ill never get back )
pull in new wires , assimble the pc , its Freaken pass worded , call the programer , try this , NOPE , 5 freaken times , yep ok
start hooking up the tag reader , streach out a temp cable for my pc , try to power up the tag reader , NOPE , power supply is bad .
so i call to order a new one , programmer said did you get the files into the scale , me What files , turns out there are files i have to load in to the scale , me well thats nice to know , what else , oh graffic files to , oh and settings ( no documentation )
yeah its monday

xoxoxoBruce · 05-20-2019, 11:20 PM

On the up side, you couldn't have screwed anything up because you didn't get a chance to do anything.

God I hated those "contractor orientation" sessions. Some power plants would give us a test at the end. I almost didn't get into A Commonwealth Edison plant because I left one question blank.
The question was, "If you're injured who do you tell?"
The answer was, "Your supervisor".
I said that wasn't covered in the orientation.
The guy says yeah, but every employee knows that.

lumberjim · 05-21-2019, 01:18 AM

I ordered something from Amazon today for $4.49. It's a2 inch coin with a blade. Looked cool, might be useful for opening boxes, you know, impulse buy. Thing is, it's expected to arrive June 11th - July 2nd. Coming from China, obviously....

For $4.49 including shipping. How much profit could they possibly be making. I don't think you can mail a letter to China for that much. What's going on here?

glatt · 05-21-2019, 06:34 AM

I read something that there is some mail treaty between countries and China gets an amazing deal on shipping. Basically, the USPO is subsidizing little purchases from China like this.

henry quirk · 05-21-2019, 05:59 PM

monster · 05-21-2019, 08:43 PM

2.15 on ebay (more risky obviously but....) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Protab...frcectupt=true

When Trump was banging on about going after unfair trade deals with china/whatev, I kind of assumed it would be this sort of thing but.... :/

monster · 05-21-2019, 08:44 PM

My day was shitty with splashes of crap and a mixed misery garnish.

Thanks for asking.

Griff · 05-22-2019, 10:44 AM

Vacationing with muh peeps. Is good.

05-19-2019, 11:21 AM	#1
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Well a jolly good morning to you to !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-20-2019, 07:03 PM	#4
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	so i started the day driving to a customer plant to check scales , get there , phone rings , nope parts are in go here , change 1 driving to get parts , phone rings again , its a fellow tech asking how to fix a scale , i explain it to him , and that i have the parts he needs , so i have to meet up with him , change 2 get parts , phone rings , a customer is going thru an audit and cant find a cal cert on a scale , so i get the info ( serial number etc,,,) from the office lady , as i get half way thru filling out a new form , she calls back , nope dont worry about it , the form was stuck to the back of another one , all good , so i drive to the site ( a power plant ) have to sit thru contractor orientation ( weeeee theres an hour of my life ill never get back ) pull in new wires , assimble the pc , its Freaken pass worded , call the programer , try this , NOPE , 5 freaken times , yep ok start hooking up the tag reader , streach out a temp cable for my pc , try to power up the tag reader , NOPE , power supply is bad . so i call to order a new one , programmer said did you get the files into the scale , me What files , turns out there are files i have to load in to the scale , me well thats nice to know , what else , oh graffic files to , oh and settings ( no documentation ) yeah its monday __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-20-2019, 11:20 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	On the up side, you couldn't have screwed anything up because you didn't get a chance to do anything. God I hated those "contractor orientation" sessions. Some power plants would give us a test at the end. I almost didn't get into A Commonwealth Edison plant because I left one question blank. The question was, "If you're injured who do you tell?" The answer was, "Your supervisor". I said that wasn't covered in the orientation. The guy says yeah, but every employee knows that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-21-2019, 01:18 AM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I ordered something from Amazon today for $4.49. It's a2 inch coin with a blade. Looked cool, might be useful for opening boxes, you know, impulse buy. Thing is, it's expected to arrive June 11th - July 2nd. Coming from China, obviously.... For $4.49 including shipping. How much profit could they possibly be making. I don't think you can mail a letter to China for that much. What's going on here? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-21-2019, 05:59 PM	#8
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	that there blade looks like a disaster in the makin'

05-19-2019, 04:16 PM	#2
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	News services said she didn't want a funeral, memorial service; or, even a grave marker. Reportedly; because, she didn't like either fame or death. But everyone knows she just didn't want anyone showing her animals where they could dig up her bones.

05-20-2019, 09:25 AM	#3
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Every day always ends badly. It gets dark.

05-21-2019, 06:34 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I read something that there is some mail treaty between countries and China gets an amazing deal on shipping. Basically, the USPO is subsidizing little purchases from China like this.

05-21-2019, 08:43 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	2.15 on ebay (more risky obviously but....) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Protab...frcectupt=true When Trump was banging on about going after unfair trade deals with china/whatev, I kind of assumed it would be this sort of thing but.... :/ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-21-2019, 08:44 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My day was shitty with splashes of crap and a mixed misery garnish. Thanks for asking. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-22-2019, 10:44 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Vacationing with muh peeps. Is good. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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