January 21, 2005

Maintenance work...

Mostly Cajun at Mostly Cajun occasionally posts stories from his workplace. Today was wonderful although it did not happen to him -- this is an apocryphal story folks -- keep moving, nothing to see here... bq. Clearing out the toilet Back several jobs ago I was an electrician at a very large petrochemical plant. Occasionally my duties put me in one of its THREE powerhouses, this on built during WW II. It was a pretty good job, interesting stuff to work on, and a good bunch of guys to work with. bq. Anyway, one day I and a couple of the pipefitters were sitting in the lunchroom taking a break, drinking coffee and talking. In shuffled old Linus, the janitor. Linus was a legend. Thirty-five years with the company, he’d never missed a day of work. He talked in a slow, careful drawl. bq. “Mr. Bobby,” he said, “Mr. Bill tole me to come talk to you.” Visit the link to read the rest of the story -- needless to say, Mr. Bill was not sitting pretty... Posted by DaveH at January 21, 2005 12:03 AM