We have a fresh out of school glowing nuclear green SIT that thinks he knows it all because he worked on a construction site one summer with a robot. He is always giving one of the junior chiefs grief about something. So I sent him on a project to set GPS control and we told him that he had to always face north (rod bubble facing south) when setting control so we could adjust out the error. I have heard from another crew that he has been lining up with north for the past 3 days before shooting the point and is now telling the other crews they are doing it wrong.
When retracing some old surveys, tell him to look up on the trees 15' or so, for the old blazes, because the trees have grown since then.
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Nothing wrong with consistency ... maybe it will help cultivate a ocd personality. Sometimes that's good.
put him on an airport boundary and tell him to bring you 300' of flight line.
> Nothing wrong with consistency ... maybe it will help cultivate a ocd personality. Sometimes that's good.
I like it. That is great.
As to the OP. I had a green guy with me one day and messed with him by moving the backsite about 2 tenths to the right so his backsite wouldn't check at 00d00m00s. It was only like a 250' backsite. He looks in the instrument, and I expect to hear an "Um, Mr. Party Chief Sir... I think there is a problem." when what I actually heard was "looks good."
That is the last time I 'mess with the new guy'.
That's not funny. My Aunt had to deal with a 'surveyor' who claimed that during a trial. 'Oh look up there and you will see the blazes'.
I was laying out a building and the client came out and wanted to verify we had the right plan. I had a Keson 6.5' pocket rod tape with me and the distance that changed between plans was less than 6'. I handed him the dumb end, he pulled the tape out of the box and I looked at him with wide eyes and said 'oohh, what did you do?'.
41°40'14.26"N
70° 1'30.64"W
These co-ords are to the footings of an old wireless tower. I was surveying in the nearby street for a subdivision and a couple came by and asked what I was surveying. I told them it was for a bridge to Nantucket. They said 'Oh, what a good idea'. I then pointed to the footings and claimed that the old bridge had fallen in.
Tell him to be sure and set permanent points at the P.I.'s on the vertical curves.
Yeah, don't ever "prank" with the data! 😀
I told an old fellow that the stake near his pasture was 'for reactor 3'. The boss really tried not to laugh while he chewed on me....
Ite always fun to give backsights with a new I-man. Let the Bob rest against my boot and hold the string 15-20 degrees out of plumb. The I-man would look, check level on the gun, look, check until he drops his head and says "I must have done something wrong". Then I'd go and explain that the gun was out of level with his eyes. Could make it last as long as you wanted.
> That's not funny. My Aunt had to deal with a 'surveyor' who claimed that during a trial. 'Oh look up there and you will see the blazes'.
In some areas you will find the old blazes at 6' - 10' AGL because the person who did the blazes did so from horseback.
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> Ite always fun to give backsights with a new I-man. Let the Bob rest against my boot and hold the string 15-20 degrees out of plumb. The I-man would look, check level on the gun, look, check until he drops his head and says "I must have done something wrong". Then I'd go and explain that the gun was out of level with his eyes. Could make it last as long as you wanted.
Maybe it was because my Dad taught me about "sky hooks", "left handed Monkey wrenches", etc., but I never bit on those jokes. All I would do is tell you to remove your head from your ass and do it properly.
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Several areas I've seen blazes 10'-14' off the ground. Were blazed in winter in deep snow on snowshoes. Recovered a target once from an old survey I was trying to get on, it was nearly 15' off the ground and I was a long way from a ladder but had to have it to get going. Same deal, set in winter. Had to channel my inner monkey and climb the sucker.
Put electrical tape on the instrument plummet. The new geomatics graduates drove 2.5 hours to the site, didn't call anyone, just assumed it was broken and drove back.
I stopped playing those games shortly thereafter.
