lmbrls, post: 387943, member: 6823 wrote: Had a Party Chief take his girl friend out of town to a project without us knowing it. To top it off, he dropped the guys off in the field in the middle of the week and married the gal. However, his time sheet indicated that he worked all day. So the honeymoon night was paid for by the company. I found out about him lying about his time and explained that we occasionally had to pay for a F U but this was taking it a little far. BTW this guy had a 4 year Degree in Surveying. I can't make these thing up folks.
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If he'd been required to take an ethics class he wouldn't have done that.[/SARCASM]
We interviewed a young lady once that brought he well-to-do-Texas-Oilman-father to the interview. By the time the interview was done we kindly told her that this just wasn't a good fit. Talk about awkward though!
Tommy Young, post: 387948, member: 703 wrote: [SARCASM]
If he'd been required to take an ethics class he wouldn't have done that.[/SARCASM]
He has not gotten his RLS because he can't find enough Registered Surveyors to recommend him.
James Fleming, post: 387894, member: 136 wrote: Someone's got to ask.....is she hot?
That is what I was thinking!
A company I worked for had girl and guy come in together. They hired both of them. I knew it wasn't going to work out when they both wanted to work on the same crew as instrument operators. They seemed surprised when I told them the boss was going to put them on different crews.
Never a dull moment over there, Tommy sometimes you just have to laugh and shake your head.
Robert Hill, post: 387890, member: 378 wrote: [SARCASM]well, at least he didn't bring his mother[/SARCASM]
Maybe you're being sarcastic but I have personally witnessed a young lady applying for a job at a Starbucks in Portland, Maine who brought her mother with her for the interview. This is that "helicopter parenting" everyone is talking about. Bringing the girlfriend is a new one on me though.
I was just standing in the check out line the other evening the young 'gentleman' in front of me had a generous quantity of face and neck tattoos and I just kept wondering what kind of impression that would make in a job interview with me. 'So ... any gang affiliations you would like to use as references?'
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
I took my wife along one time when I was doing polaris observations, mainly because she didn't really think I was actually working when I went out all night. In those days (mid 80's), GPS only came up in the middle of the night in the winter. She was so scared when I left her alone in the vehicle to watch the backsight that I never had her ask to go out again. Now the only time I have to work at night is when doing a dewatering survey (monitor lock walls for 24-36 hours while they pump the lock chamber out). I think she still doesn't believe I am actually working at night after 32 years of marriage.
John Hamilton, post: 388005, member: 640 wrote: I think she still doesn't believe I am actually working at night after 32 years of marriage.
She thinks your sitting in a truck watching a backsight. 🙂
There's an update to this situation. He didn't pass his drug test. We won't find out if his girlfriend will come to work with him.
Didn't study enough, I guess.
Tommy Young, post: 388124, member: 703 wrote: There's an update to this situation. He didn't pass his drug test. We won't find out if his girlfriend will come to work with him.
[SARCASM]so sorry to hear that, it sounded like it was going to be the start of a long and beautiful relationship [/SARCASM]
Legend has it that Bill Lee a.k.a. "The Spaceman", a former professional baseball pitcher, was once asked: Bill, what do you think about the proposed mandatory drug testing policy in baseball? His answer: Well, I have tested a lot of drugs in my day, but I don't think it should be mandatory.
SPMPLS, post: 388159, member: 11785 wrote: Legend has it that Bill Lee a.k.a. "The Spaceman", a former professional baseball pitcher, was once asked: Bill, what do you think about the proposed mandatory drug testing policy in baseball? His answer: Well, I have tested a lot of drugs in my day, but I don't think it should be mandatory.
That reminds me of John McKay. After the Buccaneers lost the first 20 or so games of the team's existance, a reporter asked him what he thought of the execution of the offense. His reply? "I'm all for it."
Tommy Young, post: 388124, member: 703 wrote: There's an update to this situation. He didn't pass his drug test. We won't find out if his girlfriend will come to work with him.
Oh jeezus
Oh the out of town stories I could tell. Probably not a good idea, might be applying for a job with some of you.
We did have one mellow old freaky hippie guy that worked for us decades ago, made it a condition of working out of town that his old lady (his exact words) traveled with him. Whenever we changed locations, she would find a job somewhere, with the understanding she only worked out as much notice as our company gave her before we moved again. We all also paid her to do laundry, cook, shop, mail stuff, etc.
When they moved on, we all missed her a lot more than him.
P.L.Parsons, post: 388595, member: 72 wrote: Oh the out of town stories I could tell. Probably not a good idea, might be applying for a job with some of you.
We did have one mellow old freaky hippie guy that worked for us decades ago, made it a condition of working out of town that his old lady (his exact words) traveled with him. Whenever we changed locations, she would find a job somewhere, with the understanding she only worked out as much notice as our company gave her before we moved again. We all also paid her to do laundry, cook, shop, mail stuff, etc.
When they moved on, we all missed her a lot more than him.
"I got a freaky old-lady named Cocaine Katy who embroiders on my jeans.." from a song us old guys dearly loved back in the day.
"Get our pictures on the cover of the Rolling Stone!"
Having someone to clean up and cook when I'm on out of town jobs would be a great help. I might not ever come home...