Surveyor Comic

Thank You!

Going to be all four of those today. It will be a blast.

I cleaned it up a bit.

Wendell, post: 411918, member: 1 wrote: I cleaned it up a bit.

Nothing says old office guy like faded, funky yellow tape.....

I probably saw the classic in the very early eighties. I remember it being on the wall in the field office* room at the firm where I was employed. I can see the humor, but I guess I was atypical when it came to "climbing" the ladder. When I was elevated to an instrument operator was probably the only time I aspired to such a lofty position. In my heart I still consider myself just an instrument man to this day.

I was elevated to PC reluctantly because the outfit couldn't find an outside hire to fill the slot. I did not get a raise for almost six months. I was then given a $0.25 an hour raise to the lofty sum of $3.25 an hour. The PC saddle eventually got comfy for me.

After that I really had no desire to obtain my registration. The engineering firm I was at had grandfathered LS licenses on the walls like tree frogs after a rain; being licensed seemed so redundant. Then the State Board changed the rules on the "long established practice" to apply for the exam. One day I was qualified to take the test, and the next day I needed six more months. It pissed me off so bad I applied, took the test and became licensed. I did not get a raise at that firm the rest of the time I was there (2 years).

I also could not sit in the office; I had to be on a job site. After I was licensed the older LS that had been Chief of Parties retired. I guess I was next in line. With six crews I hopped all over all day long in the field, getting my "paper work" done after everybody had left for the day.

I never actually daydreamed for the next step up the ladder like the joke above.

*The "field office" had a back stairway that led downstairs through a storage room to the parking lot. It was the only room that had a linoleum tiled floor. The rest of the office was carpeted. and surveyors were forbidden to walk through the office because we weren't house-broke. Being the survey supervisor I frequently needed access to the copy machine up front. I would slip off my boots and walk through the office in my socks. As some of you may know the oils and moisture from boots can stain white socks. One (in particular) snooty engineer took exception to my multi-colored socks and asked me not to wear my dirty socks in the office. I leaned up against the wall, took them off and slipped them into the pocket of my hoody and proceeded to walk around with my hairy bare feet. He told me "that's not what I meant." I reminded him that was exactly what he had said and if he had meant something else he should find the words.

Him and I never got along. I outlived him like I told him I would.

And they're probably sick of his crap whichever place he went to enjoy the 'hereafter'.

I always liked how the theodolite and top-mounted EDM were measuring to a level rod - and how cavalier the boss was in holding it.

Paden,

I was once chewed out by one of the big names in surveying in Las Vegas because my crew had stopped by to pick up a map and they had used the front door. He made it clear that survey crews used the rear entrance only. I bet he was fun to work for. What an ass.

Bruce Small, post: 411937, member: 1201 wrote: Paden,

I was once chewed out by one of the big names in surveying in Las Vegas because my crew had stopped by to pick up a map and they had used the front door. He made it clear that survey crews used the rear entrance only. I bet he was fun to work for. What an ass.

Things were definitely different in days past.

Does anyone have "The last setup"? I believe its called that. Broke legs and a guy bent over looking through the scope.

One of my all-time favorites- I added the squiggle sign on the far left:

This is not the "Last Traverse Pt" you were asking for, however these would be close to the last one...

There's a queen in their somewhere.