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MSD · 04-12-2004, 09:55 PM

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Originally posted by Cobalt_60
My first day with my fork lift license. I'm working at a Compaq warehouse. They tell me to load a trailer with some servers. I open the dock door. Open the trailer door. Jump on the rabbit and start rolling into the trailer with the server on the forks headed in first. BOOM! The Proliant slams forward into the trailer. I forgot to put down the dock plate. The driver helped me lift it up. He said it was ok, he just didnt want that server included with his load. I said ok. Just went to the other side of the warehouse and came back with the same server and loaded him up.

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Originally posted by Jolt
First, I work for a distributor/wholesaler of among other things, HP/Compaq ProLiant servers. Just last month we got an ML370 in that looked like it had been twisted like a stick of bubble gum. Mind you, an ML370 weighs about 80 pounds with no disks, and most of that is THICK steel.

Is anyone else thinking the same thing that I am right now?

joshibahn · 04-15-2004, 11:13 AM

I put lettuce on a whopper once, and they asked for no lettuce!!!!

tkkfan · 04-15-2004, 11:24 AM

makes everything else I do at work seem so irrelevant

onetime2 · 04-15-2004, 11:29 AM

I almost screwed up royally this week. One of our business units wanted me to go to their manager's meeting in Cancun and present some new research. Turns out that I can't go so one of the heads of the unit is going to present it instead.

I worked for a good week on this presentation so that anyone (even someone completely unfamiliar with the material) could give it. I sent the files out yesterday. Today, as I was looking for some information I knew I included in the presentation, I went to the "sent" email to retrieve it. Turns out I sent him an early version that didn't explain anything at all. He would have been completely stuck trying to figure it out.

The problem arose because I was supposed to get a new operating system on my computer this week and I saved the completed file to a shared drive so it wouldn't get lost but attached the junk version that was stored on my hard drive instead. I called him up to tell him and sent him the right file but wasn't sure if he had already left for the day. Turns out he thought I was trying to screw him by giving him nothing to work with. Sure glad I caught it. It could have wiped out all the work I've done over the last several months getting close to this department.

bparker805 · 04-15-2004, 11:55 AM

I worked for a decent sized company a while ago and was the only certified forklift operator there at the time. Well, we got this piece of freight in one time and it took up the entire width of a semi trailer but was only about five wide the other way. I'm trying to pull this thing out and its trickier that all get out because is starts hitting the edges of the trailer and gets all cockeyed. So I pull the old back and forth and finally get it to the point that its about to clear. (enter sinking feeling in gut) Just as I get it clear of the trailer, it rolls right off the forks hits the ground and barely misses a Camaro that was parked nearby. The jackasses that had shipped this thing had loaded the pallet so most of the weight was entirely to the left side of the left fork. They must have loaded this thing on a dock and didn't expect us to pull it out and lower it. Luckily one of the higher ups was right there when it happened and just started laughing his ass off which eased my stress level tremendously!

iamtheone · 04-15-2004, 11:59 AM

I was taking a CCNA bootcamp course the other day here at work. "tested" out some commands on our edge router. Well, dumb ass me. debug rip <enter>

bad mistake. Oh, this brought around 10K people to their knees. HEHEHEHE. Our data center (equipment) is about an hour away from our facitily here. Luckily I got ahold of somewhere there to power cycle that puppy. That sucked! Sucked bad....

amonkie · 04-15-2004, 03:13 PM

Only thing I can think of was when I was taking a group of residents in the 15 passenger van out of town, and we were on the road to the place before we realized we didn't have any maps. We managed to get there by sheer luck

nanofever · 04-15-2004, 03:57 PM

You guys think you have made bad mistakes at work...

" By: Associated Press

FONTANA -- The alleged gunman in a drive-by shooting was booked on suspicion of killing the driver of the car during the attack, police said Tuesday.

Passenger Richard Allen Eppard, 20, was firing a semiautomatic gun out the driver's side window Thursday when he shot Christopher Bonadiman, 20, of Fontana in the head, police said.

The car crashed and Eppard fled on foot. He turned himself in to police on Saturday and was booked for investigation of murder, police said.

"I would say that this is probably one of the stupidest people we've come across in a very long time," police Sgt. Mark Weissmann said. "But at least he was responsible enough to turn himself in."

Eppard, a Bloomington resident, had no criminal record before the shooting. He apparently missed whoever he was targeting during the attack, police said"

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004...0422_34_33.txt

flamingdog · 04-15-2004, 04:15 PM

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Originally posted by glasscutter43
I went to find the forman so he could fire me

This quote alone was worth reading the thread.

Fishin Musician · 04-15-2004, 05:17 PM

Well in 24 years, I have done a few.

My first job at a grocery store right out of high school, I was filling the egg case and had four cases of eggs on the dolly. Took the corner a little too fast and dumped them off the cart. Yep, 96 dozen eggs on the floor…1152 eggs, no survivors.

I have had a couple at my current job of 18 years at the newspaper.

One, I was unloading a semi of newsprint with the clamp truck (forklift type vehicle) forgot to check the height of the clamp as I headed into the semi trailer, caught the top edge of the building…took out about 12 foot of wall.

Two, which wasn’t entirely my fault…I was running a job on the press and there is a wash up bar that is held by two thumbscrews for cleaning the press, when not in use, the screws are backed off to pull the squeegee off the rollers. I was running a long job and the vibrations of the press caused the screws to back completely out, and the bar fell into the delivery chain. Tore the chain system out, delivery bars, and spun most of the teeth off the gears. Totally fucked up that press.

That’s about it…other than the inmate that escaped at the county jail that I got blamed for, but that’s another story.

tkkfan · 04-15-2004, 10:23 PM

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the inmate that escaped at the county jail that I got blamed for, but that’s another story.

HAHAHAHAAHA ROFL!

04-15-2004, 11:13 AM	#42 (permalink)
joshibahn Psycho Location: portland, or	I put lettuce on a whopper once, and they asked for no lettuce!!!! __________________ TFP=heaven Heaven, n 1: the abode of God and the angels and the souls of those who have gained salvation 2: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: eden, paradise, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la]

04-15-2004, 11:24 AM	#43 (permalink)
tkkfan Insane Location: Flying over your house	makes everything else I do at work seem so irrelevant __________________ I can't believe I ate the whole thing!

04-15-2004, 11:29 AM	#44 (permalink)
onetime2 Junkie Location: NJ	I almost screwed up royally this week. One of our business units wanted me to go to their manager's meeting in Cancun and present some new research. Turns out that I can't go so one of the heads of the unit is going to present it instead. I worked for a good week on this presentation so that anyone (even someone completely unfamiliar with the material) could give it. I sent the files out yesterday. Today, as I was looking for some information I knew I included in the presentation, I went to the "sent" email to retrieve it. Turns out I sent him an early version that didn't explain anything at all. He would have been completely stuck trying to figure it out. The problem arose because I was supposed to get a new operating system on my computer this week and I saved the completed file to a shared drive so it wouldn't get lost but attached the junk version that was stored on my hard drive instead. I called him up to tell him and sent him the right file but wasn't sure if he had already left for the day. Turns out he thought I was trying to screw him by giving him nothing to work with. Sure glad I caught it. It could have wiped out all the work I've done over the last several months getting close to this department. __________________ Strive to be more curious than ignorant.

04-15-2004, 11:59 AM	#46 (permalink)
iamtheone Psychoholic Location: Ein tov she'ein bo ra!	I was taking a CCNA bootcamp course the other day here at work. "tested" out some commands on our edge router. Well, dumb ass me. debug rip <enter> bad mistake. Oh, this brought around 10K people to their knees. HEHEHEHE. Our data center (equipment) is about an hour away from our facitily here. Luckily I got ahold of somewhere there to power cycle that puppy. That sucked! Sucked bad.... __________________ Music is holy, art is sacred, and creativity is power... Think for Yourself Question Authority

04-15-2004, 03:13 PM	#47 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Only thing I can think of was when I was taking a group of residents in the 15 passenger van out of town, and we were on the road to the place before we realized we didn't have any maps. We managed to get there by sheer luck __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

04-15-2004, 11:55 AM	#45 (permalink)
bparker805 is KING! Location: On the path to Valhalla.	I worked for a decent sized company a while ago and was the only certified forklift operator there at the time. Well, we got this piece of freight in one time and it took up the entire width of a semi trailer but was only about five wide the other way. I'm trying to pull this thing out and its trickier that all get out because is starts hitting the edges of the trailer and gets all cockeyed. So I pull the old back and forth and finally get it to the point that its about to clear. (enter sinking feeling in gut) Just as I get it clear of the trailer, it rolls right off the forks hits the ground and barely misses a Camaro that was parked nearby. The jackasses that had shipped this thing had loaded the pallet so most of the weight was entirely to the left side of the left fork. They must have loaded this thing on a dock and didn't expect us to pull it out and lower it. Luckily one of the higher ups was right there when it happened and just started laughing his ass off which eased my stress level tremendously!

04-15-2004, 03:57 PM	#48 (permalink)
nanofever Huzzah for Welcome Week, Much beer shall I imbibe. Location: UCSB	You guys think you have made bad mistakes at work... " By: Associated Press FONTANA -- The alleged gunman in a drive-by shooting was booked on suspicion of killing the driver of the car during the attack, police said Tuesday. Passenger Richard Allen Eppard, 20, was firing a semiautomatic gun out the driver's side window Thursday when he shot Christopher Bonadiman, 20, of Fontana in the head, police said. The car crashed and Eppard fled on foot. He turned himself in to police on Saturday and was booked for investigation of murder, police said. "I would say that this is probably one of the stupidest people we've come across in a very long time," police Sgt. Mark Weissmann said. "But at least he was responsible enough to turn himself in." Eppard, a Bloomington resident, had no criminal record before the shooting. He apparently missed whoever he was targeting during the attack, police said" http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004...0422_34_33.txt __________________ I'm leaving for the University of California: Santa Barbara in 5 hours, give me your best college advice - things I need, good ideas, bad ideas, nooky, ect. Originally Posted by Norseman on another forum: "Yeah, the problem with the world is the stupid people are all cocksure of themselves and the intellectuals are full of doubt."

04-15-2004, 05:17 PM	#50 (permalink)
Fishin Musician Upright Location: North of Detroit, just south of Heaven	Well in 24 years, I have done a few. My first job at a grocery store right out of high school, I was filling the egg case and had four cases of eggs on the dolly. Took the corner a little too fast and dumped them off the cart. Yep, 96 dozen eggs on the floor…1152 eggs, no survivors. I have had a couple at my current job of 18 years at the newspaper. One, I was unloading a semi of newsprint with the clamp truck (forklift type vehicle) forgot to check the height of the clamp as I headed into the semi trailer, caught the top edge of the building…took out about 12 foot of wall. Two, which wasn’t entirely my fault…I was running a job on the press and there is a wash up bar that is held by two thumbscrews for cleaning the press, when not in use, the screws are backed off to pull the squeegee off the rollers. I was running a long job and the vibrations of the press caused the screws to back completely out, and the bar fell into the delivery chain. Tore the chain system out, delivery bars, and spun most of the teeth off the gears. Totally fucked up that press. That’s about it…other than the inmate that escaped at the county jail that I got blamed for, but that’s another story.