goodolplumber
Shared on Wed, 07/26/2006 - 16:43Well the first one starts off by me and another forklift driver getting 3 forklifts stuck in the mud, and it goes something like this.
Me: Whatcha doin'?
Earl: Unloading these press insert racks off this trailer. ( NoteThese damn things are on a flat bed trailor by the way folks and Earl is the name of the forklift driver.)
Me: Need my help?
Earl: Sure, you can help me guide this rack so I can stack it on top of the other one over there.
Me: OK, lets get this over with its to damn hot out here.
Ok, we managed to get 2 of the 3 racks that we wanted off that trailer and stacked up without a problem, but the path back to the trailer was a little tore up from Earl trying to avoid getting stuck.I was walking behind him guideing him when I noticed our path was a little comprimised.
Me: Hey Earl you might want to be careful comeing through here.The ground is a little bit softer than it was before.
Earl : Your just a little late on telling me!
I turned around and we had managed to just barely get the front left tire stuck.I started laughing my ass off about and we both decided to avoid getting it stuck any further that we should go get the other forklift and pull it out.Well I go in and get it and was really careful not to get it stuck or so I thought until I tried to turn it around so I could attach a chain to the other one.Earl had just connect one end of the chain to the orginal one when he heard me cussing.
Earl: What did you do?
Me: Nothing
Earl: You got that one stuck to didn't you?
Me: No, I was just waiting on you to get that damn chain attached, and this damn heat is unbearable.I mean its only 106 degrees out here man.
Earl: You got that damn thing stuck didn't you?
Me: .........yes
Well Earl is pissed at me for that one and goes and gets another forklift and parks it a good distance from the other two and tells me to leave it alone.He back inside to get a longer chain.Well its 106 degrees and I'm bored out of mind so I thought I would put some sheet metal down to help support the 3rd forklift.Needless to say that didn't work and when Earl had come back out I managed to have that one stuck to.We end up haveing to get the maintence man to come out with his personal vehicle and pull all 3 lifts out.The more I look back at that one the more I laugh at it.
Then yesterday I find out I now have to take care of all the deliveries we do locally.I wasn't to happy about that idea but its job security I guess.That also means now I later found out haveing to run errands to for the company.Takeing press knives to be sharpend, press slitters to be sharpend, and picking up the mail at the post offfice.This all has to be done in our delivery truck, it is your standard big ass 20 ft bob truck.Have you ever tried to park one of these things in a parking lot at your local post office!Let me tell you its not the easiest thing to do, especially if you have people pulling in when your trying to back out.I mean if you saw a big ass truck trying to back up and turn around do you continue come in that entrance or do you go around the other one!
I wanted to jump out and slap people in the head and say "Hey dumbass can you not see that I'm trying to back out here?"
Me: Whatcha doin'?
Earl: Unloading these press insert racks off this trailer. ( NoteThese damn things are on a flat bed trailor by the way folks and Earl is the name of the forklift driver.)
Me: Need my help?
Earl: Sure, you can help me guide this rack so I can stack it on top of the other one over there.
Me: OK, lets get this over with its to damn hot out here.
Ok, we managed to get 2 of the 3 racks that we wanted off that trailer and stacked up without a problem, but the path back to the trailer was a little tore up from Earl trying to avoid getting stuck.I was walking behind him guideing him when I noticed our path was a little comprimised.
Me: Hey Earl you might want to be careful comeing through here.The ground is a little bit softer than it was before.
Earl : Your just a little late on telling me!
I turned around and we had managed to just barely get the front left tire stuck.I started laughing my ass off about and we both decided to avoid getting it stuck any further that we should go get the other forklift and pull it out.Well I go in and get it and was really careful not to get it stuck or so I thought until I tried to turn it around so I could attach a chain to the other one.Earl had just connect one end of the chain to the orginal one when he heard me cussing.
Earl: What did you do?
Me: Nothing
Earl: You got that one stuck to didn't you?
Me: No, I was just waiting on you to get that damn chain attached, and this damn heat is unbearable.I mean its only 106 degrees out here man.
Earl: You got that damn thing stuck didn't you?
Me: .........yes
Well Earl is pissed at me for that one and goes and gets another forklift and parks it a good distance from the other two and tells me to leave it alone.He back inside to get a longer chain.Well its 106 degrees and I'm bored out of mind so I thought I would put some sheet metal down to help support the 3rd forklift.Needless to say that didn't work and when Earl had come back out I managed to have that one stuck to.We end up haveing to get the maintence man to come out with his personal vehicle and pull all 3 lifts out.The more I look back at that one the more I laugh at it.
Then yesterday I find out I now have to take care of all the deliveries we do locally.I wasn't to happy about that idea but its job security I guess.That also means now I later found out haveing to run errands to for the company.Takeing press knives to be sharpend, press slitters to be sharpend, and picking up the mail at the post offfice.This all has to be done in our delivery truck, it is your standard big ass 20 ft bob truck.Have you ever tried to park one of these things in a parking lot at your local post office!Let me tell you its not the easiest thing to do, especially if you have people pulling in when your trying to back out.I mean if you saw a big ass truck trying to back up and turn around do you continue come in that entrance or do you go around the other one!
I wanted to jump out and slap people in the head and say "Hey dumbass can you not see that I'm trying to back out here?"
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Submitted by UnwashedMass on Wed, 07/26/2006 - 17:04