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| coppice:
--- Quote from: nali on August 01, 2020, 08:20:45 am ---Talking about cars. A colleague bought a new Ford Escort RS2000 and would not stop banging on about it. So one day we poured a cup of engine oil on to the tarmac underneath making a nice puddle and a trail out from under the engine bay. We made sure we all left work at the same time just to watch the priceless expression on his face... --- End quote --- Now most cars have air cons its common to see a trail of drips on the ground that leave you thinking "is that condensate from the air con, or is my coolant system leaking?". |
| n5al:
Not completely on topic, but I was reminded of an unusual event... I knew a component manufacturer's rep, who bought himself a big, fancy Cadillac to impress his customers and carry them to all those "free lunch" meetings at the local restaurants. Free food is good! However, there was something wrong with this new car. Every once in a while, you would hear a "clunk" sound emanating from the car. This sporadic sound usually happened while the driver was making a sharp turn. The rep took his car to the dealer, but they couldn't find anything wrong with it. He drove it around for a few more weeks, but the occasional noise persisted. So, the rep returned to the dealer for a second look at the problem. Fortunately, on this second visit, he got a sharp technician who managed to find the problem. The technician noted that the annoying "clunk" sound was coming from the vicinity of the passenger-side, rear door. The tech detached the interior door panel. Inside the door, he discovered a screwdriver dangling on a length of twine. A note attached to the screwdriver read, "I Hope This Drove You Crazy, You Rich Son-of-a-B**ch". Some anonymous assembler, at the Detroit factory, just wasn't a happy camper. |
| VK3DRB:
We played a prank on a conspiracy-theorist electronic engineer from Bulgaria. He was a little aggressive, so you knew your limits. On one occasion a good colleague of mine named Greg (who sat in the next cubicle to the Bulgarian) was chopping wood on a Saturday when a chunk of timber hit him in the face, causing a severe black eye, cuts and heavy bruising to the nose. We were good friends out of hours and he visited me on the Sunday. We hatched an evil plan to fool the Bulgarian. Greg would come to work a half hour late on the Monday morning. So before Greg arrived on the Monday, when the Bulgarian asked where Greg was, I told him he might not come to work today because I had bashed his head in on the weekend by delivering several hard punches to his face in response to Greg saying a rude word. The Bulgarian was a little perplexed, but continued to work. When Greg finally rocked up to work bruised and bandaged, he sat down at his cubicle. The Bulgarian looked over the top of the partition, saw him, and then quietly sat back down without saying a word. For about 10 minutes the Bulgarian was frozen - hands on keyboard not moving a muscle, staring at nothing in particular on the screen, not saying a word. Gotcha! After 10 minutes, he looked over asking Greg why I had bashed him. We then told him the truth. The Bulgarian took it OK and was relieved that I was not a nutter (or so he thought). But you have to be careful of pranks and stunts in the workplace. At one large corporation, there was a forklift driver who was showing off doing donuts in his forklift. The edge of the forklift hit a bystanders foot, taking a large chunk of the flesh from his heel. Not good. The incident was covered up. |
| Mazo:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on August 07, 2020, 06:37:16 am ---We played a prank on a conspiracy-theorist electronic engineer from Bulgaria. He was a little aggressive, so you knew your limits. On one occasion a good colleague of mine named Greg (who sat in the next cubicle to the Bulgarian) was chopping wood on a Saturday when a chunk of timber hit him in the face, causing a severe black eye, cuts and heavy bruising to the nose. We were good friends out of hours and he visited me on the Sunday. We hatched an evil plan to fool the Bulgarian. Greg would come to work a half hour late on the Monday morning. So before Greg arrived on the Monday, when the Bulgarian asked where Greg was, I told him he might not come to work today because I had bashed his head in on the weekend by delivering several hard punches to his face in response to Greg saying a rude word. The Bulgarian was a little perplexed, but continued to work. When Greg finally rocked up to work bruised and bandaged, he sat down at his cubicle. The Bulgarian looked over the top of the partition, saw him, and then quietly sat back down without saying a word. For about 10 minutes the Bulgarian was frozen - hands on keyboard not moving a muscle, staring at nothing in particular on the screen, not saying a word. Gotcha! After 10 minutes, he looked over asking Greg why I had bashed him. We then told him the truth. The Bulgarian took it OK and was relieved that I was not a nutter (or so he thought). But you have to be careful of pranks and stunts in the workplace. At one large corporation, there was a forklift driver who was showing off doing donuts in his forklift. The edge of the forklift hit a bystanders foot, taking a large chunk of the flesh from his heel. Not good. The incident was covered up. --- End quote --- In Bulgaria we have a saying:"Бии за да те уважават".Translates roughly to Fight(as in being physically aggressive ) to be respected.So you got some respect points :-DD |
| newbrain:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on August 07, 2020, 06:37:16 am ---At one large corporation, there was a forklift driver who was showing off doing donuts in his forklift. The edge of the forklift hit a bystanders foot, taking a large chunk of the flesh from his heel. Not good. The incident was covered up. --- End quote --- Ah, yes, our old friend Klaus. |
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