Jokes on your apprentice

[Phil]

no one knew until the idiot that put it in his drink started laughing and told the full canteen. yeh he did face a disaplinary, and the police car outside

not sure if it went to court I was not at the company long after that. one of those strange places were no one left anything unattended after that not surprisingly

 

[Guest123]

Sounds like you were best off out of there then mate!!!

 

[steve-]

HAHA i never used to take that stuff. i remember pulling similar gags on my boss. Strapping him in a porta-loo and shaking it. screwing a box of cable clips to a peice of wood and then asking him to pass it to ya.
its all fun and games

 

[GT1989]

When I was a joiner apprentice first year working with a couple of joiners in a bungalow and was sent up to the site agent and ask when the stairs were due in ! Was up there for a while !! Only time ive fallen for it but it was a hard 1 to live down !

 

[devlin maguire]

Go to the stores and get a bucket of sparks for the grinding machine
Hand me the metric adjustable spanner
Stupid boy you only use the dutch hoe around the tulips
Mac

 

[Darkwood]

nice one. once worked with a guy that dropped mercury from a thermomitor in another of the app coffee, stood up in the canteen and lost a few bodily fluids. ****** lucky it was not worse or he could have gone down for manslaughter. never saw the other guy drink coffee after that one

If mercury is swallowed it should pass through the body with minimal absorbsion but irrespective of this it can still deal alot of damage, a thermometer contains about 500mg typically and this if passed through the body into the sewers can contaminate 500 million gallons of water with deadly effects, the person dealing this prank shouldnt be even walking the streets anymore as hes not only got away with a near manslaughter charge but also hes most definately damaged the local water ways, this is why the crack down on lamps has been implied when disposing of them, how many of you played darth vader with a tube in the past because the mercury vapour is readily absorbed straight into the body and the effects can be irreversable.
P.S i did as a kid now i think back and worry a tad.

 

[Phil]

we used to play with them as kids too. and chalk with old break pads, and pick pieces off the old asbestos boards in science. time will tell what I have been exposed to over the years with company's that were not lets say too up on the health and safety laws. was in a garage not too long ago where a guy had turned up to install
an oil burner the chimney route was to go through some asbestos sheets. up he goes with his 99p painters mask on he knew what it was he was going to cut through and so did the lads in the garage, "don`t matter about the asbestos its just a bit of dust " ? no i didn`t hang around till he started cutting through it.

 

[rocker]

Used to play with those tubes when I was kid. Remember smashing a hell of a lot of them. Hmmm.

A schoolfriend of mine is certified now - locked up for his own safety. Very likely this was helped along by the mercury he kept swirling round in his hand when we were about 12....

Minimata.

 

[Jason Smith]

In my area, the housing stock is very old, it is very common for me to see green goo. Well documented in NIC snags and solutions book. They say it has health and safety issues. I appreciate that there are colleagues out there who have never seen this stuff, If any one wants a piccy will post one.

 

[gaffer]

In my area, the housing stock is very old, it is very common for me to see green goo. Well documented in NIC snags and solutions book. They say it has health and safety issues. I appreciate that there are colleagues out there who have never seen this stuff, If any one wants a piccy will post one.

Green goo?what from,old copper breaking down in long term dampness?Would love to see a piccy please mate.

 

[Guest123]

Found this little ----bit....

What is Green Slime or Goo? And do I need to re-wire circuits with Green Slime coming out of the wires?

Also known as "Green Slime", this phenomenon is characterised by the appearance of a sticky green exudate leaking out of PVC-insulated wiring at locations such as switches, hot points and light fittings. The green goo problem is predominantly associated with older (25+ years) TPS-type cables operating in a warm environment. The exudate comprises a plasticiser that has migrated out of the PVC insulation, coloured due to reaction with the copper conductor.

Due to its stickiness and unsightly colour, the goo has a high nuisance value, however it poses no significant health hazard. It may be cleaned from surfaces by wiping with a rag soaked in a petroleum- or alcohol-based solvent (such as meths).

The long-term consequence of the exudate is that it represents a de-plasticising of the insulation, meaning that as the process continues the PVC will eventually become brittle, and crack.

 

[m4tty]

In my area, the housing stock is very old, it is very common for me to see green goo. Well documented in NIC snags and solutions book. They say it has health and safety issues. I appreciate that there are colleagues out there who have never seen this stuff, If any one wants a piccy will post one.

You aint into hydroponics are you mate. Sounds like a right greenhouse you have there lol

 

[gaffer]

Cheers Lenny,have seen it before,once or twice.Now I know what Jason meant.

 

[ashmaninc]

go for a long weight
fetch a bag of sparks
get some sky hooks
fetch a floating ladder
(earthing a block of wood) - my favorite haha
get some bubbles for the spirit level
left handed screwdriver

 

[mogga]

we once had an apprentice who wore shorts all the time One day we stapled the leg up he was hopping around callin us for everything

another one was tiewrapped to conduit along his arms