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04-10-2008, 02:04 PM
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Name: Bryan City: Burlington State: NC County: Alamance Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Yesterday at work started pretty typical I had to unlock the gate to the Oxygen tanks for an ouside contractor. As i was ulocking the gate I smelled cigarette smoke when I turned to see where it was coming from this contractor had a lit cigarette in his mouth.
Now bear in mind we are standing just 25 feet from about 7000 gallons of Liquid Oxygen  When I told him to put the cigarette out this clown gets an atitude with me. Resisting the urge to wring his neck I told him again and he keeps argueing telling me he knows the dangers bla bla bla. When I radioed my superviser for reinforcements this guy finally put it out.
Its funny that his attitude started changing when he saw not just my boss running out but my boss's boss with him along with security.
I hated to have to take it that far because I dont want to see the boy loose his job and dont know that he will but if that tank had have went off I expect it would have taken half of the hospital with it. This guy kind of put a personal twist on my tag line
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Its useless to argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level then beat you with their experiance.
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04-10-2008, 02:12 PM
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Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Bryan S  Yesterday at work started pretty typical I had to unlock the gate to the Oxygen tanks for an ouside contractor. As i was ulocking the gate I smelled cigarette smoke when I turned to see where it was coming from this contractor had a lit cigarette in his mouth.
Now bear in mind we are standing just 25 feet from about 7000 gallons of Liquid Oxygen When I told him to put the cigarette out this clown gets an atitude with me. Resisting the urge to wring his neck I told him again and he keeps argueing telling me he knows the dangers bla bla bla. When I radioed my superviser for reinforcements this guy finally put it out.
Its funny that his attitude started changing when he saw not just my boss running out but my boss's boss with him along with security.
I hated to have to take it that far because I dont want to see the boy loose his job and dont know that he will but if that tank had have went off I expect it would have taken half of the hospital with it. This guy kind of put a personal twist on my tag line
Nice story Brian, Idiots abound and it's a shame that they can't live in a vacuum. This way the world would be safe from them. You did what you had to do, I previously worked with industrial gases and had people do things such as load hydrogen up while smoking, but I never had any one argue when told to put it out. Whatever happens to him is his own destiny, Thank God we're not watching what might have been on the 6:00 news.
BTW, I love your tag line.
Jimmy 
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04-10-2008, 02:19 PM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bryan,
That is a great story, thanks for sharing. If he didn't know any better, that would be one thing, but it sounds like he did, AND he got an attitude about it. That is just plain ignorant. Good for you, you did the right thing. 
Trent
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04-10-2008, 02:36 PM
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Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bryan,
You did the right thing, calling in the reinforcements. This is the kind of guy who is due to win a Darwin Award. He needs to win one of them all by himself and not put the hospital on the evening news all across the country.
Ray
P.S., If you don't know what a Darwin Award is, try going here... http://www.darwinawards.com/
Ray
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04-10-2008, 02:49 PM
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Name: Bryan City: Burlington State: NC County: Alamance Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by wtf21 Bryan,
That is a great story, thanks for sharing. If he didn't know any better, that would be one thing, but it sounds like he did, AND he got an attitude about it. That is just plain ignorant. Good for you, you did the right thing.
Trent He did know better his company deals with gas level indicators and alarms. They are upgrading the medical gas alarm systems Originally Posted by Ray Martin Bryan,
You did the right thing, calling in the reinforcements. This is the kind of guy who is due to win a Darwin Award. He needs to win one of them all by himself and not put the hospital on the evening news all across the country.
Ray
P.S., If you don't know what a Darwin Award is, try going here... http://www.darwinawards.com/
Ray Yep seen that site haven't been there in a while though.
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He is your partner, your defender, your friend, your dog. You are his love, his life, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true to the very last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion
Its useless to argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level then beat you with their experiance.
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04-10-2008, 04:31 PM
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Name: Larry Rose City: Ahoskie State: NC County: Hertford Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thats the way Survival Of The Fittest works. Nature has a way of taking care of things that don't quite fit in (just get rid of it). | |
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04-10-2008, 04:36 PM
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Name: Dan City: Asheville State: NC County: Buncombe Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I believe it was that great American...Forest Gump that said;
"Stupid is as Stupid does"
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04-10-2008, 05:03 PM
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Name: Tommy City: Roanoke Rapids State: NC County: Halifax Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 54 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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The only problem with idiots like this is that they aren't always alone when they win the awards......unfortunately. I don't blame you one bit for calling for reinforcements.
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04-10-2008, 05:34 PM
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Name: Charles City: Wilmington State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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You definitely did the right thing. Whatever happens to him is his own doing!! | |
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04-18-2008, 10:46 PM
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Name: Matthew City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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The world would be a lot better place if we could just get rid of six idiots a day. Maybe we wouldn't have to have warning labels on everything, like the labels on wood chippers telling you not to put your hands in there. Well, if the thing cuts trees up, it makes sense that it will cut your hand up too; but for every stupid warning, there's a bigger idiot behind it that didn't know any better. Sorry, stupidity is a real sore point with me. I just don't know how half the world has stayed alive as long as it has.  | |
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04-18-2008, 10:58 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself" 
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
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04-18-2008, 11:13 PM
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Name: Matthew City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Not trying to hijack your thread here, but this is just a site I found related to my stupid warning labels comment. Here is the link. OK, I'm done hijacking now. .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)") http://www.power-of-attorneys.com/wa...ing_labels.asp
BTW, I also think you did right by making him put out his cigarette. I used to fill propane tanks at my old job, and I ran into the same thing. Except your guy didn't have an excuse, he was educated in the dangers, my customers weren't. | |
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04-18-2008, 11:23 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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__________________ Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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04-19-2008, 12:07 AM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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some folks just have a void between their ears - common sense ain't that common anymore.
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04-19-2008, 09:26 AM
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Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by jeff... some folks just have a void between their ears - common sense ain't that common anymore.
Do you mean like sticking your hand into a woodpile in the spring ? 
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