hate job?

[john25]

Doin some Demolition work up in whiston hospital atm and i hate it had to do 2 pointless inductions and have to sign in on 3 books and walk 10 mins to actually get onto the site and then i got sent home because you're not allowed to wear Rigger boots on the site (which is a Vinci site btw) their excuse for not allowing them was laughable and you're also not allowed to wear short sleeve shirts on the job .even though the site managers walk around in Riggers and short sleeve shirts. the Site is an absolute joke

Oh and your not allowed to take any bags what so ever onto the site for fear of copper going missing.

 

[DurhamSparky]

Twisted CPC .
Dirty Horrible Lofts full of coal dust
Customers who hover around
Customers who always have opinions
Customers who dont pay
Customers who used to be a sparky down the pit or for water board
customers who think that because i charge 300 quid and not 200 like the cowboy im exploting them..
customers who think that cable costs pennies
customers who keep changing ther mind
customers who want you to start work tomorrow or they give job to some one else
customers who say my electrics are fine!! and it was working before you arrived..!!!!

hmmmm

seems to be a recurring theme

 

[mogga]

WHY no Riggers Iv heard this a couple of times the short sleve thing Iv had on sites its a bummer when issued with T shirts

 

[john25]

WHY no Riggers Iv heard this a couple of times the short sleve thing Iv had on sites its a bummer when issued with T shirts

Because some pencil pusher has decided that Riggers dont give you enough ankle support. ive been on a lot of big name sites over the years and Vinci are the only Firm i know who have banned them

 

[lloyd1980]

plasterers

 

[Phil]

those blue bricks we have had to chop out in cass they are as hard as nails. opening a dis board and cables all over no circuits labled at all

 

[mogga]

PMSL LLoydy as for the riggers what a load of piffle they will be banning steel toe Shoes next sounds like a wee numpty in an office making sure he keeps his job by creating crap for everyone else

 

[Guest123]

What do I hate the most......the fact that since the "recession" began, all the wholesalers just dont carry any stock anymore. Unless it's a drum of 2.5 or a twin socket they have to "order it in" and it takes about 3 weeks for it to arrive!!!!!!!

 

[Guest123]

Doin some Demolition work up in whiston hospital atm and i hate it had to do 2 pointless inductions and have to sign in on 3 books and walk 10 mins to actually get onto the site and then i got sent home because you're not allowed to wear Rigger boots on the site (which is a Vinci site btw) their excuse for not allowing them was laughable and you're also not allowed to wear short sleeve shirts on the job .even though the site managers walk around in Riggers and short sleeve shirts. the Site is an absolute joke

Oh and your not allowed to take any bags what so ever onto the site for fear of copper going missing.

I'm on a vinci site aswell at the mo....same thing, no riggers short sleeves etc. We also have hand scanners to actually get onto the site an then a half mile walk to the part we're working in.

 

[mogga]

Yea lenny and if its anything like one McAlpine site I was on a while ago deliveries had to make appointments it was almost asif they didnt want the job doing everytime something was going great guns some wee pencil twerp would point out that XyZ didnt sign the slip to go for a Pee , ect ect gates to get in couldnt fit tool box through and got told to leave tools on site ( Yeah Right I would)

 

[pennywise]

Pet hate boring jobs would rather take a pay cut just to be on an interesting job ie commercial or a well known site. Adding sockets in domestics and light points bores me to tears it an't a challenge

 

[Jonesy83]

having to go for a full medical for a job thats only going to take me no less than half a day to complete and then being told im overwieght by the doctor

 

[SEC-Tom]

Pet hate boring jobs would rather take a pay cut just to be on an interesting job ie commercial or a well known site. Adding sockets in domestics and light points bores me to tears it an't a challenge

Same with me that.

Can't stand day works, I don't feel comfortable unless im working on a big lengthy contract job.

 

[anton1210]

changing a db to n RCD one, then finding the cooker trips the RCD, " IT WAS FINE BEFORE YOU GOT HERE!!"

 

[iancornwall]

going up in the roof eps in the summer, come out dripping as if just got out the shower :-(

 

[pennywise]

going up in the roof eps in the summer, come out dripping as if just got out the shower :-(

Thats what the customers showers is for 3hr in the loft then down for a quick rinse and a blow dry

 

[Kiers1970]

rewiring kitchens, usually tiled etc etc..... bah

 

[SEC-Tom]

This seems to have gone a little off scale to a rant about anything not just hate jobs so.

No radio policy sites! Sod that can't work without a radio.

Cable drums that fall to pieces with about 80 meters left on them.

Cables getting caught round scaffolding or nails and screws sticking out of walls.

Stepladders that are cack and just don't want to stand up properly.

Plasterers filling the boxes and forgetting about them.

Wall chasing. I always draw the short straw.

Stones and sand getting in my boots.

Site agents constantly asking when your going to be done but then when you ask them a question they never get back to you, before its too late at least.

I could name plenty more and iv only been in the game just under 3 years.

 

[Spudnik]

Talking of showers,

I was in a customers loft last week, doing a light.

As i came down from the loft, my face was pouring water out of it.

Client offered me the use of their shower, before i went off to the next!

 

[Phil]

did you get your back rubbed? i was offered to use one of the showers in a strip club i used to look after. had to turn that one down i had a medical the next day and the blood pressure would have been ott