Pet hates

[TaffyDuck]

Aplogies if this thread has been done before.

When you go to a job what are your pet hates that you find a previous sparks has done? :banghead:

 

[Guest111]

we had a storeman once so tight you thought he was paying for kit,wouldnt give you a drill bit for a broken 1 if you didnt have all the bits.one job was a right b and we broke 3 bits went back to stores and he wouldn,t give me any more,so I stopped work(rush job)manager comes to find out whats going on so I tell him no drill bit and store man won,t give me any more,he looked at job and went with me to stores after giving storeman a long lecture on cost of stoppage v cost of drill bits storeman gave me a handfull and said to come back anytime.

 

[trev]

Scumbags who put their feet on the opposite seat on the Metro (Tyneside's not bad public mass rail transport system for those who don't know)

 

[telectrix]

cyclists. and especially the ones in cycle clubs who think it's fine to ride 2 and 3 abreast on country roads, with a dozen cars/vans behind , forced to drive at 10mph.

 

[SparkyDips]

cyclists. and especially the ones in cycle clubs who think it's fine to ride 2 and 3 abreast on country roads, with a dozen cars/vans behind , forced to drive at 10mph.

sound yr horn and flash lights aggressively, then throw yr empty cup of wild bean at them whilst passing!! lol

 

[Guest111]

cyclists. and especially the ones in cycle clubs who think it's fine to ride 2 and 3 abreast on country roads, with a dozen cars/vans behind , forced to drive at 10mph.

Yes and after breaking every rule in the highway code have the cheek to demand the motorist treats them better,if they didn,t put themselves in harms way we wouldn,t have to look out for them,If I decide to drive my car like a to***r I don,t expect everyone else to be responsible for my safety.

 

[telectrix]

bloody lycra louts, the lot of 'em.

 

[Dean Williams]

Chris evans on radio 2. far too loud and annoying for the breakfast slot

 

[Guest111]

bloody lycra louts, the lot of 'em.

Dunno if it,s just me but I always think there,s something weird about grown men wearing all that lycra!

 

[Guest111]

Chris evans on radio 2. far too loud and annoying for the breakfast slot

Get it right Dean that guy,s too annoying for any slot,god he winds me up just the mere mention of his name aaagh have to take my pills and have a lie down now.

 

[Fin170]

I often confuse the morning radio 1 show as a competition for the most obnoxious person award

I dream of having digital radio.....

 

[gutterball]

telectrix + phil d
I know what you mean. I came round a corner on a narrow country road, a few weeks ago and literally ran into a load of them, right across the road.
The wife wont let me shout at them when there riding along the main road when there's a cycle path they could be using.

 

[telectrix]

a while ago, i ran a jeep cherokee. it had been raining heavily earlier in the day. at the bottom of a dip was a flood about 2ft. deep. i was doing about 40mph and there were 2 cyclists pushing their bikes around the edge of the flood. well, with an evil jeremy clarkson grin. i put my foot down.................. talk about a shower after cycling. LOL.

 

[UNG]

a while ago, i ran a jeep cherokee. it had been raining heavily earlier in the day. at the bottom of a dip was a flood about 2ft. deep. i was doing about 40mph and there were 2 cyclists pushing their bikes around the edge of the flood. well, with an evil jeremy clarkson grin. i put my foot down.................. talk about a shower after cycling. LOL.

Much as I like it, it's an easy way to a maximum of a driving ban if reported

 

[SparkyDips]

whilst we're on cyclists...............whats with the guy who has the lay flat bike?? you know the one which looks like he's lying down???

 

[Richard Burns]

People who cut the cable so short that it's practically impossible to replace a socket or switch...

Just thought I would post this as an example of the ease of wiring short cables! Take off outside light...!

 

[Richard Burns]

Sorry just got reminded of another pet hate today, back boxes that are nailed to the wall, why?????

 

[Guest111]

telectrix + phil d
I know what you mean. I came round a corner on a narrow country road, a few weeks ago and literally ran into a load of them, right across the road.
The wife wont let me shout at them when there riding along the main road when there's a cycle path they could be using.

you want to be careful mate them cyclepaths can turn nasty if you upset em.lol

 

[trev]

We called our daughter after my mother in law, Passiveaggressivepsychobitch is 19 next year

 

[Lucas]

Not bending back the top and bottom lug's on single backboxes, drives me mad. Terrible practice not to and ungrommoted backboxes infuriate me.

 

[Brad]

Cooker points where the load is at the Top and supply at the bottom on a single point outlet...........

 

[The Ranger]

london!


ant my biggest one is other trades that don't understand the "first in best dressed rule" how many times have i done a lovely bit of tray to come back and find some pipes routed where it was!!

 

[Knobhead]

You’ve just reminded me Ranger. Instrument fitters, they wait until the tray work is finished. Before the first cable is run there’s pipes and bits of crap strewn everywhere.

One a do remember was my boss asking to borrow my big cable shears, I cleared off and left him quite happily chopping through air pipes, thermocouple and signal cables. He later borrowed a hammer and smashed all the JB’s they’d bolted in the middle of the tray.
A bit of a row developed after that. I was shop steward for both gangs, piggy in the middle!

 

[Fin170]

Cooker points where the load is at the Top and supply at the bottom on a single point outlet...........

Don't buy ones with neons :icon4:


I'm going to add larden plaster to the list, it's depressing to work with or be near

 

[netblindpaul]

Idiots that link out emergency stop circuits with bits of wire because they are incompetent, which results in a near death experience for an operator!

 

[plugsandsparks]

Wow, whoever did it should be dismissed, if the switch is faulty then get it replaced as a matter of emergency or if it is linked out to enable production to continue there should be another operater standing next to another stop cct to ride shotgun
Outrageous !

 

[UNG]

Wow, whoever did it should be dismissed, if the switch is faulty then get it replaced as a matter of emergency or if it is linked out to enable production to continue there should be another operater standing next to another stop cct to ride shotgun
Outrageous !

Are you serious you condone linking out switches in safety circuits

 

[plugsandsparks]

Yes, read my second point about the second operator

 

[Engineer54]

ant my biggest one is other trades that don't understand the "first in best dressed rule" how many times have i done a lovely bit of tray to come back and find some pipes routed where it was!!

On the bigger projects, you should have what's known as ''Combined Service Drawing's'' ...Woe betide anyone, that deviates from those drawings, without getting a change order!! lol!!!

 

[UNG]

Yes, read my second point about the second operator

I did read it the first time and if it all goes horribly wrong after the first shift change who is responsible. I would love to see the risk assessment on this but there probably isn't one but then again the production manager would back you up in court for doing it wouldn't he ??

I stand by my first comment second operator or not it's a slippery slope when you resort to linking out switches in safety circuits as the precedent is set for the future

 

[plugsandsparks]

Fair point, would hope it wouldn't take a shift change to get another terminal block though and good time to change it, its all down to how you assess it.