Things about your co-workers that annoy you

[drainbamage]

Well actually....

The transformer in the furnace is ALWAYS on. Until you cut power to the furnace itself (usually a red switch in the vicinity of the furnace, or flip the breaker), the transformer will ALWAYS be converting 120v to 24v (all of the furnace's circuitry is on the 24v side). However, the power that's being drawn is minimal until the thermostat switch actually closes.

This is referred to as "ghost load".

Correct, but by "turn off the furnace", she really just means "change the thermostat from Heat to Off." The furnace itself is left on the entire time, so her argument is moot.

And besides, if we were really that concerned about power consumption, there are much more obvious places we could start than the thermostat.

But, this is not "things about your spouses that annoy you"...unless you work with them, in which case, may God have mercy on your soul.

 

[Venari]

I work for a moving company, and today's job was....fun.

7 hours into the job (emptying a furniture store), cops showed up to stop the move. We weren't allowed to bring out one more piece.

Turns out, the client hadn't been paying rent for that retail spot in the Byward Market, and the corporation that owned the property called the cops to stop them from leaving. There was talk about making us put all the furniture back into the store (we just spent 7 hours padding and loading heavy furniture, we don't want to put it all back), but apparently the property manager was happy with us locking the trailer and putting a customs seal on it.

So now the client has to deal with the property manager's legal team before they're allowed to access their own property on our trucks.

 

[Zuljin]

Ugh. I've played day laborer as a mover a few times. Actually learned a lot about lifting heavy things. It's impressive what an average person can move with the right technique and a little leverage.

I did a move once and the guy had a pirate chest. The chest alone would have been heavy. This was no decorative piece. I don't know what was in it, but it was filled solid. The regualr movers said it was probably porno mags.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Ugh. I've played day laborer as a mover a few times. Actually learned a lot about lifting heavy things. It's impressive what an average person can move with the right technique and a little leverage.

I did a move once and the guy had a pirate chest. The chest alone would have been heavy. This was no decorative piece. I don't know what was in it, but it was filled solid. The regualr movers said it was probably porno mags.

was this guy my mom? if so, it probably was porno mags.

 

[podz]

I work for a moving company, and today's job was....fun.

7 hours into the job (emptying a furniture store), cops showed up to stop the move. We weren't allowed to bring out one more piece.

Turns out, the client hadn't been paying rent for that retail spot in the Byward Market, and the corporation that owned the property called the cops to stop them from leaving. There was talk about making us put all the furniture back into the store (we just spent 7 hours padding and loading heavy furniture, we don't want to put it all back), but apparently the property manager was happy with us locking the trailer and putting a customs seal on it.

So now the client has to deal with the property manager's legal team before they're allowed to access their own property on our trucks.

Explain how Customs has jurisdiction over goods that have long been inside a store that's deep inside the country.

 

[Raenon]

Explain how Customs has jurisdiction over goods that have long been inside a store that's deep inside the country.

"Customs seal" is a common name for a standard type of seal that has non-customs uses, like any other time you want to prove to a first, second or third party that an item hasn't been accessed or tampered with.

 

[Venari]

"Customs seal" is a common name for a standard type of seal that has non-customs uses, like any other time you want to prove to a first, second or third party that an item hasn't been accessed or tampered with.

yes, this is what we did.

We put a "customs seal" on the trailer to prove to whoever needs to know that the contents of the trailer hasn't been accessed.

 

[SharonaZamboni]

Paper steamers like this appear most days in the men's cubicles at work. Why does it annoy me?

I don't even know wtf happened there.
Staff at my work cannot grasp the idea of thermostats. At all. Some don't understand GFCI outlets, either.

 

[podz]

I don't even know wtf happened there.
Staff at my work cannot grasp the idea of thermostats. At all. Some don't understand GFCI outlets, either.

Heh, no problem with that here:

1. There are no thermostats inside of commercial property in this country, other than those who are only accessible to maintenance men and apply to the entire building.

2. Every outlet in this country, that exists inside commercial property, is GFCI. Except for those that are placed two meters high on the wall and designated only for a refrigerator or freezer.

 

[n240sxguy]

I don't even know wtf happened there.
Staff at my work cannot grasp the idea of thermostats. At all. Some don't understand GFCI outlets, either.

What don't they understand about a gfci outlet?

 

[petey_c]

What don't they understand about a gfci outlet?

After you clarify that, then you can start explaining AFCIs....

 

[Onkel_Udo]

After you clarify that, then you can start explaining AFCIs....

Clarify, sure. Justify their requirement...unlikely.

 

[SharonaZamboni]

What don't they understand about a gfci outlet?

That it needs to be reset if tripped. They seem to think that appliances just break all the time.

 

[Venari]

What don't they understand about a gfci outlet?

The one in my roommate's bathroom is CONSTANTLY tripped. I was wondering if there was an electrical problem until I found out she presses the button on it to stop the kids from electrocuting themselves.

I don't think she understands that it'll trip itself before that happens, unless the kids find a way to insert themselves into a circuit that's going back to neutral.

 

[SharonaZamboni]

Heh, no problem with that here:



1. There are no thermostats inside of commercial property in this country, other than those who are only accessible to maintenance men and apply to the entire building.



2. Every outlet in this country, that exists inside commercial property, is GFCI. Except for those that are placed two meters high on the wall and designated only for a refrigerator or freezer.

Where I work is basically a home environment, so access to pretty much everything. Fortunately, they're too stupid to try to figure out a problem on their own, so they ask me to fix everything. Including reset of tripped outlets.

 

[podz]

The one in my roommate's bathroom is CONSTANTLY tripped. I was wondering if there was an electrical problem until I found out she presses the button on it to stop the kids from electrocuting themselves.

I don't think she understands that it'll trip itself before that happens, unless the kids find a way to insert themselves into a circuit that's going back to neutral.

Shorting live and neutral is not an incredibly difficult task for some brats to accomplish.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Shorting live and neutral is not an incredibly difficult task for some brats to accomplish.

Some people might not need to remain in the gene pool.

 

[Kee]

Shorting live and neutral is not an incredibly difficult task for some brats to accomplish.

I had a conversation once with a coworker about earliest memories. He claimed he could remember an incident when he was three years old. Me: "What could you possibly remember when you were that young?"

Coworker: "The time I stuck a fork in a wall outlet."

 

[1977Brewer]

I had a conversation once with a coworker about earliest memories. He claimed he could remember an incident when he was three years old. Me: "What could you possibly remember when you were that young?"



Coworker: "The time I stuck a fork in a wall outlet."

I have memories of a home that we moved out of when I was 2, things that happened well before it was destroyed by the tornado that I vividly remember. My daughter has memories as far back as 18 months. It's not unlikely.

 

[Venari]

I had a conversation once with a coworker about earliest memories. He claimed he could remember an incident when he was three years old. Me: "What could you possibly remember when you were that young?"

Coworker: "The time I stuck a fork in a wall outlet."

My ONLY memory from that time was a nightmare I had about my potty. My sister got sucked down into it when it was flushed (Of course, I now know that not only don't potties have any plumbing, they are also highly unlikely to pull a person in the room down into it).

I'm sure that might have delayed my potty training, but I actually don't remember at which age i started using the big boy toilet, so I can't be sure.

 

[drainbamage]

I had a conversation once with a coworker about earliest memories. He claimed he could remember an incident when he was three years old. Me: "What could you possibly remember when you were that young?"

Coworker: "The time I stuck a fork in a wall outlet."

I can remember a few things back to around 4, but mostly just images. I can totally believe an experience that intense making an impression.

 

[slym2none]

To stay in this O/T conversation, I remember stuff from when I was 2-1/2 to 3 years old. I remember running away to a neighbor's house because she always made me cheese toast, and I remember playing with Matchbox cars in the middle of the circle (not a cul de sac, but a true circle, my brother & I made a track in the dirt there) but I don't remember my family nor the house I lived in at all. I also remember moving into the new house my parents bought before I was three, going over and watching my mom paint windows & other stuff before we moved in.

Weird.

 

[Kee]

I have memories of a home that we moved out of when I was 2, things that happened well before it was destroyed by the tornado that I vividly remember. My daughter has memories as far back as 18 months. It's not unlikely.

Childhood amnesia is an interesting subject, with all sorts of theories about how it is influenced by culture, gender, language, type of encoding, etc.:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia

 

[petey_c]

Shorting live and neutral is not an incredibly difficult task for some brats to accomplish.

To reduce the number of brats who get shocked or killed sticking forks into the hot side of an outlet, they now have "Tamper Resistant" outlets. From the NFPA, "These receptacles have spring-loaded shutters that close off the contact openings, or slots, of the receptacles. When a plug is inserted into the receptacle, both springs are compressed and the shutters then open, allowing for the metal prongs to make contact to create an electrical circuit. Because both springs must be compressed at the same time, the shutters do not open when a child attempts to insert an object into only one contact opening, and there is no contact with electricity. Tamper- resistant receptacles are an important next step to making the home a safer place for children." Now we just eliminate those kids smart enough to think, gee I wonder if I used two forks...
Back to the whole co-worker thing...
Idiots that do stupid schist and make us all look bad... http://nypost.com/2015/12/11/air-traffic-controller-arrested-for-illegal-guns-crystal-meth-cops/

 

[GrogNerd]

now we just eliminate those kids smart enough to think, gee i wonder if i used two forks...

 

[podz]

To reduce the number of brats who get shocked or killed sticking forks into the hot side of an outlet, they now have "Tamper Resistant" outlets. From the NFPA, "These receptacles have spring-loaded shutters that close off the contact openings, or slots, of the receptacles. When a plug is inserted into the receptacle, both springs are compressed and the shutters then open, allowing for the metal prongs to make contact to create an electrical circuit. Because both springs must be compressed at the same time, the shutters do not open when a child attempts to insert an object into only one contact opening, and there is no contact with electricity. Tamper- resistant receptacles are an important next step to making the home a safer place for children." Now we just eliminate those kids smart enough to think, gee I wonder if I used two forks...

We have those, too, but in our case you'd need to insert two screwdrivers because the holes are small and round...

 

[fuzzy2133]

To reduce the number of brats who get shocked or killed sticking forks into the hot side of an outlet, they now have "Tamper Resistant" outlets. From the NFPA, "These receptacles have spring-loaded shutters that close off the contact openings, or slots, of the receptacles. When a plug is inserted into the receptacle, both springs are compressed and the shutters then open, allowing for the metal prongs to make contact to create an electrical circuit.

We have a bunch of those in our house. They left out what a pita it is to plug in some of the wall worts "made in china" that are slightly off compared to the standard plug design. I feel like I might break the wall outlet plugging in the toaster.

Typical Monday here, the people who complain they did not get offered to work 6 days and claim they need the money are not coming in today.

Does Wiley Brand make a logic for dummies book?

 

[petey_c]

"We have a bunch of those in our house. They left out what a pita it is to plug in some of the wall worts "made in china" that are slightly off compared to the standard plug design. I feel like I might break the wall outlet plugging in the toaster."
Not to get off subject (again)... If the receptacle moves in and out as you're plugging/unplugging things you can do one of two things. Use metal device plates (available in the same colors as the hard plastic/nylon plates), or use spacers (http://www.homedepot.com/p/Ideal-Spacers-25-Pack-172451L/202937111). They go between the device and the box. See the article for install hints.
https://homebuilding.thefuntimesguide.com/2010/06/electrical_outlet_spacers.php.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

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I'm the best idiot.

 

[MaxStout]

Does Wiley Brand make a logic for dummies book?

If they did, there would still be people who would leave it in their car's trunk or say "the dog ate it."