Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Weird Workmates


matelot
 Share

Recommended Posts

Log in or register to remove this advert

  • Replies 44
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

No bigger wierdo than our fabricator welder Mick. He can be working away for two years no problem and just disappear for six months plus with no warning. He will then just walk back in out of the blue and ask what we are doing today as if it was yesterday:confused1::confused1:. He has been like this for the last twenty years, no explanation and because he is such a crank no one asks:laugh1:

 

Bob

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Worked with a lad like that who would disappear for a week at a time and when asked where he'd been he'd have no idea but proudly show you a new tat he couldn't remember getting but just found 1 morning.

Had another lad who liked licking random stuff like sticks, van doors even a gate post for no apparent reason always worried 1 day he'd try a spinning chainsaw chain!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I once had a customer worse than that. Was prepping a load of lodgepole pine they had bought in ready to build a massive roundhouse yurt halfway up a mountain. In order to get it up the track to where it was going to be built had to cut a single branch on a silver birch that was in the way. Before I was allowed to do so we had to have 5 minutes silent meditation followed by a prayer being said. When the branch was eventually cut they were in tears, they then proceeded to wrap the branch in a blanket & took it off somewhere while they decided what its purpose would be.

 

Which part of powys? I went to school in Presteigne :

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I once had a customer worse than that. Was prepping a load of lodgepole pine they had bought in ready to build a massive roundhouse yurt halfway up a mountain. In order to get it up the track to where it was going to be built had to cut a single branch on a silver birch that was in the way. Before I was allowed to do so we had to have 5 minutes silent meditation followed by a prayer being said. When the branch was eventually cut they were in tears, they then proceeded to wrap the branch in a blanket & took it off somewhere while they decided what its purpose would be.

 

 

You know, I actually quite like the thought of that. If some people cared half as much we might still have a lot more trees left in the world.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

No bigger wierdo than our fabricator welder Mick. He can be working away for two years no problem and just disappear for six months plus with no warning. He will then just walk back in out of the blue and ask what we are doing today as if it was yesterday:confused1::confused1:. He has been like this for the last twenty years, no explanation and because he is such a crank no one asks:laugh1:

 

 

 

Bob

 

 

 

Walkabout? Aboriginal?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Walkabout? Aboriginal?

 

How weird is this, we have nicknamed him the boomerang welder because he always comes back, he also has residence status in Auz ( dual citizenship) which is where he buggers off to. He is always chasing the dream out there but it always seems to go titsup for him so he comes back.We dont ask :)

 

Bob

Link to comment
Share on other sites

How weird is this, we have nicknamed him the boomerang welder because he always comes back, he also has residence status in Auz ( dual citizenship) which is where he buggers off to. He is always chasing the dream out there but it always seems to go titsup for him so he comes back.We dont ask :)

 

 

 

Bob

 

 

Just realised he is called Mick (Dundee?).

 

Ask him when he was born?

 

"In the summertime"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share


  •  

  • Featured Adverts

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

Articles

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.