Safety Knights

First to show up, last to find out

LOLLLLLLLLLL - this has happened to me many times. In fact, I went to cross audit a plant in Virginia 3 years ago, and took a 4 am flight to get there. Being from Buffalo a little bit of snow on the ground is no big deal, but the 2 inches down there caused everyone to stay home....i didn't even get a phone call and showed up at 8 to locked doors. How about that!

I have had this happen plenty of times in construction, not much in GI though.

It did happen for a safety committee once in GI and I got no backing from the DO. So, they next time he needed me to come to one of his meetings I said OKAY and then didn't show up. Need to say he was pissed; I didn't answer to him only to corporate. Yes, I am petty.

We need you at the Pre job ASAP.
[Arrives at Pre job with instrumentation]
Never mind, pre-job is tomorrow.
[Returns instrumentation]
Where are you at? We’re waiting on you for the pre-job…
[begins walk across the site]
We decided to have a third party do the work.
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K. Thanks.

"Last I heard I was THE CUSTOMER! Unless they had a family death, bring in the next Contractor and scratch this one! Moving on!!! "
That is how you handle that one.
I grew up in the auto business, I could see me calling up Ford or GM and telling them I could mot make a meeting they called Unless someone died, it would have been my last meeting with them.
I believe in the Customer / Vender relationship. I had to take enough crap from my customers, I will be dam____, if I take any from a Vendor/Contractor! Poop goes down hill you know!
I am only half kidding! My other pet peeve is when a contractor tells me what they will do and not do. If we are negotiating a contract or Purchase Order OK, but once they sign on the dotted line, I am the boss and the first law is NO CRAP! You treat me right I will do the same, if not the gloves come off.

How about working on a job for several weeks, a smelter rebuild. You know it’s only 85% completed but, when you arrive for your shift the gate is closed and locked. An armed guard tells you to turn yourself around and go home. So you go to the contractor trailer and the contractor boss says “oh yeah they do this all the time. The price of copper went up so they willing to take the risk. Didn’t anyone call you?”