Here's a ya had to be there. Company builds new huge state of art ground equipment maintenance & repair. 25 bays. 12 north, 13 south. 1 bay fire extinguisher equipped to work on fuel trucks. And two wash bays, with hot soapy wand and a clean rinse softener, no spots wand. We move start using it.
Somebody forgot to install or plan for compressed air in bays. Uh how do run tools? Big dogs point fingers at each other. Chaos begins.
Wash bay second day. All vehicles that come in for regular periodical service get a quick look over for obvious, then into wash bay before service. Me " hey Robert , shouldn't there be a drain in the floor and slope down?" ( Rob did industrial construction) " You gotta be kidding me, flat floor no drains, it's running outside, if it hits the storm drain , were screwed"
Stop the wash, throw out pig blankets and tubes.
More, finger pointing , and shouting, foot stomping , we the unclean mechanic worker bees are enjoying the show. Oh look , fancy car, the really big cheese has stopped by.
Ever see how the queen bee is surrounded by servants, that's what it looks like.
More finger pointing, shouting, uh oh, it got quiet all the sudden. They left.
Next day, big crew out , grinds, cuts, plumbs, drains, fixed wash bay. Murphys law 2.5 doing it the second time is perfection.
The first month was a bit of " why were they thinking " and " whoever designed this should made to work here ".
They had the exhaust fans running constantly, there weren't real loud , but the frequency and how many that running . You shout at the tech Twenty feet away and he couldn't hear you.
" Oh it's fine , you'll be ok ". After first week and the foreman and then the super and a safety guy, couldn't get anyone's attention, thought the techs were just ignoring them, they installed switches on all the fans to use only when needed.
LOL.
Somebody forgot to install or plan for compressed air in bays. Uh how do run tools? Big dogs point fingers at each other. Chaos begins.
Wash bay second day. All vehicles that come in for regular periodical service get a quick look over for obvious, then into wash bay before service. Me " hey Robert , shouldn't there be a drain in the floor and slope down?" ( Rob did industrial construction) " You gotta be kidding me, flat floor no drains, it's running outside, if it hits the storm drain , were screwed"
Stop the wash, throw out pig blankets and tubes.
More, finger pointing , and shouting, foot stomping , we the unclean mechanic worker bees are enjoying the show. Oh look , fancy car, the really big cheese has stopped by.
Ever see how the queen bee is surrounded by servants, that's what it looks like.
More finger pointing, shouting, uh oh, it got quiet all the sudden. They left.
Next day, big crew out , grinds, cuts, plumbs, drains, fixed wash bay. Murphys law 2.5 doing it the second time is perfection.
The first month was a bit of " why were they thinking " and " whoever designed this should made to work here ".
They had the exhaust fans running constantly, there weren't real loud , but the frequency and how many that running . You shout at the tech Twenty feet away and he couldn't hear you.
" Oh it's fine , you'll be ok ". After first week and the foreman and then the super and a safety guy, couldn't get anyone's attention, thought the techs were just ignoring them, they installed switches on all the fans to use only when needed.
LOL.