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over a year ago
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The amount of time I was instructed to ask supplies people for left handed screwdrivers, right handed hammers, sky hooks, striped paint was ridiculous when I was a youngster starting out in employment |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Have any of you lot been sent to get, or been sent to get, stupid items?
Such as a left handed screwdriver, or a bucket of steam? "
No! You must be spending too much time in Todmorden if you are.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Sent a mates sister to the newsagents for the car magazine, 'Escort'.
Livid wasn't in it when she came back, couldn't believe that when she calmed down she went for a copy of a real car magazine, 'Fiesta'.
Never stayed around for her reaction but my mate said it was hilarious and was a couple of weeks before I was brave enough to go round to my mates again. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Sent a newb at work to the stores with a hammer and said on the way would you drop this note into the boss "give me some holidays or I will smash you with this hammer" oh how we all laughed  or is it  |
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We used to get new employees to water the plants in the restaurant I worked at just to see if they realised they were artificial!! I would also send people to the bus station to get my passport photos for me lol. My hairdresser used to send his trainee to the deli opposite for some organic K9P, a delicious drink he'd just discovered. How cruel.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Once sent an apprentice for half a yard of Fallopian tubing.....he came back with some black rubber hose. Sent him back to stores as it was wrong diameter! |
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By *horltzMan
over a year ago
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"An apprentice was sent by his boss to get a packet of clasic cigars and came back with the biscuit variety ... Classics  "
I sent a lad for a pack of cafe cremes ( cigars ) at work one day , he brought me back custard creams |
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when i was driving coaches abroad, driving through france and got stuck behind a tractor, convinced the young hostess (tea server) that as in france it was a left hand drive tractor.
this continued on then to left hand drive motorbikes |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Friday used to be chip shop day,we'd ring in the order and the young apprentice used to go for it,the lads would pay more than it would cost so the lad could have the change.we told him to get himself something.When he got back all the lads were tucking in but not him,we asked didn't he get himself anything and his answer was yeah,he'd bought a Sweater as he was going out that night   |
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red & green oil for the steaming lights on a ship,
a left handed screwdriver,
bubbles for a spirit level,
a glass hammer ( we actually got it as well, apprenticeship in Pilkington's glass. Store person got fed up being asked for one so he got one made up.}
engineering bricks that go round corners,
A sky hook,
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A few years ago I was putting a new engine in a car I had and wrote a list of parts I needed and juicy went to go get them for me.
Amongst the list of usual things like timing belt and oil etc I had put in a long stand, tartan paint, glass hammer and a few other stupid things.
She checked it and the only one she didn't cross out was the long stand. The bloke in the shop got her to phone me up and ask how long. Luckily she saw the funny side. |
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Worked in a parts shop, and didnt know much about engines.... a mechanic came in and asked for a radiator hose for a VW Beetle... I ended up with three stores catalogs out looking through them... the other stores guys were hid round the corner trying not to laugh as I got more and more frustrated trying to find the part he wanted.... he played me for 20 minutes before telling me that Beetles were air-cooled! |
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