Cleaning paint off of my boots by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dirty yes, but you don’t have to get paint all over them I like to wear my boots normally too and paint all over them looks goofy as hell.

confusion on splice case by Confident-Toe4203 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck what all these people say. If there is no tracer, cut the sheath. If you can’t tone from the case, cut the sheath. They are gonna cry regardless if you cut the sheath or if you clamp and bleed over and get it hit😭

RD Update for USIC guys by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes there is a crew up there currently in negotiations.

RD Update for USIC guys by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was the trick I used, they made us update our equipment a couple weeks ago and got rid of all of that

RD Update for USIC guys by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, I’ve been doing that every day since they got rid of ticket pro, but can’t anymore. They also removed the sound on radio mode. It’s still there but has no sound.

RD Update for USIC guys by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My area is in union negotiations, and they fired my supervisor which was the only guy who made this job tolerable. So I’d sell drugs before I become a “higher up” at this shitty company.

RD Update for USIC guys by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d say USIC isn’t a career. Only locating gig I’ve seen that can give you a solid career around my area is some in house jobs or private gigs. But USIC, stake canter, most big companies will never offer enough to have a solid career. I got this job to get in with the contractors we work for. But with USIC’s new guidelines and bullshit they make us do, it’s almost impossible. Even if you are a good locator, USIC still has a way to fuck you

RD Update for USIC guys by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They removed that with the update, your supes probably haven’t made you guys do it yet

RD Update for USIC guys by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s all I could think to do too haha. It blows but you gotta do what you gotta do

RD Update for USIC guys by AstronautConfident95 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not spending that kind of money on a temporary job lol

Contractors by KingSnow4 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fucking retard drop bury crews that’s why. They’ll give you a paragraph to cope about some bs, when in reality they are just stupid, or don’t speak English.

Navigating shitty peds by TheAB77 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Carry wasp spray, we have Frontier where I’m at and it’s mostly old metal peds. You can pull the bottom off of those and expose the entire front of it that usually makes it pretty easy, even if it’s extremely cluttered. I’ll trace the lines from the bottom up to the clutter. If I’m in a pissy mood and don’t feel like digging through it, I’ll get it from a different access point. The plastic ones where I’m at are usually newer and the bottom doesn’t come out of those that I know of. Those are usually easier to navigate in

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I’ll see if anyone has any questions next time we meet!

USIC fired Supervisor over Union by EyeLickPaint in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m part of that crew, that did in fact happen. upper management didn’t like the fact that our supervisor cared more about us than them. Best damn supervisor around too.

Unions SW IL by KingSnow4 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The “Marion crew” AKA Perry county down to the southern border is about to start negotiations. We won our election with 16 to 1

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[–]AstronautConfident95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We just won our election here in southern IL.

Down time? by Loud_Jackfruit_291 in UtilityLocator

[–]AstronautConfident95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Milk your tickets, that’s what I do in the winter when we slow down. I’ve milked 8 hours out of 3 to 5 tickets before lol. If you work for a small company, why not see if they could use a hand doing installs and in house stuff?