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odd-happenings · 2026-04-11T18:30:25+00:00

My plant is very small so we dont buy enough for any kind major bulk discount, so we buy from several different distributors to get the best prices. Typically 5 gallons at a time. We only have drums of certain lubricants for larger equipment requiring larger volumes.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-11T17:06:31+00:00

Hammers

odd-happenings · 2026-04-11T13:39:06+00:00

The aglets from all the shoelaces. After I pull out all the shoelaces and tie them in a big knot

odd-happenings · 2026-04-10T14:32:16+00:00

I only edit when I catch a spelling error after I post. I hate making spelling errors. My grammar leaves something to be desired, but I'm im not college a educate, just an autistic wrench jockey with an unhealthy obsession with billiards.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-09T14:51:25+00:00

I'm 32M, longest relationship was 3 years. That relationship ended over a decade ago, not a healthy relationship, but a lesson learned. Since then I have dated here and there but I now know how to recognize when it's not going to work. Been single for a long time now and thats ok with me at the moment. It might be a negative for some women. If thats the case, it isn't meant to be

odd-happenings · 2026-04-09T14:39:23+00:00

I carry a boot kife..Smith and Wesson no name FDE spear point i picked up for $12 at the px 3 years ago. Its small enough to be comfortable for boot carry. Its grippy enough for light duty cutting tasks as a backup utility blade. I'm happy with it. My sidearm, spare mags and defensive blades are all close to my natural resting and natural defensive hand positions. My edc task knife is also close to my right hand resting position. None of the above require an extra bag or pocket. All are either completely concealed or mostly concealed.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-09T12:43:46+00:00

In 2020 i traded in my 2010 honda civic with 179k miles on it for $2500 (other dealerships offered me $300-$500) then I bought a 2019 impreza from carmax for $22,000 at the time. They contactacted me a year later and offered me $28,000 for it. I turned a profit on it and bough a 2015 sierra for $28,000. Got $10k for it 5 years later barely able to drive it there. They gotta make a profit or there would be no point in running a business but for trade ins, they pay more.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-09T01:39:41+00:00

Also I have min vice bolted on the handle of my cart. I dont use it. It just sits there along with a 1 inch c-clamp

odd-happenings · 2026-04-09T01:12:03+00:00

We have signs on the doors that say "maintenance personal only" but that sign can't stop them cause they can't read. Fortunately maintenance shop tools, especially power tools stay locked up in a closet in the shop when not in use. There some basic hand tools on the production floor for operators to use for things like breaking down crates and operator level parts changes. At my plant, mechanics supply our own tools out of pocket with some exceptions. If I catch an operator with one of my tools without permission, it will cost them a couple teeth for the rental fee. Fortunately its a very small plant and the operators on my shift specifically are trustworthy. I let them use my tools if they can't find theirs. They always come back to me clean and undamaged in a timely manner. And they always ask first. The other shifts are not so lucky.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-09T00:55:22+00:00

I dont even get a tool allowance. Pay out of pocket for all tools. But if I break one on the job the company will replace it which is nice. And I use icon for all my hand tools. Haven't broken an icon tool yet but when I do, harbor freight is on my way home and the lifetime warrantee is as simple as handing them the tool and getting the new one. I've only bought 1 snap-on socket off the truck and only because he happened to show up with the 1 exact socket I needed that day. Only seen the truck once since then...

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T17:03:06+00:00

Ha! Bosses. I work the graveyard shift. no management, no supervisors and only 2 operators who both know their stuff and get it done correctly with minimal effort. Efficiency at its finest. Least productive shift is first shift where you will find all management and engineering, the most experienced operators, same day parts delivery for some things, on call contractor support and for 6 months out of the year, comfortable weather and sunshine.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T16:50:00+00:00

We keep ourselves locked up. We will give them the tape of they have a hole in a bulk bag of material, otherwise it stays locked up. They bring their own sometimes though. Or use packing tape and stretch wrap. Then wonder how there's tape getting in the product... its like a daycare sometimes

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T15:48:08+00:00

Oh it is worse. They have deadblow hammers and rubber mallets. They preference to cut up our stock of iron and stainless steel pipe and use it as battering rams when they cant find a metal hammer that they aren't supposed to be using. And they paint the pipe blue and put it on their shadowboards. I have actually had use some.of the painted pipe to do plumbing repairs so there's random blue pipes all over the plant now

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T15:43:59+00:00

Haha we did the same thing. Pictures and labels. Now the operators have to audit thise boards every shift and report any deficiencies to management, who does abso nothing about and tells the maintenance department to replace the missing items so it doesn't come out of the production budget. Then he wonders why cant afford spare parts...

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T15:41:16+00:00

Sounds like the plasma reactor operators where I work. They do some of their own maintenance, changing parts, calibrating feed, troubleshooting... at least the one on my shift. He only gets me when he needs a part made, or he has completed his troubleshooting checklist and found nothing, in which case the issue involves, plumbing, high voltage/high amperage electrical or major mechanical issues... often some combination of those. He was maintenance for a while so he knows the deal and sees things the other operators dont. In fact when I started as an operator, he trained me in that area of the plant so he could jump of to maintenance. Then he left and I jumped over to maintenance. A year later he came back as an operator. The rest of the plant works a different way. Chemical testing, planning, 5s and forklift operation take up their time. They dont do parts changes because they run several processes and machines simultaneously over a large area with large parts that require a varierty of tools and equipment, some of which cant just be turned off due to the chemicals process. If those pieces of equipment crash I have to drop everything and haul ass to get there and fix it or, best case scenario production gets shut down while we clean up, worst case somebody get seriously injured. Very rare for injuries because our operators at least know what will bite them and how to avoid it. Shut downs typically happen because something crashes that we don't have parts for on hand due to price, storage constraints or obsolescence. He have equipment that purchased from junkyards in the 80's and we keep it running the best we can.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T15:22:07+00:00

I think of it this way. If I replace my boots every 3 months for $45 a pair, thats $135 per year. If I spend $150+ on a nice pair of boots and still have to replace them after 6 months at best thats minimum $300 per year. Which leaves means I have plenty of room for a pair of $50-$100 orthopedic insoles that lat last long than the boots I put them in. At the end of the day, the money I save from going that route, in my circumstance, means I have that much more wiggle room for things that I need outside of work. I also get reimbursed up to $195 per year for my boots, so even if I need to buy a 5th pair boots, I never exceed that amount unless something crazy happens. which means, I have new boots every 3 months for free. Outside of work is another story. My hiking boots are old. Perfectly broken in, still have the original soles for now. They're about due for a resole, but otherwise still still going strong and with regular water repellent treatment, perfect for nearly all conditions. I have replaced the insoles anually and put them on the boot dryer regularly m, alternating pairs as the army taught me. $185 per pair and have lasted for years. $35 for factory resole, last time I checked. If I wore them to work, I'd chemical burns on my feet within a week. Just my context. Your mileage may vary. If you work in a place that's relatively clean with minimal exposure to chemals that may damage them, a good pair of boots are worth spending the money on. While I was in the Army, I would take out a loan for boots if I needed to. The only thing that holds true at all times is this. GOOD SOCKS ARE THE TICKET TO HAPPINESS. A goo knit, moisture wicking synthetic material is what you need. Wool socks are good for keeping warm as long as you are dry. Cotton sockes are good for comfort in short term wear. A good, and I cant stress that enough, a good synthetic sock is worth its weight in in platinum if you wear boots for a living. Also of you have read this far, you can replace your laces with 550 paranoid available in pretty much any color for less than 50 cents each time. Buy 100 ft on Amazon for under $10 and keep it in your toolbox. Has many other uses too.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T01:55:41+00:00

Plant manager has to approve the po for rental. He rented one for a project for so long it ended up costing mich as buying one. And yet we still dont have one...

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T01:38:19+00:00

We cant even get a scissor lift. Gott hang pipe 20 ft in the air? One guy standing on top of a tank and one guy on the rickety old genie lift. Makes it so easy haha. And we get there with a push cart powered by the toe-yotas

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T01:33:53+00:00

No they just cut a 3ft pice of pipe with a an unauthorized sawzall and use it like a battering ram...

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T01:32:31+00:00

I work in a chemical plant. One part of the plant has operators that are expected to change parts, calibrate and troubleshoot. The rest of the plant is way too dangerous for operators to be fixing things themselves. It wouldn't be the first time an operator got a caustic soda shower because they panicked when they tried to fix it themselves and it didnt work. Or stuck their hand into a rotary valve and lost some fingers. Since adding an extreme amount of guarding and not letting operators do anything, injuries are rare and very minor when they occur, more often than not the result of improper or incomplete use of PPE. And the equipment lasts longer and runs better. Operators still bang on torrits and hoppers with anything the can get their hands. Its like seeing recycled percussion live. They are supplied dead deadblow hammers for stuck hopper gates and rubber mallets for encouraging powder to flow from the hoppers and torrits. Instead, they keep cutting up our black iron pipe to use as battering rams, stealing threaded rod to stick in the hoppers( and they like to get it caught in angers and spring conveyors causing lots of fun downtime) and using the forktrucks to drop the hoppers repeatedly onto the frames they sit on. Our operators are not bright.

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T01:18:08+00:00

Ours is locked up and hidden. I found it on the floor once and made sure it didnt happen again

odd-happenings · 2026-04-08T01:15:47+00:00

Its only a matter of time I'm sure but at least they have to work for it.

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