The Daily Beef

[TheCableVine]

Some home owners just don't understand the concept that there is more than one line in the ground than what they want located.

Went to a home and the HO said she just wanted the electric lines located (while pointing at the phone ped) I told her that gas also ran in the dig area. She insisted that all she needed was the electric lines that came out of that box (the phone ped). I had to explain to her that more than one utility ran through the front of her yard and she needed them all located if she was going to dig. It took about 10 minutes to get it across to her.

[RoadMap]

So she was a rock with an IQ of 30?

[underground quester]

I had an elderly senior home owner last year who came storming out of her house demanding to know why I was attaching that device to her house. Was I listening in on her private conversations? Was I spying on her?

(Ya, I was... through the gas meter.)

The more I laughed at her, the madder she got. Had to leave before I totally came apart with laughter.

[Goldenboy]

I recieved an emergency CATV upgrade ticket at 2 PM today. This really isn't a big deal but what made me mad was the homeowner said the CATV had been temped out since this winter. If the damn thing has been temped out for 6 months then why do you need a one hour emergency to bury it.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/predrunner/cablevine/verymad.gif

[TBONE]

Dont have one today give it time :mad:

[beyond help]

just tell the HO that you're checking for radiation leaks:rolleyes: Or that you're shutting off the gas

[RoadMap]

Just tell the HO you are doing a utility survey for a new highway through the area;)

[USIC1]

I got my 9 month damage free incentive flashlight last week with its dead made in china batterys...


So instead of turning the other cheek for the second slap in the face I decided to drop my drawers and offer them tandem cheeks...


My apreciation from the damage incentive program...

All those millions in revenue and risk to high priorty facilities and we get cracker jack box items of apreciation...

GEEZ!!!!

:p

[underground quester]

I got my 9 month damage free incentive flashlight last week with its dead made in china batterys...


So instead of turning the other cheek for the second slap in the face I decided to drop my drawers and offer them tandem cheeks...

My apreciation from the damage incentive program...

All those millions in revenue and risk to high priorty facilities and we get cracker jack box items of apreciation...

GEEZ!!!!

:p



Wow, in three years I have NOT received one damage free ANYTHING. Have NOT even gotten an "atta boy", so dude....You are WAY ahead of me!!!! Show some appreciation will ya!!! ;)

Wha HOO a flashlight. I bet you bragged about that one all the way to the dumpster!!!

Wait till the one year mark, I hear its a key chain... oh, but its got a fancy red light that lets you see the door lock on your locating vehicle...and dead batteries.

WELL worth bustin your butt for I'd say!!!

[Mr Blunderbuss]

I had an elderly senior home owner last year who came storming out of her house demanding to know why I was attaching that device to her house. Was I listening in on her private conversations? Was I spying on her?

(Ya, I was... through the gas meter.)

The more I laughed at her, the madder she got. Had to leave before I totally came apart with laughter.

That is the best one I've heard yet...

[yahoo]

for the first time i lost my cool with a ho.................she said i did something to her phone ped my made her phone not work anymore.........i explained to her there was not anything i could have done but she insisted and started to yell at me...............steve...............what can we do ????we are wrong no matter what and public servants...............that is my final answer....;)

[TBONE]

Mine is the onecall centers who tell the HO that we will locate thier private utilities and when we tell them no they say "Well that girl on the phone said you do!!":o

[Goldenboy]

Pissed off I gotta work tomorrow. I've worked the last 9 weekends and really thought I could have this one off. I have 144 tickets on my board and there's no way I can take off tomorrow.

I guess five 70+ hour weeks will make for some decent checks but I'm just plain sick of it.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/predrunner/cablevine/banghead.gif

[Locatingart]

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[Goldenboy]

locatingart what would Darin do if he knew you were spending all your time spreading all this union crap around. It's pretty obvious your out of the Milwaukee office.

BTW I would have just sent this in a PM but for some reason you decided to turn your PM's off.

[beyond help]

loc.art, What in the HELL does the union have to do with the topic. We were sharing stories of how homeowners give us crap about what we do to make a living. SO from now on keep your union $#!t in a thread for union topics. Wait......there isn't one yet.......I wonder why. We were having fun with this until 15 seconds of constant scrolling appeared. So PLEASE, and I mean PLEEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE stop it. This is coming from a former union steward for more than 5 years in a different industry. Thank you and have a nice day.:mad:

[2RUDE]

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[TBONE]

loc.art, What in the HELL does the union have to do with the topic. We were sharing stories of how homeowners give us crap about what we do to make a living. SO from now on keep your union $#!t in a thread for union topics. Wait......there isn't one yet.......I wonder why. We were having fun with this until 15 seconds of constant scrolling appeared. So PLEASE, and I mean PLEEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE stop it. This is coming from a former union steward for more than 5 years in a different industry. Thank you and have a nice day.:mad: Thank you strongly put:cool:

[RoadMap]

The Quality department keeps all that good stuff to themselves. To give to their clients when they are out playing golf with them during work hours:)

[RoadMap]

locatingart what would Darin do if he knew you were spending all your time spreading all this union crap around. It's pretty obvious your out of the Milwaukee office.

BTW I would have just sent this in a PM but for some reason you decided to turn your PM's off.

RoadMap: Why did you lode your job?
Locatingart: Union!

[sprayandpray]

Had one Friday - pull up to a house, get out get my equipment and start walking up to a house and an elderly gentleman is on his porch and asks "Can I help you?" Well, the 1st thing that popped up in my mind was this thread, soooo, I answered "Yeah, you can come throw flags for me if you want!" Let me tell you, I wish I had had my camera ready to take a picture of his face - it was priceless! When I left, he was still wondering what I was doing! I gotta start doing this s___t more often!:D

[Mr Blunderbuss]

When someone comes out of their house and asks "can I help you?", I just say "no".

[PowerSweep]

I always hold out my bag and tell them they can carry it for me if they want to help.

[South Kansas]

i usually just get back in my truck and clear out the ticket. I did not sign up to talk to people

[Mr Blunderbuss]

i usually just get back in my truck and clear out the ticket. I did not sign up to talk to people


No kidding. I hate when people want to come out and chat. They act like all we do the rest of the day is just sit around drinking coffee and waiting for them to call for a locate.

[big boots mcghee]

i usually just get back in my truck and clear out the ticket. I did not sign up to talk to people

Actually, yes you did. The job requires you to talk to contractors, homeowners, and facility owners on a regular basis for a variety of reasons, and your job consists of providing a service and doing it in a proffessional manner. If some of you guys are actually out there doing this stuff it's no wonder it's no wonder the locating industry isn't taken seriously.

[USIC1]

They deserve the courtesy of knowing what your doing in there yard...

But it does nt need to be sugar coated...I splatter it out real quick and start doing my thing even before the secondary questions come they better start following for any further answers...I dont stand there waiting...

I say- "got to keep moving already late on some other tickets...Someone could get killed...Would you like to have that on your conscience?????

:angelic:

[UULC]

They deserve the courtesy of knowing what your doing in there yard...

But it does nt need to be sugar coated...I splatter it out real quick and start doing my thing even before the secondary questions come they better start following for any further answers...I dont stand there waiting...

I say- "got to keep moving already late on some other tickets...Someone could get killed...Would you like to have that on your conscience?????

:angelic:

That is the way. Less talk and keep moving. You get less trouble. Still the HO will call in on you and said you were rude and walked off.:rules:

[USIC1]

What happened to all the OT...


I dont know what to do with myself these days...


Works dried up...

:bang:

[RoadMap]

You can have some of mine!:drinks:

[Mr Blunderbuss]

It goes without saying that homeowners are mostly ignorant of how the one-call/locating process works. They have no concept that productivity is as important in our line of work as it may be in their line of work.

[South Kansas]

Hell my sup is pretty ignorant. Hell I never leave my house or take pictures but he has never caught me or said a word about it. Nobody seems to be watching at all. Total idiots!

[USIC1]

Hell my sup is pretty ignorant. Hell I never leave my house or take pictures but he has never caught me or said a word about it. Nobody seems to be watching at all. Total idiots!

Probably not had any cuts to need any of that data...

But one day you will end up on the radar...



Then :verymad:

[sprayandpray]

Hell my sup is pretty ignorant. Hell I never leave my house or take pictures but he has never caught me or said a word about it. Nobody seems to be watching at all. Total idiots!


And you also said that you add time to your tickets so you don't have to help your fellow locators. You know what, I think we have a new name for an old nemesis - Hello Justice! It's nice to know that your attitude comes thru no matter what name you use. I may be wrong, but I don't believe I am - Steve, keep an eye on this guy:scold:

[underground quester]

Hell my sup is pretty ignorant. Hell I never leave my house or take pictures but he has never caught me or said a word about it. Nobody seems to be watching at all. Total idiots!


Steve at TheCableVine:

I am inclined to agree with SPRAY on this individuals entries.

What value is he adding to the forum. His entries, whether true or not-and I am not believing they are, are all negative. They certainly detract from what is an otherwise enjoyable forum.

[Goldenboy]

I haven't finished my two mile long VRAD project and I just got a one mile 48 inch sewer main relay job in a really congested area called in.:bonk:

[locomike]

Do like i did on when i was locating power. the h.o. comes out says what are you doing, u say de-energizing the service. We have not revieved a payment in three months so no money no power!! haha

[USIC1]

I get a ticket at a residence in a neighborhood a new water line was recently installed in the neighborhood....

Ticket says mark right side of house property around the existing water pump house...The new meterbox is straight out at road near property line and directly in front sort of a no brainer and assume making sure the area between the 2 points is all thats needed...Well Ms homeowner is standing in door watching me mark a main phone line and even picked up the pump hs electric I dotted only...So i figured what the hec and gestured for her to come out to confirm this is the only area necessary...I asked are you just going to the pump house and not all the way to the house???And she said are they going to run the line all the way to the house???I was like who are they???She said I dont know your a man you should know...I was like your the homeowner and all I want to do is make sure your not running all the way back to the house...She says I m a woman i dont know this stuff...I said well all genders aside its about common sense thats all see theres a pipe feeding water to the house already from the pump house are you going to tie into that or run a new line all the way out to the meter box???
Response was i dont know my husband knows that...

I did the OK nevermind i m just marking what your ticket says...And Im outa here...Geez!!!

I could of marked half the frikin neighborhood instead of "the whos on first scenario" its classic always...

Next I pull up to a dumpster the other day at my apartments leave the drivers side door open while throwing away emptys and trash...So i got this trash box on the paassenger side go to get that and a frikin boxer comes running acrossed the parking lot fast but not at me so i didnt need to react into defense mode but the sucker jumped in my drivers side and proceeded to take possession of my seat by laying there...I couldnt shoo his ass away..I yelled and waved and he would nt budge...Just wagged his tail...He was probably 60 lbs and didnt seem mean but i know if i had tugged on him he might bite for invading his I mean my space...So this guy at the bldg nearby i stick my hands out like is this thing yours...He had to go to the other end of the apartment bldg for a few minutes to get the owner to come out...The guy had no clue his dog was out...The dog dug his claws into my computer desk and was reluctant to leave even with his owner getting him...


I NEVER!!!!

I was going to go cry to the office and complain but i already have a bad reputation for that and they dont pay much mind to me anymore...

So that would have been a wasted cause...


:baby2::crying::mad::(:greenapple:

[sprayandpray]

He must have gotten a whiff of something really strange in your seat:yikes: You know dogs really like dead,rotting meat types of smells:icon_redface:;)

[frostypeters]

sniff...sniff...smells like wet feet & ass!:icon_redface:

[underground quester]

I get a ticket at a residence in a neighborhood a new water line was recently installed in the neighborhood....

Ticket says mark right side of house property around the existing water pump house...The new meterbox is straight out at road near property line and directly in front sort of a no brainer and assume making sure the area between the 2 points is all thats needed...Well Ms homeowner is standing in door watching me mark a main phone line and even picked up the pump hs electric I dotted only...So i figured what the hec and gestured for her to come out to confirm this is the only area necessary...I asked are you just going to the pump house and not all the way to the house???And she said are they going to run the line all the way to the house???I was like who are they???She said I dont know your a man you should know...I was like your the homeowner and all I want to do is make sure your not running all the way back to the house...She says I m a woman i dont know this stuff...I said well all genders aside its about common sense thats all see theres a pipe feeding water to the house already from the pump house are you going to tie into that or run a new line all the way out to the meter box???
Response was i dont know my husband knows that...

I did the OK nevermind i m just marking what your ticket says...And Im outa here...Geez!!!

I could of marked half the frikin neighborhood instead of "the whos on first scenario" its classic always...

Next I pull up to a dumpster the other day at my apartments leave the drivers side door open while throwing away emptys and trash...So i got this trash box on the paassenger side go to get that and a frikin boxer comes running acrossed the parking lot fast but not at me so i didnt need to react into defense mode but the sucker jumped in my drivers side and proceeded to take possession of my seat by laying there...I couldnt shoo his ass away..I yelled and waved and he would nt budge...Just wagged his tail...He was probably 60 lbs and didnt seem mean but i know if i had tugged on him he might bite for invading his I mean my space...So this guy at the bldg nearby i stick my hands out like is this thing yours...He had to go to the other end of the apartment bldg for a few minutes to get the owner to come out...The guy had no clue his dog was out...The dog dug his claws into my computer desk and was reluctant to leave even with his owner getting him...


I NEVER!!!!

I was going to go cry to the office and complain but i already have a bad reputation for that and they dont pay much mind to me anymore...

So that would have been a wasted cause...


:baby2::crying::mad::(:greenapple:




OH, THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER...DON'T YOU HATE EM!

i AM KIND OF THINKING THAT SOMEONE SHOULD GATHER ALL THE FUNNY STORIES/STUPID STUFF THAT HAPPEN TO US IN A DAY AND PUT THEM IN A BOOK.

[gypsygirl]

OH, THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER...DON'T YOU HATE EM!

i AM KIND OF THINKING THAT SOMEONE SHOULD GATHER ALL THE FUNNY STORIES/STUPID STUFF THAT HAPPEN TO US IN A DAY AND PUT THEM IN A BOOK.

UGQ... can we elect you to be our writer? :breakcomp:

[USIC1]

I got the second letter for my rebate check last Saturday saying it would be here by the 13th...

WELL???

It aint here yet...

Can I charge interest now???

:rules:

[sprayandpray]

[QUOTE=USIC1;2171]I got the second letter for my rebate check last Saturday saying it would be here by the 13th...

WELL???

It aint here yet...

Can I charge interest now???

:rules:[/QUOTE

I got mine:yahoo::ylsuper:

[locator_smbk]

I got the second letter for my rebate check last Saturday saying it would be here by the 13th...

WELL???

It aint here yet...

Can I charge interest now???

:rules:

Sounds like the new USIC and the IRS are one in the same.....

[Goldenboy]

I got the second letter for my rebate check last Saturday saying it would be here by the 13th...

WELL???

It aint here yet...

Can I charge interest now???

:rules:

I got mine. Unfortunately I used it to pay for the second half of my property taxes.:cry:

[LadyLeatherneck]

Today's daily beef:

How can a locator be expected to perform his/her job without proper equipment!!!??? :bang::bang::bang:

No paint, no computer, no camera, etc. "Oh, you'll figure it out." High profile locates with crews digging as we speak and no way to prove my case. "Oh, we're working on it." When the damage comes along, guess who will be charged! Not "Oh"! Me! And yet, you can't do anything about it! :bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:

[gypsygirl]

Today's daily beef:

How can a locator be expected to perform his/her job without proper equipment!!!??? :bang::bang::bang:

No paint, no computer, no camera, etc. "Oh, you'll figure it out." High profile locates with crews digging as we speak and no way to prove my case. "Oh, we're working on it." When the damage comes along, guess who will be charged! Not "Oh"! Me! And yet, you can't do anything about it! :bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:

LL... document....document....document....document....
then at least you have left yourself somewhat of a trail to cya:breakcomp:

[LadyLeatherneck]

Thanks for the encouragement Gypsy. No't much makes me quite that angry.

[Goldenboy]

It's getting to be busy and spring rush hasn't went away. The way we're going we are going to go straight from spring rush right into fall rush.:crying:

[LocateLady]

It was so refreshing yesterday when a Home Owner opened her door and said "What the hell are you doing in my yard?"

I despise that snotty question "Can I Help You?" It was so nice to have someone just say what they mean.

I answered her very politely and she was very familiar with the dig laws. She is a landscaper.

[alphabeyotch]

I despise that snotty question "Can I Help You?" It was so nice to have someone just say what they mean.


I always wanted to respond "yeah, here, hold this" or "yeah, here, crawl through these thorny-assed bushes you planted all around your ped so I can get in there without bleeding" :p

[theone]

I have 2 words for ya to avoid thorny bushes. HOT PAIR.

[TBONE]

It was so refreshing yesterday when a Home Owner opened her door and said "What the hell are you doing in my yard?"

I despise that snotty question "Can I Help You?" It was so nice to have someone just say what they mean.

I answered her very politely and she was very familiar with the dig laws. She is a landscaper.


Well you dont find that everyday and if you do they usually offer you a beer :drinks:

[thecableguy]

Always remember whatever happens. It's the locators fault! :verymad: Oh and don't forget no batteries!



Today's daily beef:

How can a locator be expected to perform his/her job without proper equipment!!!??? :bang::bang::bang:

No paint, no computer, no camera, etc. "Oh, you'll figure it out." High profile locates with crews digging as we speak and no way to prove my case. "Oh, we're working on it." When the damage comes along, guess who will be charged! Not "Oh"! Me! And yet, you can't do anything about it! :bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:

[Goldenboy]

I just got done with work and now I have to stain the deck.

The honey do list seems to never end.:rules:

The work is never done.

[thejoker]

I will be so happy when they make a button on mobile dipatch that the supervisor has to check before it will release anything but late tickets the due in 24 then the 48s

sucks to be working in the red when someone is working in the green:verymad:

[sprayandpray]

[QUOTE

sucks to be working in the red when someone is working in the green:verymad:[/QUOTE]

I thought you were talking about me and my wife's finances for a second - she's always in the green and I'm always in the red!:hammer:

[thejoker]

lol....That was a good one...Sounds like bill pile vs my toy pile. The bill pile is in the green but the money for toy pile is in the red


[QUOTE

sucks to be working in the red when someone is working in the green:verymad:

I thought you were talking about me and my wife's finances for a second - she's always in the green and I'm always in the red!:hammer:[/QUOTE]

[yahoo]

hey i'll be glad when i get a toy pile........................all i know is bill pile??????

[Goldenboy]

I think I have diaper rash.:mad:

[gypsygirl]

I think I have diaper rash.:mad:

Oh...now that is TMI! :censored:.... Okay everyone... start picturing that in your head..... sheeshh.... LOL...

[sprayandpray]

Have you tried Boudreaux's(sp?) Butt Paste? And No Thanks Gypsy, I'm not going to try and form an image in my mind. :noway:

[frostypeters]

Have you tried Boudreaux's(sp?) Butt Paste? And No Thanks Gypsy, I'm not going to try and form an image in my mind. :noway:

I've had the butt paste, but it leaves a funny after-taste...:tease:

[sprayandpray]

[QUOTE=frostypeters;5286]I've had the butt paste, but it leaves a funny after-taste...:tease:[/QUOTE

Why do I get on this site early in the a.m.? Now I will have that image in my mind all day-sheesh!:complain::yikes::scold:

[frostypeters]

I aim to please brother...:kiss:

[GinRummy]

January 1997 me and the locator training me were chased by a mental patient with a shotgun. We were north of Knoxville near La Follette, not far from Norris Lake. Just minding our own business when this inbred dirtbag started screaming at us about sleeping with his wife. She was a pig, by the way, and no one was sleeping with her.

I loved that area. Locating a lost 25 pair down a logging road on a mountain 30 miles from anyone, stumbling into a marijuana field and convincing the cornbred mafia that I wasn't a cop while they pointed MP5s at me, locates around Lake Norris in the summer with teenage girls eagerly exposing themselves to strangers, 30 minute drives between locates, and always surrounded by the most beautiful mountains in the world.

Good times.

[Goldenboy]

Do I need to say anything more.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/predrunner/cablevine/ihatesnow.jpg
And they wonder why we're so slow this time of year.

[underground quester]

QUOTE=Goldenboy;11737]Do I need to say anything more.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/predrunner/cablevine/ihatesnow.jpg
And they wonder why we're so slow this time of year.[/QUOTE]



Yep! Golden, the Halcyon days of winter locating in the snow. Just gotta love them!

Now, where did I leave my snow-shoes? :jumpinsmile:

[MIG4000]

The nerve of some people to think "I'm a locator, i can locate any were". I take my hat off for all U-guys & gals that have to do this every winter. :applause: :applause: :applause: :thumbsup2::thumbsup2::thumbsup2:

[Unclebeastis]

Any truth to Quality closing its doors ?

[Wingfoot]

Amazing stuff! How do you get the plastic stems of the flags to stick in the frozen tundra?

[phoenix827]

Amazing stuff! How do you get the plastic stems of the flags to stick in the frozen tundra?

Cordless drill?:jumpinsmile:

[Goldenboy]

Cordless drill?:jumpinsmile:

Our company cheaped out and won't buy us cordless drills anymore. I refuse to keep spending my own money on stuff for work so we pound each flag in by making a hole first with a screwdriver and hammer or a flag pounder. I have been spending more time flagging than locating. My "work" cordless drill broke last year, it had lasted me about 5 years. I will use my personal drill from time to time if my elbow hurts really bad. Pounding flags in with that pounder is a comp. claim waiting to happen.

Here's a flag pounder for those that don't know. It pretty much just an overgrown slide hammer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/predrunner/groundrod.jpg

[AULupstate]

Cordless drill and a masonry bit for the frozen tundra of NY! Those sledge pole things just end up breaking here.

[phoenix827]

Geez, the drill was just joke! lol Although I have been thinking about throwing one of mine in the truck.

[paintitout]

The flag pounder I got was from the local gas company and it by better than the ones we get through the company, it has lasted over ten years.I have used it for everything from a flag pounder to a ground rod depending on how frozen the ground is.

[UULC]

My flag insertion tool. But I do not have to deal with frozen ground.