I've gotten a hat. I just happened to be around when the contractor was passing them out.
Was just wondering about the best thank you or the best gift anyone has received from a contractor. (Other than they went broke of course!!)
Last Friday I received a really nice FR coat with gortex lining and a pull over from one of my favorite contractors. He had forgotten to request a locate and was really in a pickle, so I went to work 2 hrs early and did him the favor. He of course had called first call and gotten a ticket number.
I've gotten a hat. I just happened to be around when the contractor was passing them out.
100 dollars for me........ and my co-worker ....at christmas time got a 50 dollar gift card for him and his wife and 5-25 dollar gift cards for each of his kids.........again this was doing favors for contractors when they were in dire need........
I've gotten a few hats over the years. Plenty of soda and donuts from the project crews. Never any money or gift cards.![]()
never accept cash (don't play favorites), but have received hats and pens
STRESS: The confusion created when one's mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the living daylights out of some idiot who desperately deserves it.
I had a contractor offer me a "special" gift once. He said it was in his truck & I should go with him...
I'll never be the same again...
(think of my happy place, think of my happy place, think of my happy place!)![]()
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
Holy Smokes (so to speak). I guess going to his truck would have been the "acid test" of your will power!!
I bet you still walk funny don't you?
If you are not a Liberal by age 20, then you do not have a heart! If you are not a Conservative by age 40, then you do not have a brain!!!
I was given a fiberglass probe rod and a bottle of wiskey one year by one of my project supers![]()
Oh man TBONE, I am almost afraid to ask, and the fibreglass probe rod is used for?
Was it at least a GOOD bottle of whiskey?
Not that cheap Ten. sippin stuff!! JUST KIDDING,
probing rod..................what do you do with that????????hahahhahahahj/j
Hey you 2 - Are you kidding? - Have you ever helped a contractor find that fiber, cable or pipe in tight or sloppy conditions? Probes really speed up the process. Every locator needs a T-Handle probe rod in their arsenal. I've had both the fiberglass and steel T-Handles. I prefer and now carry a steel probe. T-Bone's gift was much better than getting paid $20 for lunch for doing an excavator a favor.
Last edited by Wingfoot; May 26th, 2008 at 04:46 PM.
WHEW (wiping seat off my brow). When I drafted my initial reply, I thought TBONE was jerking my chain.
HOWEVER, I remembered overnight that the local gas utility uses probes when auditing our locates, so I realized I was wrong. I have never seen anyone else here use one. I am sure they do, I have just never seen it.
The gas utility uses a steel probe. I would guess the fibreglass rod would have to be used selectively to avoid damaging it (perhaps in really wet conditions, sandy soil, etc).
Have never personally used one though WING. I would have to check but I do not believe anyone in our company including auditors ever uses a probe.
Once again WING, thank you for your valued input.![]()
Last edited by underground quester; May 26th, 2008 at 06:32 PM.
I have received a nice box of assorted Angus steaks a couple of times, along with some cash, free rounds of golf, access to fishing and/or hunting spots...
Those are tops for me over my 16 year locate career.
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