Today I came across 3 cases of what I could call ignorance. The parties shall remain nameless to protect the guilty.
- At my job building airplanes, all parts, tools, and other items required to do a job are on carts we call kits. I was brought a kit this morning, it is preparing close out panels for the nose wheelwell of 737’s. The job is basically cleaning the parts with a solvent then applying a corrosion inhibitor. The solvent is a nasty ketone based material and requires special gloves to be worn when the stuff is used. The kit had a provision for 2 pairs of these gloves, one size large, one size small. In the spot for the large gloves was one glove. There were 2 small gloves in spot for them. I took the one large glove and went to the supply crib to get another glove. I told the gal that serviced the kit earlier that I needed another glove and that the kit only had one when a pair is tabbed. She informed me that because the type of glove I was using was the same for both hands, that one glove was a pair, just like a pair of pants. She also claimed that if the gloves were marked right and left that that would be a pair and we would get one pair.
Huh? I told that no, two gloves make a pair and I need 2 gloves, not one. She told me I was wrong and that she would not give me another glove. I didn’t see anyone around to complain to so I left muttering mean nasties under my breath. I went to a tool room on the other side of the factory, got my glove and finished the job.
- At lunch I was surfing through a legal forum and found this:
I am selling a car on several websites. A buyer from w. africa said he had a client in the states that owed him a refund for goods. he had the client send me a cashiers check for more than the purchase price, and asked me to send remainder to his shipper to get the car. After cashing, and sending to shipper, he didn’t want car, wanted me to send more of money. I thought this was fishy so I didn’t, bank now says that check was counterfeit, and that I owe the total.
In a later post the writer says the check was for $10,000, the car was sold for $8000, he already sent 2k and they are demanding the rest. The guy already spent the $8000 and now the bank wants it all back. The West African country is Nigeria. I thought everyone knew about all the scams from there. I guess not.
- I suffer from IBS so I always have a couple of items available just in case. One is Imodium, the stuff is a lifesaver sometimes and the other item are some single pack wipes. Sometimes toilet paper is not enough. This afternoon I needed to use the restroom and discovered I was out of the wipes. This has happened before while I am at work so I used wipes designed for respirators. They are kind of small but 3 or 4 do an acceptable job. At the table where the wipes are kept there was also a container of hand cleaning wipes. They claim to remove paints, oils, and grease, are anti bacterial and are gentle to your hands. Hmmm, good enough for my hands, good enough for my butt so I grabbed 3 of them. When I finished on the toilet I cleaned up as well as I could with toilet paper then used the hand wipes for the final cleaning.
Oooh, that tingles.
Oooooh, that really tingles.
Ooooooouch, that hurts. After flushing I had to sit on the commode for about 5 minutes for the stinging to subside. When I left the restroom I went down and read the label on the hand wipes. Listed among the places the wipes should not be used besides the mouth, eyes, and open wounds, genitalia and anus was listed. I now know why.
They say things happen in 3’s. You just never know what those 3 things will be.