Re: Undesirable Habits of your Co-workers.

Anthony <tonytn36sp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Ok, I'll bite.....
>
>On the scale of major (6-10):
>
>Running off at the mouth to every boss you see when you only know about
>1/10 of the actual facts of the matter at hand, and have no clue to begin
>with about the technical problem at hand. (10)


Those same people are a real pita's at team meetings.


>Not budgeting enough money to do the project, but requiring that it be
>done anyway and expecting to have all the bells and whistles to go with
>it. (10)

I used to work for a company that was run by sales. 22 years down the
drain (bankrupt). They seemed to have that issue. The only budget
with enough money seemed to be the salesman's accounts.


>Not cleaning up "MY" tools when you have had them in the guts of a slimy,
>grungy, nasty machine. (9)

There is an old saying where a guy loans out a tool to another tech.
The borrower exclaimes, "I'll treat it like it was my own.", the
potential loaner snatches it back and says, "If I let you borrow it,
you'll treat it as MINE".


>Absolutely refusing to own up to the fact that you screwed up, that you
>adjusted something, or not telling the entire story of what happened,
>thus extending the troubleshooting time by triple or more. (5)-This could
>be a 6 also....

Boy is that my peeve. You come in to a CNC or test stand being down,
two prior shifts have worked on it and not a speck of documentation on
what was tried, swapped, seen, ect. The operator log is also vague
or misleading.

>Forgetting everything you've been shown how to do 10 minutes later. (3)
>[ Aside: This happened today. Showed a tech 3 separate times within 20
>minutes how to do something, and the first time he had to do it himself -
>10 minutes later - he had forgotten several KEY steps...*sigh*.]
>Arguing just for the sake of the argument. (2)

If I see the person I'm showing taking notes, I get a really warm
fuzzy feeling. If they ask to do a run through before I leave I'm
close to orgasmic.
>
>
>Now, while we are at it...lets modify the survey a little and include a
>few things that people do that we really like or admire:
>
>Readily admitting when you screw up and explaining what ACTUALLY
>happened, or what you ACTUALLY did, step by step. (10)
>Volunteering to help out when it is obvious you need another set of
>hands. (10)

I have a couple operators that tell the truth, if they had a brain
fart, I'll cover for them. Chit happens.


>Coming to get someone and ASKING if you don't know the answer instead of
>just punching buttons when you have no clue what they do. (10)

Isn't it wonderfull to run into someone with a spark of interest?



>Having that 8 th sense of knowing when to just shut the f*ck up, or be
>very vaugue when talking to the big white shirts. (20)

Sure not the one at the top of this post.

>Someone that can pick up what's shown to them the first time through is
>like having an angel on your shoulder. (20)

I have a feeling that they likely had a clue before you showed them.


Wes

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