Re: OTish--morality at work.

"B.B." <DoNotSpamthegoat4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:DoNotSpamthegoat4-C7DDFB.12290531082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> So today I was given an order from above at work that I seriously
> hate. I had to do a brake job on a used truck. Our shop owns the
> truck and intends to sell it, and I was doing some needed repairs
> before it hits the customer.
> Anyway, when I pulled the front axle drums they were obviously
> ruined. The rivets had worn some deep grooves and the drums
> themselves had too many too long cracks. In other words, the front
> brakes were junk.
> Work order only said: new shoes. Nothing about drums, so I asked.
> The answer: no new drums. So I made damn sure to write on the work
> order that I asked and was told not to change them before I put it all
> back together.
> Apparently they don't give a *** about the safety of whoever buys
> the truck.
> So what would you do? Do as I did? Complain? Quit? Call the
> DOT?
>

"It's always easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission"

I would have "done all work that I thought was necessary for minimum
safety" and then taken the flack, if there ever was any, saying "Oh,
ok...sorry,. It won't happen again." and that would be the end of it.

Unless you unfortunately work for ball-busters in general :-/
Then it's no-win, no matter what.

Dan
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