9 Sep
2004
9 Sep
'04
14:08
The 'Bastard Operator From Hell'... Sometimes impersonated by cleaners that unplug 'stuff' from the outlet to power the vacuum cleaner. It's true! Happened with me once.
I've seen that happen too. Then there's the "tech", who couldn't understand, why you shouldn't plug a vacuum cleaner into a test bench
I worked with a cleaner who had the habit of leaning on the pillar where the big red STOP button was mounted ... He did it more than once! But the best has to be the ICL director who caused a water-cooled mainframe prototype to shut down by opening its doors to show important visitors the innards. Annoyed, he instructed that the safety interlocks be disconnected. So the next time he did it, he trashed the machine! Cheers, Dave