Comments on: ‘What do you mean you lost the snowplow?’

By: H. Benion

H. Benion — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:57:56 +0000

A good employee of 28 years loses his job because of a slip on the ice, albeit a very expensive slip, trying to do what many may consider to be a patriotic act, that is cleaing a way for ice fisheremen. Perhaps his cause will be taken up by Senator Franken, who I am sure could appreciate the artistic potential of the incident.

By: Forist

Forist — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:42:45 +0000

We had an employee that was watching an attractive woman walk pass the job site, while he was driving afork truck. Imagine his surprise when he drove the forks into a high voltage conduit- shorting out half of the complex. He did spark up a conversation with her. She had been hired by the company to review the companies safety performance.

By: Marla

Marla — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:18:04 +0000

My brothers own a logging company in north Idaho, they have had a truck driver recklessly put a logging truck into the river and a skidder (like a large crane) over a ravine, not salvagable!

By: Kellie

Kellie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:12:01 +0000

At one of my former employers, we had an employee run a forklift completely through a wall that separated the plant from the office area. On the other side of the wall was the executive conference room. Imagine their surprise when a forklift literally “crashed” their meeting.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:48:17 +0000

A local university was doing some research on one of the barrier islands. They used an employee’s boat to float a rented motorized lift valued at $50,000 over to the island. Oh yeah, the boat and the lift sank in about 20 feet of salt water.

By: Monica Byrom

Monica Byrom — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:58:42 +0000

A long-term Operations employee became angry at some other co-workers (because they moved some equipment that he had placed), and slammed the door to the hockey team box, causing a $400 piece of hockey glass to shatter. He was just as upset when we gave him a formal written warning and required him to fix the glass.