Ex apprentices

[ARW]

Does anyone want to know what they get up to when they leave us?

[Jeff Layman]

From what you've often recounted, maybe you should check the "Darwin Award" winners list each year...

[Richard]

[Richard]

but seriously, I suppose they start up their own electrician for hire businesses.

[ARW]

Yes

But of their own doing. Nothing to do with what I have taught them.

[ARW]

I know two of them that have. Top lads. I still stay in touch with them and help them out if needed.

[Brian Gaff]

Well they probably need therapy or maybe sue you for deformation? :-) Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Actually true apprentices stay and learn and then take over the jobs of those who retire. Brian

[spuorgelgoog]

Yes, because I don't want to eat at that kebab shop.

Owain

[GB]

I had Worcester Bosch's engineer out today to change a heat exchanger unit. He was a marvel to watch. Very methodical, careful, and scarcely a single wrong move.

The entire job was done in 65 minutes from when he stepped out of his van (at 8AM) to when he got back in again. That included checking the problem was not the expansion vessel, fitting the new heat exchanger, and testing the boiler.

[Tim Lamb]

The point about training your successor is so that you can be promoted.

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[Bob Eager]

That sounds very twisted.

[Tim Watts]

I don't think he's reached the stage of racking them :)

[Richard]

Slightly OT, but I see you doing something similar:

[John Rumm]

Although if you are a sub contractor, then it might be so they can not bother to renew your contract ;-)

[ARW]

Saw one woken up at a farm last week. He was asleep in his car so one of the lads put a bird scarer banger on the roof of the car.

[Richard]

Nice.

[ARW]

Well these two (both just qualified) decided the grass was greener on the other side and took a job with another company. A job that means working away.

So this is their first night away together working for the new company.

Imagine a twin bedroom and two young lads in a new town. What could possibly go wrong?

I'll call them D and J.

D decides that he wants to go out, J decides that he wants to go to bed.

At 3 in the morning D arrives back at the hotel room with two women and orders J out of the room. J refuses to leave and a fight breaks out during which the hotel room is trashed.

D and women are locked up for the night, J spends the night in hospital and both J and D are fired in the morning.

It's the sort of thing that makes me smile.

[Richard]

So they *did* learn something from you. ;)

[GB]

I did actually laugh out loud.