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Post# 1061408   2/24/2020 at 13:49 (1,516 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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Oh vey...
So I am sitting here and reminiscing about my years in the electronics workplace. All of a sudden a part number comes to mind from one of my previous employers (a TV manufacturer). This was a part that I made available, and it has a unique part number that I came up with. So, just for amusement I type it into Google. A list of parts comes up and “my” part number is among them. It says “ PART # NNNN-1234FUNN - Widget. HOLD PER PAUL G” OMG. I left the company six years ago. Should I call them and say “HEY! This is Paul G. Will you PLEEEEEEASE take that part off of hold already????” LOL. In another case, and another company - I noticed that a B+ regulator transistor was failing a little bit, so I asked Janice in parts to order 9 extra for the shop. Well, she accidentally typed in 900. Within weeks I was getting sacks of transistors and calls from other subsidiaries asking why in the world I needed so many transistors. And yet another case, here in Illinois. I am on my way to work. Traffic has come to a stop. I turn on the radio. I hear a truck has overturned on I55 (Stevenson expressway) and that clean-up was underway to clear the expressway of a “ lot of picture tubes”. I knew at that instant that my workday was going to be extra special. And lastly we had a critical part - a maintenance type part that had high usage. Pushing hard to get more parts in stock... Monday morning meeting! What’s your “plan 2” to get the part Paul? Why? Well, that factory burned down last night. Oh. Pour me more coffee..... Do you have tales to tell? |
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Post# 1061417 , Reply# 2   2/24/2020 at 16:39 (1,516 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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You really had a horrific spell with that Electrolux accident. I am sure every day through your rebuilding was crazier than the last. However using salvaged grills to make your barbecue in the parking lot certainly made the days more tolerable if not tastier.
We would call those crazy days “all hands on deck” days. It didn’t matter what product was your specialty, EVERYONE drops everything to get past some crisis. Your plant fire was horrific. More memories are coming back... In yet another company I went to the front office to get a cup of coffee. (I drink a lot of coffee at work). I am by the front door and one fella runs out the door, then a second, then ten. I literally stand there with my cup of coffee and nobody is saying anything to me - they are just running out the door. With my cup of coffee in hand I stop one fella. “So what is going on? “ I say. “Joe just ran a forklift into the gas main ! “ Thanks! And I walked out the door with my cup of coffee. No sweat. |