Exactly
It's assumed it's your fault
Ever watch black ish?
That's how white peoope are in corporate America
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Exactly
It's assumed it's your fault
Ever watch black ish?
That's how white peoope are in corporate America
Yessir..u want that 400 mcm or better..shit thick as a bamboo stick..copper..no aluminum..major bread..I had a guy used to want to know where I worked at every day so he can clean up the scrap wire that I left on the ground.. brah
H.r. is human resources
Do white ppl think we're human?
Do white ppl think we're human?
I work mainly on 1000mcm and the guys on the jobsite would hang around us like sharks..We just toss the scraps in the trash and depending on the job it was a lot of scrap.. We work in vaults and ran 1000mcm bare soft drawn around for the ground.. The scraps we would throw away would amount to sum serious cash..
MAYNE LISTEN! Alright this the last one cause I'm not trying to bogard this thread.
So I'm in my early 20's and my very first job out of college is for a construction company that's doing a MASSIVE OVERHAUL of the electrical and mechanical systems at MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Houston Medical Center. I'm in charge of punch list items, bird dogging the night work during shutdowns, and the daily clean up.
The Houston Medical Center is the biggest medical center in the world and it's flagship is MD Anderson. They are on the cutting edge of cancer research and treatment. MD Anderson is the end of the line: if they can't help you, have your affairs in order. Anyways this place is HUGE- a campus consisting of 6 buildings all interconnected and 3 more that are not.
I'm in charge of a crew of about 11-15 laborers whose job is to make sure the common areas are keep swept cleaned, and to tidy up the construction zones. We meet in the morning, I give them their assignments, I check on them periodically, I go grab materials, they sign out at the end of the day. Simple.
My crew consists of all guys and this squat- pimply faced- young Mexican broad we'll call 'Sarah'. Sarah wasn't much to look at in the face but she was 5'3" and about 150lbs of bubble butt ass.
I didn't think nothing of her; I was young, this is my first job out of college. I'm trying to make a name for myself.
In short: I didn't know shit about shit.
For the first four months everything is ho-hum: they show up, I give them their assignment, I check on them, they sign out. 'Checking on them' is tricky, I might see one of my crew members once maybe twice in the course of the day. This place is HUGE mind you. In all reality I'm checking their work. If shit is clean we have no problems. That being said I can never find Sarah.
Not only could I not find Sarah. Sarah was never overly concerned about picking up her paycheck on time. My cleaning crew got paid every Friday through the temp agency I got them through. Temp agency means these cats weren't getting a lot of money so pay day was a BIG DEAL...except for Sarah. Sarah was notorious for picking up her pay slip...Monday sometimes Tuesday the following week. Plus, Sarah would always call me on Friday's to sign her out. No big deal, she keep her areas cleaned. I had no problem with her. Nice girl.
Well around month four Sarah shows up in my office crying. She tells me that she doesn't feel so good, her stomach hurts and she been throwing up most of the day. I send her to the clinic through her temp agency and think nothing of it- fools get sick all the time on the job B'.
I don't hear from her for a week.
Week later I get a sobbing phone call from her that the reason she was sick was because she was pregnant and she don't know who the daddy is. That's the last I hear of Sarah.
Nothing happens for a week after her call.
Then the cleaning crew guys ask me "Yo what happen to Sarah"
Then the electricians....
Then the plumbers....
Then the HVAC guys....
When the maintenance guys from M.D. Anderson started asking me about this chick is when it finally hit me. That and that one of the custodians pull me aside and gave me the run down...after the fact....because he was fucking her.
Once again, this place is HUGE and construction work is being done throughout the complex in numerous mechanical and electrical rooms. My cleaning crews have access to the custodian closets to fill and dump their mop buckets.
Here's what this bitch's day consisted of...
- I'd give her her area to clean for that day. It rotated.
- In that area she would set up shop in the nearest custodial closet or in the mech/electrical room if It was one of the bigger ones.
-Proposition the crews...$50 sucks $100 dollar fucks.
- Keep her area clean between tricks.
- Sign out with me.
Doing the rough math. She'd clear about $500-$800 a day. The reason I never saw her on Fridays was because she had a pay day special- $35 suck $75 dollar fuck- so she literally spent the day sucking and fucking. She'd clear about double that on Friday EASY. Most her money she made was through the electricians cause they got paid on Thursdays through their office.
How did she not get caught? Well for one she was fucking EVERYBODY- why fuck up a good thing- and secondly she's every where she's suppose to be. On camera it just looked like she was going in a mechanical/electrical room to clean up and guys are already working in their, or she went into the custodial closet and needed some help getting something. Plus security don't really watch those cameras as hard as they would like for you to think they do. Which means not at all.
So yeah...that was my OFFICIAL introduction into the wild world of the construction industry.
**EDIT***@tallblacknyc who ever was her 'manager' had a nice hustle going cause she wasn't smart enough to piece all this shit together. I wonder how many other cleaning crews aren't just hoes-who-also-do-the-windows outfits
*two cents*
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Funny you mention that you were electrician fucking the cleaning crew on the job...
MAYNE LISTEN! Alright this the last one cause I'm not trying to bogard this thread.
So I'm in my early 20's and my very first job out of college is for a construction company that's doing a MASSIVE OVERHAUL of the electrical and mechanical systems at MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Houston Medical Center. I'm in charge of punch list items, bird dogging the night work during shutdowns, and the daily clean up.
The Houston Medical Center is the biggest medical center in the world and it's flagship is MD Anderson. They are on the cutting edge of cancer research and treatment. If MD Anderson is the end of the line: if they can't help you, have your affairs in order. Anyways this place is HUGE- a campus consisting of 6 buildings all interconnected and 3 more that are not.
I'm in charge of a crew of about 11-15 laborers whose job is to make sure the common areas are keep swept cleaned, and to tidy up the construction zones. We meet in the morning, I give them their assignments, I check on them periodically, I go grab materials, they sign out at the end of the day. Simple.
My crew consists of all guys and this squat- pimply faced- young Mexican we'll call 'Sarah'. Sarah wasn't much to look at in the face but she was 5'3" and about 150lbs of bubble butt ass.
I didn't think nothing of it; I was young, this is my first job out of college. I'm trying to make a name for myself.
In short: I didn't know shit about shit.
For the first four months everything is ho-hum: they show up, I give them their assignment, I check on them, they sign out. 'Checking on them' is tricky, I might see one of my crew members once maybe twice in the course of the day. This place is HUGE mind you. In all reality I'm checking their work. If shit is clean we have no problems. That being said I can never find Sarah.
Not only could I not find Sarah. Sarah was never overly concerned about picking up her paycheck on time. My cleaning crew got pay every Friday through the temp agency I got them through. Temp agency means these cats weren't getting a lot of money so pay day was a BIG DEAL...except for Sarah. Sarah was notorious for picking up her pay slip...Monday sometimes Tuesday the following week. Plus, Sarah would always call me on Friday's to sign her out. No big deal, she keep her areas cleaned. I had no problem with her. Nice girl.
Well around month four Sarah shows up in my office crying. She tells me that she doesn't feel so good, her stomach hurts and she been throwing up most of the day. I send her to the clinic through her temp agency and think nothing of it- fools get sick all the time on the job B'.
I don't hear from her for a week.
Weak later I get a sobbing phone call from her that the reason she was sick was because she was pregnant and she don't know who the daddy is. That's the last I hear of Sarah.
Ok let me stop you before you get ahead of me in this story....YOU KNOW WHERE it is going YOU JUST DON'T KNOW THE JOURNEY. Let's continue...
Nothing happens for a week after her call.
Then the cleaning crew guys ask me "To what happen to Sarah"
Then the electricians....
Then the plumbers....
Then the HVAC guys....
When the maintenance guys from M.D. Anderson strated asking me about this bitch is when it finally hit me. That and one of the custodians told me...
Once again this place is HUGE and construction work is being done through out the complex in mechanical and electrical rooms. My cleaning crews have access to the custodian closets so for their mop buckets.
Here's what this bitch's day consisted of...
- I'd give her her area to clean for that day. It rotated.
- In that area she would set up shop in the nearest custodial closet or in the mech/electrical room if It was one of the bigger ones.
-Proposition the crews...$50 $100 dollar fucks.
- Keep her area clean between tricks.
- Sign out with me.
Doing the rough math. She'd clear about $500-$800 a day. The reason I never saw her on Fridays was because she had a pay day special- $35 suck $75 dollar fuck- so she literally spent the day sucking and fucking. She'd clear about double that on Friday EASY. Most her money she made was through the electricians cause they got paid on Thursdays through their office.
How did she not get caught? Well for one she was fucking EVERYBODY- why fuck up a good thing- and secondly she's every where she's suppose to be. On camera it just looked like she was going in a mechanical/electrical room to clean up and guys are already working in their, or she went into the custodial closet and needed some help getting something. Plus security don't really watch those cameras as hard as they would like for you to think they do. Which means not at all.
So yeah...that was my OFFICIAL introduction into the construction industry.
**EDIT***@tallblacknyc who ever was her 'manager' had a nice hustle going cause wasn't smart enough to piece all this shit together. I wonder how many other cleaning crews aren't just hoes-who-also-do-the-windows outfits
*two cents*
Lol this is why I always had my eyes on certain occupations and why I use to sound like "peoples" from shaft remake... "I need you to plug me in your job, when I say me I mean" (opens door and a bunch of naked hoes appear) lol... I'm semi joking
.... I do kno a lil bit about invading offices, job sites, and other facilities cough cough allegedly in my days
Lol this is why I always had my eyes on certain occupations and why I use to sound like "peoples" from shaft remake... "I need you to plug me in your job, when I say me I mean" (opens door and a bunch of naked hoes appear) lol... I'm semi joking
Yes.
ALLEGEDLY.
*two cents*
By the way Sarah sounded like an independent cause a smart handler would never allowed her to get preggo aka fuck raw cause its obviously bad for bizzness... This is why guidance and overseers will always exist or is needed
By the way Sarah sounded like an independent cause a smart handler would never allowed her to get preggo aka fuck raw cause its obviously bad for bizzness... This is why guidance and overseers will always exist or is needed.. When I say those two I don't necessarily mean pimping Jus's a voice of reason that happens to financially benefit with their words of wisdom
The government been had direct lines to your mobile devices.
This at least goes back to the flip phone days...no telling what they have now.
Just assume that your camera on your phone is always on...never do anything questionable that you can get bribed on or anything illegal in front of it.
Tech...
Get kids into coding as early as possible. There are not enough people in the industry, training or graduating to fill positions and get shyt done.
Some cats are pulling $150/hr + for being a native english speaker and knowing their stuff as senior freelance developers. Ironically, alot of the shyt exists out there on the net for free to get started and level up.
This at least goes back to the flip phone days...no telling what they have now.
Just assume that your camera on your phone is always on...never do anything questionable that you can get bribed on or anything illegal in front of it.
Tech...
Get kids into coding as early as possible. There are not enough people in the industry, training or graduating to fill positions and get shyt done.
Some cats are pulling $150/hr + for being a native english speaker and knowing their stuff as senior freelance developers. Ironically, alot of the shyt exists out there on the net for free to get started and level up.
this is my current problem
i straight got told to my face i need you to do my job so i can go to meetings
meanwhile my boss dont know shit. i mean the basics of her department. unfortunately i cant finagle negotiations cause the ones above her are idiots.
Because they been taking credit moving up the chain
90% of the time it's like a bad book report
If you can kind of summarize shit they say cool then the team under you gets it done
That's why it's important to stand out but in a way where you get praise
So tell her parts and then have her say in meeting well I'll have to get with the team or ask melon about that
Higher ups notice
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Yo, I be trying to dodge her now. For reals.
She might have the opportunity to refer to me in the meetings to show how good I am, (dunno), but the thing is I got a case of the blind leading the blind. The next one on the chain don't know what she doing either. And she making decisions based on information from someone who don't know what they talking about. When I tell you it's a mess...
Here's a tip for anyone with graduating high school kids going to college:
Don't send an essay with your application. Not everyone needs it and it really proves who can and cannot make a complete sentence. If you can't write, we will laugh at you. And stop telling people you turned yourself around in jail.
Answer all the questions on the application. I'm so sick of hearing "I didn't want to answer it cause it was too long" or "I did it before so I didn't know why I had to answer everything again". Dumbasses. And no, you cannot re-submit an application to change the information.
Submitting a document or application on Monday, does not mean you get admitted Monday afternoon. I can't tell you how many times I have seen people apply online and show up as if they were admitted in three hours. Or this one dude who called me five minutes after he left the office asking what the status of his application was.
I know one thing...
Before you pick up even ONE piece of scrap low voltage 18 gauge wire you better have had a sit down with the electrician whose running the show on the job and get his blessing.
I've seen far to many cats get hemmed up vicious trying to sneak a bucket full of wire to the house for beer money.
*two cents*
Television and Radio call it programming because it's not presented to entertain of enlighten. It's given to indoctrinate and reinforce beliefs/ideas that benefit white Americans globally.
Every program or song you hear has dog whistle elements that are deeply embedded in your subconscious, to work against non white people
Every program or song you hear has dog whistle elements that are deeply embedded in your subconscious, to work against non white people
Mayne, a couple of cats at my job got fired for stealing rolls of umbilical and tether for ROV's. An average spare roll can be 150-300 feet of copper conductors and twisted wire pairs. Our Deck leads are all at least 500kc mil 3 and 4 conductor. For a while offshore they were just throwing the scraps away after a slip and cut.
Ok, here's a story about my job.
On the rigs, there is large wire rope for the draw works. Some can be up to 4" in Diameter. When they do a slip and cut, they usually send the scrap back in a bundle to be disposed of. Well the OIM (Offshore Installation Manager) for this rig was having the guys cut it up into sections and then shipping it to be sold as scrap without the rig owners knowing.
This is what it looks like minus the binding. this size rope weaved into a figure 8 with the guys standing in the loops unraveling it.
So there was this large section of the wire rope rolled into a figure 8 on the deck. They wanted to move it, but instead of using the crane, they used the man basket(man rider) that's only rated for 300 kilos. They got 2 locals (Angolans) to stand inside of the figure 8 cable to help stretch it out on deck so that it could be cut. Well, as they used the bullshit man rider to pull the cable over the moon pool (opening to sea) halfway across the rope broke free and fell. The 2 guys standing inside the loops were trapped and got beat damn near to death as the 2" cable whipped them back and forth as it unraveled.
Because this happened at night, there wasn't going to be a scheduled helicopter flight until the morning, but good luck, the client was paying $5000 a day to have an emergency chopper on standby. So they called the number and dew dew dew that shit was fake. Some locals had scammed them and there was no emergency choppers on standby. Just a conman getting rich.
So these 2 cats had to wait from 1 AM to 9 Am bleeding internally with multiple broken bones and abrasions. Chopper finally comes and the hospital in Luanda can't fully treat them. They sit there for a few days until finally the client agrees to fly them to South Africa for proper care.
The shit hit the fan and the OIM, the Deck Supervisor and anybody he hired all got shit canned. I'm talking sub sea engineers, electricians etc. People who were off shift or at home and had nothing to do with the deck crew.
The guys survived, but they will never work again. The Client (Cobalt Energy) got fucked by the Angolan government for 1.75 Billion dollars and went bankrupt so there is no chance of these men getting any assistance.
This is one of the reason the cost of oil is so high. The sheer amount of fuckery that goes on. Coming from the music industry I could see the parallels. Throw gangs of money at an Well/Artist and hope one of them hits. Measure once, cut 20 times. Just stupid shit.
We also had a guy die on the rig while teaching safety, and downtime of over 120 Millions dollars due to a dumb ass CAC but those are other stories.
Some women have hair on their tiddies.... yes. On their tiddies, areolas, & sometimes right by/ around their nipples. So they get their tits waxed
. Shit is not cute or sexy. You are instantly turned off no matter how fine she is 
.
Some women have a lot of hair on their tiddies & chest area. Some have to get them waxed more often than others. You would never know it & they damn sure wouldnt want you to know.
You have to hold, & rub (to get the excess wax off) their tiddies to do the wax job, then wipe them down. Some lay there like a baby getting a diaper changed.
You know what it is when she shows up with not 1 hair on her tits but still wants you to wax them
..... sometimes they will try to arrange a house call.
I allowed an appointmet for such a job, i get there every damn candle in the house was lit! Sexy music was playing.... wasnt nothing wrong wit her big ass tiddies.
. Shit is not cute or sexy. You are instantly turned off no matter how fine she is .Some women have a lot of hair on their tiddies & chest area. Some have to get them waxed more often than others. You would never know it & they damn sure wouldnt want you to know.
You have to hold, & rub (to get the excess wax off) their tiddies to do the wax job, then wipe them down. Some lay there like a baby getting a diaper changed.
You know what it is when she shows up with not 1 hair on her tits but still wants you to wax them
..... sometimes they will try to arrange a house call. I allowed an appointmet for such a job, i get there every damn candle in the house was lit! Sexy music was playing.... wasnt nothing wrong wit her big ass tiddies.
It’s better to be guilty and rich than innocent and poor.
Women will stalk you, be / act like a groupie for a hair stylist, barber, make up artist, massage therapist, & estheticians, especially if they believe they have a chance to fuck & possibly become his lady. Just like they do a singer or ball player.
A large number of women love & prefer a man who likes women to do their hair & eyebrows. She is trusting you with her vanity & the 1st impression she makes on people visually. Its also something they love to brag about to their gf's.
Some are savages tho..... they will treat you just like we would try to do a bitch @ hooters or in a strip club. The will pit their gfs on & have them coming to get the same service & *special* treatment they recieve. Some are out right with it, some are super discrete with it. You wont know youve been passed around until a few months or maybe even a year later.
Some of these hoes will have you feeling like a whore! They wont call you for nothing else & you better not call them for anything else. You they multi purpose fuck & suck toy for hire. 
A large number of women love & prefer a man who likes women to do their hair & eyebrows. She is trusting you with her vanity & the 1st impression she makes on people visually. Its also something they love to brag about to their gf's.
Some are savages tho..... they will treat you just like we would try to do a bitch @ hooters or in a strip club. The will pit their gfs on & have them coming to get the same service & *special* treatment they recieve. Some are out right with it, some are super discrete with it. You wont know youve been passed around until a few months or maybe even a year later
.Some of these hoes will have you feeling like a whore
! They wont call you for nothing else & you better not call them for anything else. You they multi purpose fuck & suck toy for hire.
Being a man (single or married) working in the school system as a teacher or school counselor is is akin to having a black card specifically for pussy.
All types of magical shit happens to you & for you. The other teachers throwing pussy @ you.... the principle too. Then you got ALL the women who do their best to get their kids in ya class. Its an overflow of vagina. Avoid the baby mama bullshit cause its a 2 for 1 grand slam deal for her. You like kids, you most likely like her kid, the kid talks about you at home all the time & so in her mind you make the perfect husband. So she is gonna do everything under the sun to make it happen if given the opportunity.
All types of magical shit happens to you & for you. The other teachers throwing pussy @ you.... the principle too. Then you got ALL the women who do their best to get their kids in ya class. Its an overflow of vagina. Avoid the baby mama bullshit cause its a 2 for 1 grand slam deal for her. You like kids, you most likely like her kid, the kid talks about you at home all the time & so in her mind you make the perfect husband. So she is gonna do everything under the sun to make it happen if given the opportunity.
Mayne, a couple of cats at my job got fired for stealing rolls of umbilical and tether for ROV's. An average spare roll can be 150-300 feet of copper conductors and twisted wire pairs. Our Deck leads are all at least 500kc mil 3 and 4 conductor. For a while offshore they were just throwing the scraps away after a slip and cut.
Ok, here's a story about my job.
On the rigs, there is large wire rope for the draw works. Some can be up to 4" in Diameter. When they do a slip and cut, they usually send the scrap back in a bundle to be disposed of. Well the OIM (Offshore Installation Manager) for this rig was having the guys cut it up into sections and then shipping it to be sold as scrap without the rig owners knowing.
This is what it looks like minus the binding. this size rope weaved into a figure 8 with the guys standing in the loops unraveling it.
So there was this large section of the wire rope rolled into a figure 8 on the deck. They wanted to move it, but instead of using the crane, they used the man basket(man rider) that's only rated for 300 kilos. They got 2 locals (Angolans) to stand inside of the figure 8 cable to help stretch it out on deck so that it could be cut. Well, as they used the bullshit man rider to pull the cable over the moon pool (opening to sea) halfway across the rope broke free and fell. The 2 guys standing inside the loops were trapped and got beat damn near to death as the 2" cable whipped them back and forth as it unraveled.
Because this happened at night, there wasn't going to be a scheduled helicopter flight until the morning, but good luck, the client was paying $5000 a day to have an emergency chopper on standby. So they called the number and dew dew dew that shit was fake. Some locals had scammed them and there was no emergency choppers on standby. Just a conman getting rich.
So these 2 cats had to wait from 1 AM to 9 Am bleeding internally with multiple broken bones and abrasions. Chopper finally comes and the hospital in Luanda can't fully treat them. They sit there for a few days until finally the client agrees to fly them to South Africa for proper care.
The shit hit the fan and the OIM, the Deck Supervisor and anybody he hired all got shit canned. I'm talking sub sea engineers, electricians etc. People who were off shift or at home and had nothing to do with the deck crew.
The guys survived, but they will never work again. The Client (Cobalt Energy) got fucked by the Angolan government for 1.75 Billion dollars and went bankrupt so there is no chance of these men getting any assistance.
This is one of the reason the cost of oil is so high. The sheer amount of fuckery that goes on. Coming from the music industry I could see the parallels. Throw gangs of money at an Well/Artist and hope one of them hits. Measure once, cut 20 times. Just stupid shit.
We also had a guy die on the rig while teaching safety, and downtime of over 120 Millions dollars due to a dumb ass CAC but those are other stories.
Man that is wild as fuck!!!!
Yeah safety is no joke. Everyone takes that shit lightly until you have a guy get fucked up on your jobsite.
I haven't had any deaths *knocks on wood* but I've had a couple of ambulances show up and have guys taken to the ER over preventable shit.
What part of the oil game are you in??? Upstream? Down?
*two cents*
turing
Mostly offshore Exploration, field construction and completions. Dealing with ROV's I've worked in our manufacturing, Technical and Installations. Seen some crazy shit too.
I was here during this:
https://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2014/August-9th/another-strike-at-sea-on-jack-ryan-rig.php
https://www.myjoyonline.com/busines...-jack-ryan-rig-as-cooks-also-go-on-strike.php
Long story short most offshore jobs go through an agency or company (Halliburton, Slumberger, Mi Swaco etc) The client pays them, and they either give you a day rate or salary.
Example, in the Gulf of Mexico the going day rate for a ROV Technician is around $1200 a day. Supervisor $1500, Superintendent $1800.
My company was only paying about $230 a day for Techs and keeping the rest. That's shit pay, but most people live local and 40- 60K a year for a guy living in a trailers is good for him. Let him make 100K and he's sucking the company's dick.
That was way to shitty to me so I switched international where you get a real fucking paycheck for living half your life on a floating bomb. Laughing at these scary ass CaC supervisors afraid of brown and black people existing on 1/3 the actual rate instead of leaving the safety of Amerikkka.
Anyway, the Ghanaian cats were only making about $800 a month, while the agency was stealing the rest. They found out what the Expats make (Almost that much a day) and they shut that shit down. The OIM was a racist controlling type of CAC. Kind of dude that would kill the internet for everyone so that he could stream YouTube and shit. Real douche bag shit cause we couldn't even email the office or do time sheets and daily reports.
He went to the guys and told them to "Man the fuck up and get that ass to work"
The Brothers said "nah" and started cutting up coveralls to make war bandana's and shut that bitch down. His scared ass ran to the galley and gathered all the knives, went to his room and locked the elevators, leaving the rest of the CAC's to fend for themselves.
They was spooked as fuck, talking about "What we gonna do?!?!"
I was like, "What do you mean WE?" I was hella cool with the brothers cause I never treated them like inferiors, engaged and spoke with them everyday, ate the same food as them, with them instead of the CAC food the expats ate. Treated them with respect.
I was so glad, cause they shut down the choppers and said to the white man, if you want to come negotiate with us, take a boat like we are forced too. Then they went to the cooks and said "Don't serve these bitch's nothing"
They had already hit ya boy with peanut butter, crackers and snacks so I was cool. The shit went on for a couple of days and they finally agreed to a pay hike and some back money. I wish they would have held out for more, but the oil field was in decline and most of them had wives and children. They are lucky this wasn't Nigeria cause a few of them would have gotten fucked up. The brothers there didn't want a blood bath, just fair pay.I got paid
to watch the tables turned on all these colonizers with delusions of grandeur. Nothing is funnier to see them squirm and try and be buddy buddy with me as I walked around that ship free as a bird.It's so funny cause these same southern CAC's are all anti union and are getting fucked, and the African man had the sense to stand up and seize control of the operation to get better wages.
Got damn, bruh!!! Im glad its just not me seeing this shit!! Right on!!!
turing
Mostly offshore Exploration, field construction and completions. Dealing with ROV's I've worked in our manufacturing, Technical and Installations. Seen some crazy shit too.
I was here during this:
https://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2014/August-9th/another-strike-at-sea-on-jack-ryan-rig.php
https://www.myjoyonline.com/busines...-jack-ryan-rig-as-cooks-also-go-on-strike.php
Long story short most offshore jobs go through an agency or company (Halliburton, Slumberger, Mi Swaco etc) The client pays them, and they either give you a day rate or salary.
Example, in the Gulf of Mexico the going day rate for a ROV Technician is around $1200 a day. Supervisor $1500, Superintendent $1800.
My company was only paying about $230 a day for Techs and keeping the rest. That's shit pay, but most people live local and 40- 60K a year for a guy living in a trailers is good for him. Let him make 100K and he's sucking the company's dick.
That was way to shitty to me so I switched international where you get a real fucking paycheck for living half your life on a floating bomb. Laughing at these scary ass CaC supervisors afraid of brown and black people existing on 1/3 the actual rate instead of leaving the safety of Amerikkka.
Anyway, the Ghanaian cats were only making about $800 a month, while the agency was stealing the rest. They found out what the Expats make (Almost that much a day) and they shut that shit down. The OIM was a racist controlling type of CAC. Kind of dude that would kill the internet for everyone so that he could stream YouTube and shit. Real douche bag shit cause we couldn't even email the office or do time sheets and daily reports.
He went to the guys and told them to "Man the fuck up and get that ass to work"
The Brothers said "nah" and started cutting up coveralls to make war bandana's and shut that bitch down. His scared ass ran to the galley and gathered all the knives, went to his room and locked the elevators, leaving the rest of the CAC's to fend for themselves.
They was spooked as fuck, talking about "What we gonna do?!?!"
I was like, "What do you mean WE?" I was hella cool with the brothers cause I never treated them like inferiors, engaged and spoke with them everyday, ate the same food as them, with them instead of the CAC food the expats ate. Treated them with respect.
I was so glad, cause they shut down the choppers and said to the white man, if you want to come negotiate with us, take a boat like we are forced too. Then they went to the cooks and said "Don't serve these bitch's nothing"
I got paid
It's so funny cause these same southern CAC's are all anti union and are getting fucked, and the African man had the sense to stand up and seize control of the operation to get better wages.
That's dope!!! I love seeing hard headed white boys get shown what time it is!
Had a similar situation on a high rise I was working on were one of my fellow construction supervisors (white cat, not from Texas, new to Houston, hot head) got full of himself and dog cussed the wrong Mexican cat calling him a stupid beaner wetback.
This stupid beaner wetback so happen to be
Word got back to Mexico and days later I got a friendly anonymous call not to come to the job site on a particular day the following week. So I didn't. The senior project manager also got an anonymous phone call that shit better change with a particular individual on site or shit will BE CHANGED.
My company transferred him to another job THAT DAY and he left the company a month later.
I been interested in some international off shore work for a while now. What type of HVAC (heating and cooling) systems do those rigs use?
If you don't mind me picking your brain...
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I spent 20 years in broadcasting.... the last 2-3 years I finally saw what I was a part of (and left)
Bruh, Bogart this shit if you want to. It is both useful and entertaining. BTW what is your degree in?MAYNE LISTEN! Alright this the last one cause I'm not trying to bogard this thread.
So I'm in my early 20's and my very first job out of college is for a construction company that's doing a MASSIVE OVERHAUL of the electrical and mechanical systems at MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Houston Medical Center. I'm in charge of punch list items, bird dogging the night work during shutdowns, and the daily clean up.
The Houston Medical Center is the biggest medical center in the world and it's flagship is MD Anderson. They are on the cutting edge of cancer research and treatment. MD Anderson is the end of the line: if they can't help you, have your affairs in order. Anyways this place is HUGE- a campus consisting of 6 buildings all interconnected and 3 more that are not.
I'm in charge of a crew of about 11-15 laborers whose job is to make sure the common areas are keep swept cleaned, and to tidy up the construction zones. We meet in the morning, I give them their assignments, I check on them periodically, I go grab materials, they sign out at the end of the day. Simple.
My crew consists of all guys and this squat- pimply faced- young Mexican broad we'll call 'Sarah'. Sarah wasn't much to look at in the face but she was 5'3" and about 150lbs of bubble butt ass.
I didn't think nothing of her; I was young, this is my first job out of college. I'm trying to make a name for myself.
In short: I didn't know shit about shit.
For the first four months everything is ho-hum: they show up, I give them their assignment, I check on them, they sign out. 'Checking on them' is tricky, I might see one of my crew members once maybe twice in the course of the day. This place is HUGE mind you. In all reality I'm checking their work. If shit is clean we have no problems. That being said I can never find Sarah.
Not only could I not find Sarah. Sarah was never overly concerned about picking up her paycheck on time. My cleaning crew got paid every Friday through the temp agency I got them through. Temp agency means these cats weren't getting a lot of money so pay day was a BIG DEAL...except for Sarah. Sarah was notorious for picking up her pay slip...Monday sometimes Tuesday the following week. Plus, Sarah would always call me on Friday's to sign her out. No big deal, she keep her areas cleaned. I had no problem with her. Nice girl.
Well around month four Sarah shows up in my office crying. She tells me that she doesn't feel so good, her stomach hurts and she been throwing up most of the day. I send her to the clinic through her temp agency and think nothing of it- fools get sick all the time on the job B'.
I don't hear from her for a week.
Weak later I get a sobbing phone call from her that the reason she was sick was because she was pregnant and she don't know who the daddy is. That's the last I hear of Sarah.
Nothing happens for a week after her call.
Then the cleaning crew guys ask me "Yo what happen to Sarah"
Then the electricians....
Then the plumbers....
Then the HVAC guys....
When the maintenance guys from M.D. Anderson strated asking me about this chick is when it finally hit me. That and that one of the custodians pull me aside and gave me the run down...after the fact....because he was fucking her.
Once again, this place is HUGE and construction work is being done throughout the complex in numerous mechanical and electrical rooms. My cleaning crews have access to the custodian closets so for their mop buckets.
Here's what this bitch's day consisted of...
- I'd give her her area to clean for that day. It rotated.
- In that area she would set up shop in the nearest custodial closet or in the mech/electrical room if It was one of the bigger ones.
-Proposition the crews...$50 $100 dollar fucks.
- Keep her area clean between tricks.
- Sign out with me.
Doing the rough math. She'd clear about $500-$800 a day. The reason I never saw her on Fridays was because she had a pay day special- $35 suck $75 dollar fuck- so she literally spent the day sucking and fucking. She'd clear about double that on Friday EASY. Most her money she made was through the electricians cause they got paid on Thursdays through their office.
How did she not get caught? Well for one she was fucking EVERYBODY- why fuck up a good thing- and secondly she's every where she's suppose to be. On camera it just looked like she was going in a mechanical/electrical room to clean up and guys are already working in their, or she went into the custodial closet and needed some help getting something. Plus security don't really watch those cameras as hard as they would like for you to think they do. Which means not at all.
So yeah...that was my OFFICIAL introduction into the wild world of the construction industry.
**EDIT***@tallblacknyc who ever was her 'manager' had a nice hustle going cause she wasn't smart enough to piece all this shit together. I wonder how many other cleaning crews aren't just hoes-who-also-do-the-windows outfits
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Construction Science and Mechanical Engineering.
Been in construction for going on 15 years (I'm 37.)
.....
It's a crazy business.
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Fam, I'm sorry but this thread is better than porn. I take it you are a Merchant Marine or whatever?Mayne, a couple of cats at my job got fired for stealing rolls of umbilical and tether for ROV's. An average spare roll can be 150-300 feet of copper conductors and twisted wire pairs. Our Deck leads are all at least 500kc mil 3 and 4 conductor. For a while offshore they were just throwing the scraps away after a slip and cut.
Ok, here's a story about my job.
On the rigs, there is large wire rope for the draw works. Some can be up to 4" in Diameter. When they do a slip and cut, they usually send the scrap back in a bundle to be disposed of. Well the OIM (Offshore Installation Manager) for this rig was having the guys cut it up into sections and then shipping it to be sold as scrap without the rig owners knowing.
This is what it looks like minus the binding. this size rope weaved into a figure 8 with the guys standing in the loops unraveling it.
So there was this large section of the wire rope rolled into a figure 8 on the deck. They wanted to move it, but instead of using the crane, they used the man basket(man rider) that's only rated for 300 kilos. They got 2 locals (Angolans) to stand inside of the figure 8 cable to help stretch it out on deck so that it could be cut. Well, as they used the bullshit man rider to pull the cable over the moon pool (opening to sea) halfway across the rope broke free and fell. The 2 guys standing inside the loops were trapped and got beat damn near to death as the 2" cable whipped them back and forth as it unraveled.
Because this happened at night, there wasn't going to be a scheduled helicopter flight until the morning, but good luck, the client was paying $5000 a day to have an emergency chopper on standby. So they called the number and dew dew dew that shit was fake. Some locals had scammed them and there was no emergency choppers on standby. Just a conman getting rich.
So these 2 cats had to wait from 1 AM to 9 Am bleeding internally with multiple broken bones and abrasions. Chopper finally comes and the hospital in Luanda can't fully treat them. They sit there for a few days until finally the client agrees to fly them to South Africa for proper care.
The shit hit the fan and the OIM, the Deck Supervisor and anybody he hired all got shit canned. I'm talking sub sea engineers, electricians etc. People who were off shift or at home and had nothing to do with the deck crew.
The guys survived, but they will never work again. The Client (Cobalt Energy) got fucked by the Angolan government for 1.75 Billion dollars and went bankrupt so there is no chance of these men getting any assistance.
This is one of the reason the cost of oil is so high. The sheer amount of fuckery that goes on. Coming from the music industry I could see the parallels. Throw gangs of money at an Well/Artist and hope one of them hits. Measure once, cut 20 times. Just stupid shit.
We also had a guy die on the rig while teaching safety, and downtime of over 120 Millions dollars due to a dumb ass CAC but those are other stories.
Spill it
I don't fuck with them, but I'm sure most of the HVAC offshore is 480VAC. All of it will need to be intrinsically safe. vacuum purge etc. If you are familiar with the zoning for combustible gas and chemicals and can pass a basic physical there can be good work offshore. In the Gulf the electricians make at least 80-120K working 6 months a year. 28 days on, 28 days off
If you can program PLC's and run automation you can be an ET and they make more money. A senior ET gets his own room with a sofa etc on certain rigs. I went to school for all of that, but I like the ROV work better. I get to travel the world and it's more interesting to me.
Right now there is a slowdown and many of the older drillships and rigs are getting stacked and or scrapped. They let a lot of guys go, so when it picks up there will be a shortage and the rates will go through the roof again. If my company doesn't get "act right" there will be others offering at least a $1200 day rate for a superintendent. I wont take the promotion now cause there are no positions open, so I stay at Senior Supervisor.
If you can program PLC's and run automation you can be an ET and they make more money. A senior ET gets his own room with a sofa etc on certain rigs. I went to school for all of that, but I like the ROV work better. I get to travel the world and it's more interesting to me.
Right now there is a slowdown and many of the older drillships and rigs are getting stacked and or scrapped. They let a lot of guys go, so when it picks up there will be a shortage and the rates will go through the roof again. If my company doesn't get "act right" there will be others offering at least a $1200 day rate for a superintendent. I wont take the promotion now cause there are no positions open, so I stay at Senior Supervisor.
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