Made him a COOK???
(From: Brad Thompson (Brad_Thompson@pop.valley.net).) During a hitch at Sears as a TV tech, I noted an absence of Phillips screwdrivers. When I borrowed one from the senior tech, he informed me that I should get my own and stash them away where “Bob”, another tech, (his real name) couldn’t find them. Apparently, when “Bob” needed a scratch awl or a flat-bladed screwdriver, he’d simply find a Phillips and spend a few minutes at the bench grinder…. “Bob” also once installed a new refrigerator and an icemaker at a customer’s house, using only one of two possible screws to fasten the icemaker’s “vampire tap” to the cold water line. When the customer returned a few hours later, he found six inches of water in the basement – “Bob’s” handiwork had failed. I wonder what “Bob” does for work today…. He’s probably an HMO exec. 🙂 (From: Alan Peterman (alp@jps.net).) For reasons I could never fathom, our AVIONICS shop hired this fellow right out of avionics school. He darn near had to shown w