Watch out for Greatleds

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ROTFLMFAO Orv you got me on that one.

[Guest guest]

So Orv..tell us the story. Its not like the Disney KGB will show up at your door, and this is like 30+ years ago.

I'll bet you told them a thing or two they needed to hear, and they didn't want to hear how they should be running their business.

[Guest guest]

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

[Surfing4Dough]

Orville wrote:

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

So you guys were taking joyrides down the laundry chute, and you got caught and then fired?

[Guest guest]

Thats a damned big laundry chute if donald duck fit, head and all.

So once you escaped that place, you went into the electronics biz and started helping out the military/space industry? I would assume they were smart enough to see your skills and talents on the space coast, right?

[Guest guest]

Prior to my electronics career, I worked in Fast Foods starting off, then retail stores and retail management for a while, the to trade school paid for by a specialized program to train me in electronics, which I had already had training to mil specs by my father, but since he wasn't an actual teacher, they couldn't use my "home training", so put me through a fast-paced electronics course, passed it at the top of the class. After that, the school landed me my first job as an Electronics Technician repairing, servicing and programming electronic cash registers.

From that point I moved on to work for Collins-Avionics building aircraft black boxes, a Division of Rockwell Industries in Melbourne, FL for a while {this is the job that took me away from picking up bodies from crime scenes - and I was ready to give that up A.S.A.P. anyway!}, then I got hired on at Martin-Marietta {which I had applied at BEFORE the Collins job}, then Lockheed-Martin when it was bought out.

Then went to work for ECC building aircraft and tank simulators.

But I went back several times via temp services and worked for Lockheed-Martin, as well as many other electronics companies throughout the years.

Then went to work for Dayron Corporation building explosives for the military, then went to a company that built Spectrum Analyzers for the medical industry and something else, but can't recall who or what as a Quality Control Inspector.

Then from there, went into Warehouse work for a while, but after some former injuries starting creating issues and my medical problems kept getting me fired from jobs because I had problems doing the work or had to call out ill, that's how I ended up on disability.

Believe me, I would rather work if that were possible, I can make a lot more working than not, but the medical problems, past injuries, along with now being blind in one eye, working is more or less out of my equation. I do well to even get my display up, and at times have even thought about just getting out and not doing it, but that day won't come until I absolutely just can't do it at all any longer. Hopefully I still have a lot of years left to continue the display.

At least with setting up the display I can take my time doing things, unlike a regular job where things HAVE to be done at a specific given time, date or day. Can't stop and take a 2 hour or more break on a regular job, or stop every 30 minutes and take a break because you aren't up to par with things and just need to "get away from it for a while" because of pain or fatigue.

So it's difficult, but somehow things always seem to work out, just not as quickly as we'd like at times.

[Guest guest]

Surfing4Dough wrote:

Orville wrote:

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

So you guys were taking joyrides down the laundry chute, and you got caught and then fired?

Nope. Only HE took the ride down the chute. Wouldn't catch me riding down any of those dryer shoots into an actively operating dryer, as they never turn off except when being unloaded from downstairs when their door is open.

If I recall there were about 50 dryer chutes and the same for the washers. These were HUGE washing machines and dryers, held a laundry cart on wheels full of clothes, believe they weighed anywhere from 100-150 pounds dry, imagine having to push these into a freight elevator to get them to the loading chutes for the dryers upstairs as WET they weighed almost double what they did dry.

And no A/C in the facility, always hot, muggy and miserable. Even the break room didn't have any A/C in it. And I worked there in the summer months. Ugh!

Only job I ever really loathed in my life, between the two worst jobs I've ever had, Disney Laundry and Cadaver Pick Up, Disney's Laundry wins hands down as the worst one. 8 hours in that laundry and you were just completely drained by the time you left work. At least with the cadaver pick up you weren't out every single day in the heat for 8 hours a day on a daily basis, maybe a few hours here and there, but you transported in an A/C controlled vehicle, so you eventually got to cool off.

[Guest guest]

DonFL wrote:

Thats a damned big laundry chute if donald duck fit, head and all.

So once you escaped that place, you went into the electronics biz and started helping out the military/space industry? I would assume they were smart enough to see your skills and talents on the space coast, right?

The chutes were very large, if I recall they were around 10' to 12' in diameter.

We had to be able to tip a fully loaded laundry cart into the chute, and the entire laundry cart, if you weren't careful could fall into and down those chutes to the first floor washers and dryers. Yes, they were quite large.

See other post 2nd post above this one on how I got into all that.

EDIT: Spelling corrections and additions I remembered after posting.

[shfr26]

Orville wrote:

Surfing4Dough wrote:

Orville wrote:

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

So you guys were taking joyrides down the laundry chute, and you got caught and then fired?

Nope. Only HE took the ride down the chute.

You big bully you!!!! No wonder they fired you! Before the admin see this, I was only kidding, relax.

[Guest guest]

shfr26 wrote:

Orville wrote:

Surfing4Dough wrote:

Orville wrote:

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

So you guys were taking joyrides down the laundry chute, and you got caught and then fired?

Nope. Only HE took the ride down the chute.

You big bully you!!!! No wonder they fired you! Before the admin see this, I was only kidding, relax.

Me, I was a shy, backward type kid in my childhood, always the one that got bullied, and when this guy did something I could not condone and warned him about it, he didn't listen or quit, so he took a ride down the chute, funny thing is I'd already screamed at him: "I QUIT!" as he went down the chute, and I was actually already on my way out of the facility, heading to my car and leaving, when security came up and escorted me the rest of the way, and said don't ever try to come back to work here.

I said a few choice words about what they could do with their jobs and finally "I DON'T INTEND TO EVER COME BACK HERE TO THIS {choice expletitives deleted}PLACE!" And haven't been back since, not even to the park itself. For one thing they are way overpriced for everything, just like all the attractions around here. I don't go to any of them, even when I could afford to, I NEVER went to them unless someone else gave the invitation and paid, otherwise I stay as far away from them as I can.

[Guest Don Gillespie]

Orville wrote:

shfr26 wrote:

Orville wrote:

Surfing4Dough wrote:

Orville wrote:

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

So you guys were taking joyrides down the laundry chute, and you got caught and then fired?

Nope. Only HE took the ride down the chute.

You big bully you!!!! No wonder they fired you! Before the admin see this, I was only kidding, relax.

Me, I was a shy, backward type kid in my childhood, always the one that got bullied, and when this guy did something I could not condone and warned him about it, he didn't listen or quit, so he took a ride down the chute, funny thing is I'd already screamed at him: "I QUIT!" as he went down the chute, and I was actually already on my way out of the facility, heading to my car and leaving, when security came up and escorted me the rest of the way, and said don't ever try to come back to work here.

I said a few choice words about what they could do with their jobs and finally "I DON'T INTEND TO EVER COME BACK HERE TO THIS {choice expletitives deleted}PLACE!" And haven't been back since, not even to the park itself. For one thing they are way overpriced for everything, just like all the attractions around here. I don't go to any of them, even when I could afford to, I NEVER went to them unless someone else gave the invitation and paid, otherwise I stay as far away from them as I can.

Well Orv at least you grew up and know how to take a joke, unlike some other people we know LOL

[Guest guest]

shfr26 wrote:

Orville wrote:

Surfing4Dough wrote:

Orville wrote:

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

So you guys were taking joyrides down the laundry chute, and you got caught and then fired?

Nope. Only HE took the ride down the chute.

You big bully you!!!! No wonder they fired you! Before the admin see this, I was only kidding, relax.

With the dryer running?

[Guest guest]

Orville wrote:

Prior to my electronics career, I worked in Fast Foods starting off, then retail stores and retail management for a while, the to trade school paid for by a specialized program to train me in electronics, which I had already had training to mil specs by my father, but since he wasn't an actual teacher, they couldn't use my "home training", so put me through a fast-paced electronics course, passed it at the top of the class. After that, the school landed me my first job as an Electronics Technician repairing, servicing and programming electronic cash registers.

From that point I moved on to work for Collins-Avionics building aircraft black boxes, a Division of Rockwell Industries in Melbourne, FL for a while {this is the job that took me away from picking up bodies from crime scenes - and I was ready to give that up A.S.A.P. anyway!}, then I got hired on at Martin-Marietta {which I had applied at BEFORE the Collins job}, then Lockheed-Martin when it was bought out.

Then went to work for ECC building aircraft and tank simulators.

But I went back several times via temp services and worked for Lockheed-Martin, as well as many other electronics companies throughout the years.

Then went to work for Dayron Corporation building explosives for the military, then went to a company that built Spectrum Analyzers for the medical industry and something else, but can't recall who or what as a Quality Control Inspector.

Then from there, went into Warehouse work for a while, but after some former injuries starting creating issues and my medical problems kept getting me fired from jobs because I had problems doing the work or had to call out ill, that's how I ended up on disability.

Believe me, I would rather work if that were possible, I can make a lot more working than not, but the medical problems, past injuries, along with now being blind in one eye, working is more or less out of my equation. I do well to even get my display up, and at times have even thought about just getting out and not doing it, but that day won't come until I absolutely just can't do it at all any longer. Hopefully I still have a lot of years left to continue the display.

At least with setting up the display I can take my time doing things, unlike a regular job where things HAVE to be done at a specific given time, date or day. Can't stop and take a 2 hour or more break on a regular job, or stop every 30 minutes and take a break because you aren't up to par with things and just need to "get away from it for a while" because of pain or fatigue.

So it's difficult, but somehow things always seem to work out, just not as quickly as we'd like at times.

Geez orv, so they were knocking down your door for your electronics expertise. Wow.

[Guest guest]

DonFL wrote:

shfr26 wrote:

Orville wrote:

Surfing4Dough wrote:

Orville wrote:

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

So you guys were taking joyrides down the laundry chute, and you got caught and then fired?

Nope. Only HE took the ride down the chute.

You big bully you!!!! No wonder they fired you! Before the admin see this, I was only kidding, relax.

With the dryer running?

One word: "Yes!":shock:

[Guest guest]

DonFL wrote:

Geez orv, so they were knocking down your door for your electronics expertise. Wow.

When I first went to work for Martin-Marietta in 1981, I was on the basic assembly line building components for the now defucnt Pershing Missile. my supervisor came in and had a PC Board that needed a part removed, actually had 4 boards with the same issue, the main computer chip soldered to the board had gone belly up during the testing stages. Out of the 4 he gave 3 to the three ladies that worked with me, to see if they could remove the chip without damaging the board, this IC chip was not small, it had around 160 pins on it, 80 per side.

All 3 ladies measled the board, which is unacceptable, 2 also lifted the pads that the pins of the IC are soldered too.

I asked the boss to allow me to try and remove the IC on the last board, he was hesitant and I told him I'll bet I can get it off without any damage to the PCB. Reluctantly he gave me the board and said, okay, I'll be back in about 45 minutes to see how you're doing.

The ladies were laughing at me because since they couldn't do it and I was feverishly going at it, they thought I was destroying the PCB. My supervisor was still outside talking to the main supervisor over the project, when I emerged, PCB hidden behind my back in it's static bag.

He looks over and says, is there a problem? Not at all. Then he says couldn't get it off either could you? I said of course I got it off. Then he said, but you ruined the board right? Guess again I said to him.

He said, there is no way you got that 160 pin IC cleanly off that board!

Handed him the static bag, he and the main supervisor opened it, where the chip had been soldered didn't look like ANYTHING had ever been soldered to the pads where it had been. Everything 100% clean, intact and no damage whatsoever to the board.

How the hell did you get that off the board in less than FIVE minutes?

Just said, I have my ways and therefore went into the rework, touch-up and repair of damaged PCB's and that's where I was for quite a lot of my electronics career, but always got assigned to Techs and Engineering to help out with prototype projects. {Actually took me less than one minute to get that IC off the board at the time, took more time to clean it off, than it did to remove the IC! - Alas those days are long gone for me now.}

I always took after my late father and have designed circuits for use in Model Railroads and other fooling around for fun projects.

I had actually worked for a company that built signal indications for the real railroads, but they got into some hot water and are now long out of business after the RR sued them.

The techs and engineers wouldn't listen to me, or others that knew how railroad signalling worked, GREEN on top, RED on the bottom, Amber, if used, in the center.

But they wired the signals the same as an highway traffic signal in both the indication signalling electronics that went into the base of the signal, and in the cabs of the locomotives that received those signals via the rails, after a disaterous head on collision occured on the rails which killed several people, they found the issue was the circuit cards were wired in Reverse, giving the engineer/conductor the WRONG indication, thinking they had a GREEN signal to continue, when in fact it should have been showing a STOP {RED} signal. And once they were in the process of being sued, everyone got "laid off" until further notice. Of course no one ever got called back that I was aware of.

Of course when my vision got screwed up, I now no longer have that ability due to not having proper depth perception. But from 1980 through 2008 I worked in the areospace/military and even real Railroad equipment aspect of electronics. Just wish I could still do the work, making $20-$25.00/hour in the field was really good money, especially when I'd sometimes get a lot of overtime {worked double shifts many times to get the projects done and out the door}.

[Guest guest]

Gotta run, trying to get some other work done as I can.

[Guest guest]

Orville wrote:

DonFL wrote:

shfr26 wrote:

Orville wrote:

Surfing4Dough wrote:

Orville wrote:

Let's just say it involved the 2nd story of the laundry facility, a dryer chute from where you load the wet laundry, a dryer, a male supervisor, some words and physical action that started with him and his lovely trip down the dryer chute.

So you guys were taking joyrides down the laundry chute, and you got caught and then fired?

Nope. Only HE took the ride down the chute.

You big bully you!!!! No wonder they fired you! Before the admin see this, I was only kidding, relax.

With the dryer running?

One word: "Yes!":shock:

So wasn't that kinda' dangerous? He must have been a real jerk as a boss for you to endanger his well-being like that.

[George Simmons]

I want to know how long he was in the dryer? Was there fabric softener or did the guy come out all clingy? How did you avoid a jail term for that?

[Guest guest]

#1. He wasn't in the dryer for more than a few seconds.

#2. Secondly, he was warned {I had witnesses to that} and when he wouldn't stop doing what I asked him to, I popped him one and down the dryer chute he went.

The dryers and washers *always* have someone near them just in case someone happened to fall in, they had large windows so you could see everything inside them.

So it came to be self defense in my case, hence no jail time.



Just a definite NO REHIRE at Disney. Which is fine by me, I'd never go back to work there anyhow after that experience, even if I WAS rehirable there!


BTW: this could have been an sexual harrassment case, but in the late 70's no such laws existed as they do today, otherwise I'd have brought one against this idiot.

Now I'm sure you folks can figure that one out from here.

[George Simmons]

So, what you're saying is that you had to leave because of your toes...

That you were unable to train them to pick things up so you didn't have to bend down?