You should work retail for a while. Could list a lot of things that I see the night shift at Home Depot do, or the aftermath of their indecision, and makes me wonder if the night managers and supervisors or not getting stoned or sleeping all night.
- Put away trash. Don't walk one it, or leave it for the morning shift to pick up after.
- Put overstock overhead. Seriously, they leave boxes, open boxes, and contents of boxes scattered all over - and boxes left behind.
- A lot of people forget to lock down the tall moveable ladders... huge safety issue.
- Parking a tall ladder two feet from the bay and leaning over/reaching to get something.
- Beams, two quick release tabs go in on BOTH sides, fully in, and locked by pulling down on them - or use a soft mallet. Tell them to get a mallet, they bring back a 10# mini-sledge.
- Safety glasses and gloves, not a hard concept to put these on. One would think. Gloves on so they do not cut themselves with a 1/4" razor blade sticking out. Seriously, I was raised around multitools but these are bannable if they have a knife and saw. But people these days still manage to get cut.
- Getting down on one's knees to work lower shelves. Knees are not for subservients.
- If you see an electrical outlet damaged, pull the plug on the power strip. Don't let it set there.
- The list goes on. Have stuff to do today, but there are basic things people now days think are rocket science or something. They cannot use a screwdriver to save their life, or adapt a tool for other uses.
I've even sharpened razor scrapers on the cement flooring. Not had to change a blade in a year and a half. Same goes for a Scridget, but when the plastic wears out it is time to get another. Would rather have one made from aluminum.
One young gal on our team was trying to bent a wire holder's tabs to hang it back up. They struggled with pliers. Said why not use a crescent wrench. The look I got. Took the item, grabbed a crescent wrench, adjusted to the wire, got it aligned and bent it back. Done! The surprised look on their face.
People just do not know how to use basic tools or use tool for more than what they may have been intended for but adaptable to other things, Think multitools and not having proper tools is what taught me to adapt and conquer - safely,
I do carry a Spirit, with the blade and saw removed. Best pliers ever. Great for pulling staples out of boards that had tags on them. Others cull the boards for staples?!? Seriously?!? Pull them out, put the staples in a bucket or box to throw away later.
Oh, and on that, there are long stapled with round plastic tabs on them. You'd think someone would pick those up, right? Was pushing a lumber cart of lumber to the correct bay when I felt something poking my foot. Stopped, picked my foot up, one of them staples went right through. Pliers, done. Tossed the thing on the workboard I use to show others to pick the damned things up! Know how long that idea lasted? Still find them and strapping all over the floors.
Even saw one young guy standing on cardboard on a polished cement floor, strapping all over, Tyvek. Went over, moved him out of the way, picked it up. He says Sorry Boss. Said this is clearly a safety violation. Pick stuff up so you do not get hurt!
No offense intended, but I do not get these younger people. I doubt they change or add oil to their cars, if they are not dropped off by their parents. Bet they could not even ride a bicycle. Hard enough to get them to wear a pair of gloves we all carry on our sides.
Do wished my father would of taught me proper AC wiring though. Went through a bad outlet that sent a surge through the trailed, all because if my cousin who taught AC electrical classes had the ground wires connected all wrong and on a lamp cord that went under the sink. Think he was trying to set the trailer on fire through stupidity, then sold it to us. He even spliced the hot water line with a PVC junction, instead of a cast iron one. Even then his cuts on the pipe were on angles.
Sure glad my parents did not raise me to be stupid, and to think things through and fix the task. And my Father, God rest hos soul, was sooo frustrated with my Mickey Mouse Gadget, when I had things finished before he got back with an arm load of tools. That Leatherman PST saved me countless of times! Got a Super Tool a few years later. Only one thing I wished they had was an embedded crescent wrench or nut locker.
Have to work on the recumbent trike and it's going to be 108° F in Idaho. Someone pulled a brake sensor off the right brake on the Kellogg Rally and I need to get it fixed. It shuts off the motor when the brake is pulled, big safety feature that comes in handy more times than not. Also have a seat pan extended that is supposed to solve some digging into the back of the thighs issue to install.
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