gant
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Post by gant on Oct 15, 2007 5:37:23 GMT -5
if any of you are like us at our plant we are constantly playing jokes on eachother.. what are some of the things you guys have done?
our bathroom back in the shop has a window at the top of the room that always stays open and I've had them throw firecrackers in the bathroom while i was there.. funny as hell.. just wasnt expecting it
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Post by BillyCement on Oct 15, 2007 15:28:09 GMT -5
if any of you are like us at our plant we are constantly playing jokes on eachother.. what are some of the things you guys have done?
We haven't done much in awhile but in the old days we used to "grease" someone's truck. We'd get a grease gun and grease up anything he might touch on the outside of the truck. Water valves, hose nozzle etc. We'd always grease the backside so he didn't see it until it was too late. Or we'd put a nickel inside his hose nozzle. It fits perfectly and it takes awhile to figure out why he's not getting any water through his hose. |
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Post by slumpy on Oct 15, 2007 18:41:18 GMT -5
if i was the last truck in i use to drain everbodys air tank so in the morning they would start up there trucks to pull under the plant and they would have to wait to build air pressure they still dont know who does it . they would get super pissed ;D
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 15, 2007 19:44:05 GMT -5
back in the middle of july on one of the hottest days of the year I went out shut off the air and turned on the heat in one of our guys trucks lol.. it was about 110* outside of the truck I couldnt tell ya what it was inside.. but he was next to load so he jumped in his truck shut the door and about a half a second later he opened the door and threw the brake and jumped out and said "son of a b!tch" lol it was pretty funny.. he said he burned his hand on the little hand rest on his controls lol
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Post by cfconcrete on Oct 15, 2007 22:00:52 GMT -5
Back years ago when we had all Macks, when AM/FM radios had knobs for volume & tuning, I used to crank up the volume all the way & tune into a bunch of static, when the dude would start the rig in the AM, he'd be blasted right outa the cab, I'd also turn on the wipers, 4 ways, beacon light, & just about every thing else I could, when they'd start the rig, everything would be going full blast & blinking, & noise, it was some funny sh&t. We did the grease thing too, grease up the door handle & ask one of the more gullible guys to move a truck, he'd climb up, grab the door handle, It'd slip right out of their hand, they'd fall off the step, right on their ass. We also used to mix up the tickets, make it look like we got each others loads, and left the plant, the batcher would freak the hell out. Good times...
Then we got bought out by the big "C" Game over.
Drive Safe men
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Post by db2179 on Oct 16, 2007 22:33:02 GMT -5
we would load a new guy with a phony clean up load just put in water then he would say it was a little wet and needed dryed up so we would tell him to back under put some sand on him and he says its still wet he finally gets it.
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Post by oldsmith on Oct 17, 2007 18:40:54 GMT -5
We had one jackass that thought it was funny to turn one the other guys water valves. He got just about every one of us we all knew who it was but never would see him do it. until one day he did it to the wrong driver he got the crap kicked out of him and fired. He deserved it. So many yards of mud wasted.
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Post by BillyCement on Oct 17, 2007 19:03:35 GMT -5
We had one jackass that thought it was funny to turn one the other guys water valves. He got just about every one of us we all knew who it was but never would see him do it. until one day he did it to the wrong driver he got the crap kicked out of him and fired. He deserved it. So many yards of mud wasted. |
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Post by Mort on Oct 18, 2007 11:52:54 GMT -5
We have a driver at work with the nickname "Hollywood" because he's always cleaning his truck (and he looks like Burt Reynolds). Another driver put a handful of lamp black in his water tank. So, of course, Hollywood is inside one of the Boeing buildings and decides to rinse off his truck. Turned the entire thing black.
The other guy got a few days off for that one.
Every once in a while I'll sneak up behind another guy's truck and wind his throttle up when he's sitting in the ready line, but we can't really get away with too much around here.
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 18, 2007 17:07:28 GMT -5
alot of the times when some of my buddies leave the pump truck they will drive by and ill reach down and stop their drum while their driving to wash up lol.. or if we are waiting to pour and its early alot of the guys are asleep so Ill get out and slam the flip chute down lol..
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Post by Slick on Oct 21, 2007 23:01:42 GMT -5
or set down their chock blocks when they doze off then BAM BAM as they drive off over them...
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Post by concretejoe on Oct 23, 2007 22:09:32 GMT -5
I always like to sneek up on to the fender of the guy who's catching a couple of winks reach in and lay on his air horn.
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Post by cfconcrete on Oct 25, 2007 17:31:10 GMT -5
or set down their chock blocks when they doze off then BAM BAM as they drive off over them... Funnier than hell ;D |
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gant
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Post by gant on Nov 18, 2007 17:50:58 GMT -5
the other day we were on hold an a guy was sleeping in his truck and he was next to load so another guy who is about 5'6 150 lbs snuck up on his step and hit the air horn and jumped down real quick and hid behind the cab and the guy didnt even see him.. the guy that got woke up was messing with his horn trying to figure it out
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Post by bj3976 on Dec 10, 2007 17:01:04 GMT -5
When its hot a few of the guys will catch a guy sitting at a traffic light or passing on plant road, and spray him with the hose as they pass by (Front Mixer). You can always tell who it happend to, they would pull up and be soaked from the waist up. Funny! They only do it when the time is right and safe to do so. If your real good you can soak there seat, map books, and paper work! We always wave to each other and there is one guy who always forgets and he is usually looking right at ya. I can see it coming and I usually have the window up!
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Post by BillyCement on Dec 10, 2007 19:23:37 GMT -5
I had a guy squirt me while we were washing out at the end of the day. He was parked on my driver's side so when he looked away I squirted a ton of water through his passenger side window. ;D It made me laugh.
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Post by mixermark on Jan 23, 2008 19:59:00 GMT -5
Being a driver or 8 yrs and now Managing myon plant of 38 drivers i have done and seen ALOT! Dumping a bottle of Dawn soap in drvrs holding tank and watching bubbles come out is spray nozzle, unscrew his water hose at the rear of his truck and position a penny in his hose, see how many things he does to trouble shoot his water problems or the best.........throw an old baby doll in his drum if he does not backspin, just wait and listen to the radio. The crew always has some die hard Catholic freaking out hen they see a little body laying in the mud! I swear it is funny and not sick......just a few to try.
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 23, 2008 22:12:08 GMT -5
i might have to try the soap in the water tank.. would it hurt it if they put it in a load?
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Post by Matt on Jan 24, 2008 7:34:27 GMT -5
i might have to try the soap in the water tank.. would it hurt it if they put it in a load? Yes, it would increase the air content of the load. Unscrew the nozzel at the end of a drivers hose, and fill it with soap. Soap in the holding tank is a bad idea. |
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 24, 2008 8:14:39 GMT -5
ill just do his bottom hose then lol...
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 24, 2008 8:15:57 GMT -5
oh and alot of times on the job were on the air is low anyway lol.. but we arent allowed to add water.. only plasterciser..but we can put the packs of air plus or minus in them..
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Post by hicups on Jan 25, 2008 14:51:09 GMT -5
We have two women at our plant and the guys are always sneaking up behind us and jumping at us, almost makes us jump out of our skin, you think after awhile we get use to it. Still waiting for the day someone can walk up behind me and I just stand there without jumping....then the joke will be on them...
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 25, 2008 21:02:21 GMT -5
oh and at our plant we have a horn by where we turn on the water to fill our water tanks..well everytime this one driver is being loaded and back by the water valve to fill his tank the batch man honks the horn and scares the hell out of him and he jumps about 2 feet.. you;d think he would be used to it by now.. but hes not
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Post by lafargeslave on Mar 21, 2008 20:18:18 GMT -5
when a driver leaves their truck unattended under the load bin, roll up the windows and lock the doors. if there is no spare key just lock the drivers door so they have to crawl in the passenger door, after they pry it open as it is used so little it will be rusted shut.
stand behind a loading truck and keep knocking it down from loading speed. making the guy jump in the cab to speed it back up/troubleshoot it.
throw just about anything you can find in the drum so it piles onto the pump grill.
when a driver is half way to a job site ask him if he knew the ticket was bad and not metioning that there is supposed to be fiber in the load so he u turns to go back and get it.
tell the new guys the longest way to get to a job.
lose the out of town drivers that are suppossed to be following the local to a job site, then listen to the flame war on the radio as everyone trys to get the guy back in the right direction, which it never fails that the loudest clearest directions given are to the wrong job site.
key mike to cut out radio calls to cuase a radio war
when on site, no matter how much room u have to manuver, always watch the survey crew setting markers, then run them over
telling a driver he is dragging his hose or that his chute flipped open on a pot hole to get him to pull over and check it out.
mess up the ticket order for 2 or 3 trucks, nobody will read the ticket in their hand, then listen to the confusion with the dispatcher on the radio trying to get everyone to meet up and swap tickets
let the pump blow back on the guy with the cleanest truck
when the new qa tester wants a sample, but he doesnt pay attantion to the mud comming down the chute, overflow his wheelbarrrow
give direction to a job, but leave out one connecting road
when I guy levels his truck un attended, ingauge the creaper gear, then watch as the guy still trys and shft through the pattern crinding all the way.
see someone at a store, move their truck around the back of the building while they are still in the register line.
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Post by cfconcrete on Mar 21, 2008 20:59:49 GMT -5
"when the new qa tester wants a sample, but he doesnt pay attantion to the mud comming down the chute, overflow his wheelbarrrow"
Every time we do a pour for the state, the inspector who thinks he's the most important guy in the whole wide world wants a sample of the load, I have made it a yearly practice to overflow his barrow, and tip it over.
I can't wait fo the first state job this season.............
Drive safe
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gant
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Post by gant on Mar 22, 2008 16:33:43 GMT -5
the jobs we go to they have testers there and test about every 50 yards ive gotten good at knocking wheel barrows over
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Post by herslip98 on Mar 23, 2008 20:44:55 GMT -5
We are pouring on a job for a waste water plant and they test every load it gets irratating because the enginering company has inconsistant results we had a different company come down to test and the results were always different. so i to have gotten good at knocking wheel barrels over.
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Post by cfconcrete on Mar 24, 2008 22:38:48 GMT -5
How immature are we anyways? ;D
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Post by LEAD DOG on Mar 25, 2008 19:29:13 GMT -5
How immature are we anyways? ;D NEED YOU ASK???......AS FOR ME.....VERY!!!  |
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Post by davethepumper on Mar 26, 2008 10:34:55 GMT -5
It's all fun and games until you screw up a load, then you are on my short list. Practical jokes are fine but we (owners included) are all here to make money, $1000 loads of junk concrete really hurt.
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