during training, trying to learn how to use the sulky
The funniest things new employees do??
What are the funniest things you've seen new employess do? I've been training a few new ones...I've seen them edge flower beds that had no grass what-so-ever, I got a nice chuckle with that one...put a new guy on a 36" wb, belt driven, yesterday to mow a square lawn...was funny to watch the mower jerk him around while he's learning the controls..
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had a new guy that turned with the backpack and smashed the sliding glass door. The first week it was fixed, he did the same exact thing.
Long time ago, and i still get the giggles with this one. Had a kid cutting a back with a 21" home owner left a 5gal. bucket on the lawn. Kid cuts up to the bucket. Steps to the side of the machine to move bucket. Next thing I saw he was taking his sneaker out of the bag.
A few years back had a guy that the clasp on his pants broke in the early morning. Every time he carried a barrel his pants would fall to his ankles. Made this guy carry the barrels the whole day Took him half a day to smarten up and take some trimmer line to tie his pants up.
This happens often. A new hire during spring cleanups blowing into the wind
Long time ago, and i still get the giggles with this one. Had a kid cutting a back with a 21" home owner left a 5gal. bucket on the lawn. Kid cuts up to the bucket. Steps to the side of the machine to move bucket. Next thing I saw he was taking his sneaker out of the bag.
A few years back had a guy that the clasp on his pants broke in the early morning. Every time he carried a barrel his pants would fall to his ankles. Made this guy carry the barrels the whole day
Took him half a day to smarten up and take some trimmer line to tie his pants up. This happens often. A new hire during spring cleanups blowing into the wind
Last week I was mowing on a rider....the customer came out to tell me something so I put it in park and ran over to her....Before I got to her , she is pointing behind me , so I turn and look.....My rider has taken off across the yard so I give chase, just as I reach it, it slams into the side of her van.......................
I pull it off and it left a reasonable dent. I'm thinking $300-$400 damage and am starting to feel the stress level rise. Here is what happened. She walks over and I am steadily apologizing, feeling like a dope. She goes "it's ok, that is my work van and it has dings in it already." I'm like whew! I could not believe my luck. Although it wasn't an employee, it was me and I am a newbie to the biz. Just glad I can tell this story in jest.
I pull it off and it left a reasonable dent. I'm thinking $300-$400 damage and am starting to feel the stress level rise. Here is what happened. She walks over and I am steadily apologizing, feeling like a dope. She goes "it's ok, that is my work van and it has dings in it already." I'm like whew! I could not believe my luck. Although it wasn't an employee, it was me and I am a newbie to the biz. Just glad I can tell this story in jest.
I had a fairly new employee take my z-master with brand new bagger on it and run into a telephone pole guide wire that was on a slant.
He said he thought since he cleared it the whole machine would.
Thats when i pointed out how high it was compared to when he was sitting on the machine.And this was on his 3-4 day on the job.
This employee worked for me less then a week.
We were working on a job & we were working in different sections of the cemetery, and I found out later that while i thought he was working he was sitting in my truck drinking beers and listening to the radio.
I found this out because my sister and mother just happened to be walking around in there that day and saw him doing it.
Dan
He said he thought since he cleared it the whole machine would.
Thats when i pointed out how high it was compared to when he was sitting on the machine.And this was on his 3-4 day on the job.
This employee worked for me less then a week.
We were working on a job & we were working in different sections of the cemetery, and I found out later that while i thought he was working he was sitting in my truck drinking beers and listening to the radio.
I found this out because my sister and mother just happened to be walking around in there that day and saw him doing it.
Dan
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