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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:18 PM
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The other guy
sitting this well with me, working the 12 hrs opposite mine, got all drunk and twisted off 2 days ago....got arrested. I haven't slept in 40 hrs, but supposedly my boss is on his way up here so I can get some sleep. Any suggestions?
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:20 PM
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1. Ask your boss for a bonus.
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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:22 PM
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2. Oh, that's in the works.
I have only exchanged like 15 mins of words w/ him since Jan, and now that I have him on location, and not all holed up in the office, we can "talk." I have a lot to tell him. I have had 3 weeks off since Feb. I want a BIG BONUS.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:26 PM
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3. One other thing I would demand....not ask for...DEMAND....
besides that huge bonus you should definitely get....

A week off with pay...at least a week....

40 hours without sleep...? WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF MADNESS IS THIS?

I trust you're not moving till your boss gets there....that is what you said, right?

Their treatment of you is nothing short of criminal, IMHO...

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:
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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:29 PM
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4. Oh, I'm getting compensated
I'm a wellsite geologist, sitting a production rig in the Rockies. I make a decent coin, I'm just really frazzled.....I'm taking 6 weeks after this, I don't care if we do have to turn away a contract or two.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:35 PM
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5. lol. It's hard for me to imagine
a geologist getting drunk and stupid and arrested. I guess that's a stereotype that I have. College educated folks are not necessarily level headed I guess.
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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:37 PM
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6. Haha
He's an engineer...that's the funny part.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:48 PM
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7. Now where on earth did I get the idea that you're a trucker?
I'm not paying attention, I guess...

So you're a geologist? Well...geology is a subject I've done some reading on....

Have you ever read the book "Annals of the Former World" by John McPhee?

It is outstanding! And it was written for the layman, but I think you'd still enjoy it....

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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 11:55 PM
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8. That's a fantastic book.
Did you know he got the Pulitzer for that?
I'm a lifelong resident of Wyoming, so I love the stuff about Love in "Rising from the Plains." It's really close to my heart. "Geologists are autochthonous." No doubt.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 12:02 AM
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9. I'm not sure I heard this..but he sure as HELL deserved it!
Fantastic book...I haven't read it in a while...but one of these days I'll read it again...

I'm so glad you know it! It is fantastic.... :hi:
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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 12:25 AM
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10. Just looked it up
General Non-Fiction, 1999. :hi:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 12:26 AM
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11. Thanks for checking up on it!
:hi:
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