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My first outage...Any advice?
Jill:
--- Quote from: UncaBuffalo on Jul 29, 2004, 01:08 ---
Don't let that get around the plant when you get there...there was a tech not many years ago who was notorious for "living out of his car". He was also into dumpster diving & eating out of trash cans & ...... Anyway, he was just doing it as a big game (in MY humble opinion), but nearly the entire industry labeled him as a 'dirt-bag'. I have run up against a LOT of nuclear people who already have their prejudices in place if you let them know you are living out of a car (or tent...something I tried one outage), so my advice is...DON'T MENTION IT!
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If you are talking about the same person I am thinking of(he's someone you never forget!), you failed to tell him about 1 odd detail......that he's a millionaire! Isn't that a kick in the pants!
RAD-GHOST:
Amen, on the Arse Kissers! They are easier to pick out now, then ever! But, if you do choose to pursue that end of the business, ( Arse Kisser ), remember it's for life! It does work well for some, but the some, don't work well!
UncaBuffalo:
--- Quote from: Jill on Jul 29, 2004, 03:05 ---
If you are talking about the same person I am thinking of(he's someone you never forget!), you failed to tell him about 1 odd detail......that he's a millionaire! Isn't that a kick in the pants!
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THAT is the funny thing about the whole story! (...but 'they' still think he's a dirtbag...) :/
darkmatter:
First outage advice huh?, Its been a long time since my first outage (don't ask) but I was given some advice that worked very well for me and was quite to the point. " Come to work every day you're susposed to on time and make a reasonable effort to do your job in a pleasent manner, straight and not holding." (this was before FFD) Techs that failed to follow that advice did not last all that long in the business. (They became Managers!)
KevsHarley:
They are true about this story, don't tell anyone about living in your car!! The person they are taking about is here in Plum Brook Station, Sandusky Oh. and Not sure but I think is still living like that, but he owns a bunch of rentals and apartments in Chicago. He is past the Millionaire stage and heading for the muti-millionaire stage. They are all right though, don't kiss A**, work hard and keep your head up and as soon as you can get into a Jr. job, take it. I worked as a Deconner for 15 years and decided that was enough of the grunt work and made the move. Now I'm a 3.1 Sr. HP and Instrument Tech for Bartlett and Love It. Take care of you money and don't spend more than you bring in!!
K.B.
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