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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, February 08, 2012, 03:22:13 PM

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Juana

#30
February 08, 2012, 09:56:18 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 08, 2012, 09:25:02 PM
Needless to say, I did no such thing, and now Mike is running around all butthurt.  The boss is out of town, and from the copied reply he sent back, Mike's argument didn't hold any water there, either.

Let me say that again:  He complained to the boss because I wouldn't falsify the instruments.

:whack:
You know, that sounds like an awful good way to a) get fired, b) get fired and blamed for every little thing that goes wrong, his fault or not, and c) never, ever be able to get a letter of reference out of a boss.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

The Good Reverend Roger

#31
February 08, 2012, 11:24:09 PM
Quote from: Secret Agent GARBO on February 08, 2012, 09:56:18 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 08, 2012, 09:25:02 PM
Needless to say, I did no such thing, and now Mike is running around all butthurt.  The boss is out of town, and from the copied reply he sent back, Mike's argument didn't hold any water there, either.

Let me say that again:  He complained to the boss because I wouldn't falsify the instruments.

:whack:
You know, that sounds like an awful good way to a) get fired, b) get fired and blamed for every little thing that goes wrong, his fault or not, and c) never, ever be able to get a letter of reference out of a boss.

Not in this company.  We'll fire hourly people for squinting at you, but salaried personnel can even act like ME and get away with it.  The Beast is so damned big that individual incompetence doesn't even register.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

rong

#32
February 09, 2012, 11:18:17 AM
because the flow meters are being installed for predictive maintenance, i can see how adjusting them to get the "correct" flow would be acceptable (not that i agree with it).

maybe, instead, mike needs to adjust his preconceptions?

also, Roger, your sig line is the modus operandi at the mill where i work.

dumbness is rampant
"a real smart feller, he felt smart"

Luna

#33
February 11, 2012, 01:57:02 PM
Today's Dilbert made me think of Roger.

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#34
February 11, 2012, 04:42:03 PM
Quote from: Luna on February 11, 2012, 01:57:02 PM
Today's Dilbert made me think of Roger.



HELL YES.  :lulz:
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#35
February 11, 2012, 07:25:57 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 08, 2012, 09:38:31 PM
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People, you just don't understand.

Mike is the main character.

Well I'm also mike and I know if I pulled that shit I wouldn't expect to have a job for very much longer.

Edit: Its not even like flowmeters are hard to calibrate or expensive to replace.

The flow meters are new, freshly calibrated, and in disagreement with Mike's preconceptions.

Obviously, the universe is being irrational and should pay more attention.

Oh dear, if the readings are correct then him trying to cover it up could be even more serious. I sure hope whatever is going through those pipes isn't part of a critical process....

It's only maxed out hydrochloric acid and synthetic sapphire, passing right over a walkway.

:lol:
I'm sure when the rivets blow out of the pipe and acid starts pooling on the floor our hero will be the first in with a "caution, slippery floor" sign.

Rivets?  :lol:

This shit is going through 1-1/2" schedule 80 PVC pipe.  When it blows out, it's fucking SPECTACULAR.

"pooling".  :lol:

It's more of a horrible, high pressure spray of awful acidy death.
Oh, there is no way at all that that might have been a poor choice for design.  :lulz:

Actually, PVC is the only pipe we can use in that location.  Fibercast pipe erodes and blows out, and teflon lined steel pipe can't take the abrasion from the sapphire.
I was thinking about the fact that it goes directly over the walk way more than material.  It's almost like something you'd expect in a super villain's lair.

Q. G. Pennyworth

#36
February 12, 2012, 03:43:52 AM
Hey, Roger, do you make fake shinies for shiny purposes or industrial? Because it would be crazy awesome if your factory made the rock on my finger right now  :lulz:

The Good Reverend Roger

#37
February 12, 2012, 04:42:20 AM
Quote from: Queen_Gogira on February 12, 2012, 03:43:52 AM
Hey, Roger, do you make fake shinies for shiny purposes or industrial? Because it would be crazy awesome if your factory made the rock on my finger right now  :lulz:

Industrial.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

minuspace

#38
February 12, 2012, 11:10:21 AM
In  :pope:logical terms, it's just converting the procession's excursion, to fit the actual rate of flow?  :lulz:
:pope:

The Good Reverend Roger

#39
February 13, 2012, 02:06:42 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on February 12, 2012, 11:10:21 AM
In  :pope:logical terms, it's just converting the procession's excursion, to fit the actual rate of flow?  :lulz:

The what's what?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Freeky

#40
February 13, 2012, 04:04:04 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 13, 2012, 02:06:42 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on February 12, 2012, 11:10:21 AM
In  :pope:logical terms, it's just converting the procession's excursion, to fit the actual rate of flow?  :lulz:

The what's what?

It's pinealism at its "finest." 

Luciferx is that pinealist jackhole who kept pissing people off, so he left for a long time and then changed his name.  I forgot what it used to be.

The Good Reverend Roger

#41
February 13, 2012, 04:05:14 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on February 13, 2012, 04:04:04 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 13, 2012, 02:06:42 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on February 12, 2012, 11:10:21 AM
In  :pope:logical terms, it's just converting the procession's excursion, to fit the actual rate of flow?  :lulz:

The what's what?

It's pinealism at its "finest." 

Luciferx is that pinealist jackhole who kept pissing people off, so he left for a long time and then changed his name.  I forgot what it used to be.

Actually, I think he was trying to speak Industrial, and boogered it up.

Or maybe he was just dribbling his normal goo.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Freeky

#42
February 13, 2012, 04:18:56 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 13, 2012, 04:05:14 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on February 13, 2012, 04:04:04 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 13, 2012, 02:06:42 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on February 12, 2012, 11:10:21 AM
In  :pope:logical terms, it's just converting the procession's excursion, to fit the actual rate of flow?  :lulz:

The what's what?

It's pinealism at its "finest." 

Luciferx is that pinealist jackhole who kept pissing people off, so he left for a long time and then changed his name.  I forgot what it used to be.

Actually, I think he was trying to speak Industrial, and boogered it up.

Or maybe he was just dribbling his normal goo.

I didn't think of the first one, but he's got a history of the second..

minuspace

#43
February 13, 2012, 09:57:50 PM
Yea, I was trying to get at thinking about how the "correct" rate of flow is calculated?  Who determines in advance what it should be?  Does it depend on the application?  If it is so calibrated, maybe the only important reading is the relative displacement or excursion, twats...   :wink:

The Good Reverend Roger

#44
February 13, 2012, 10:00:20 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on February 13, 2012, 09:57:50 PM
Yea, I was trying to get at thinking about how the "correct" rate of flow is calculated?  Who determines in advance what it should be?  Does it depend on the application?  If it is so calibrated, maybe the only important reading is the relative displacement or excursion, twats...   :wink:

Well, sure.  But we don't have a "procession".  I mean, the priests wouldn't even be wearing hard hats and respirators, would they?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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