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  • #1

    Electricution anyone?

    I still work at the Orange Box Giant Home Improvement Warehouse. This story is from my old co-worker and friend before I quit ( and ended up back at evil orange box again...damn student loans)...

    Me= flooring and decor goddess!
    J= worked in electrical was a retired master electrician that had work for NC State Gov't for like 30yrs.

    Me:Hey J you doing ok today you look a little frazzled

    J: I .. I ... Moose these people scare me...
    Me: the customers the coworkers or both?

    J: the customers...

    Me: why, what happened?

    J: they don't listen... they don't even know what a fuse box (aka break box) is and they don't have they labeled ... *he paused* he didn't even understand why he had to turn off the breaker to put the ceiling fan in....

    Me: what a dumb ass

    J: Moose.... I think these people are gonna go home and electrocute themselves I don't think there's any helping them!

    Me: Welcome to the Depot J!
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    Thin the herd with delicious electricity!
    Marvin: "Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't."

    Krispy Kreme puts the "ugh" back in "doughnuts".

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    • #3
      Quoth purplemoose84 View Post

      J: they don't listen... they don't even know what a fuse box (aka break box) is and they don't have they labeled ... *he paused* he didn't even understand why he had to turn off the breaker to put the ceiling fan in....

      Me: what a dumb ass

      J: Moose.... I think these people are gonna go home and electrocute themselves I don't think there's any helping them!
      Now why would we want to help somebody who does stuff like that?
      Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

      "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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      • #4
        Been there. Done that.

        Hurt like a freaking !!!

        But hey... if they're too stupid to cut off the power after being told to... their fault, right?
        Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester

        Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

        Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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        • #5
          Quoth Evil Queen View Post
          But hey... if they're too stupid to cut off the power after being told to... their fault, right?
          of Course not EQ, you know that to an SC their own stupidity is not a factor and it's all your fault for not telling them the bleeding obvious...

          I'm for tort reform that would let us all play, "Natural Selection" the fun game where the intelligent survive and the stupid die.

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          • #6
            Natural Selection! Fun for the whole family!
            Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester

            Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

            Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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            • #7
              Ah well I'm normally good, really good with electricity and I take a lot of precautions... the only two times I've had some shocks was when trying to adjust the times on my car a little while it was running. The rotor was grounding (hence the loss of power) and I became a nice ground path...

              The second, was entirely my fault... I decided to take appart a disposable camera, to get a few parts from it..... I forgot the flash was charged, and I was using a full metal screwdriver..... discharged the flash caps thorough me.. the entry point had a small circular burn that lasted two friggin weeks (and I'm a fast healer)... and my hand was numb for about 3 minutes.....

              <.<
              >.>
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              • #8
                Thing is, it can be done. Me and my dad installed one a month or so ago. Left the power on and everything. You just need to be aware of what lines are hot and which ones can be touched at the same time.

                What makes it fun are the people that have no clue and don't try to find out. Let the thinning begin.
                I feel crazy. Like I'm drunk and trapped in a water globe and someone won't stop shaking it.
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                • #9
                  bah. electrical shocks are FUN, what are you talking about?

                  (lol just kidding!)

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Evil Queen View Post
                    Natural Selection! Fun for the whole family!
                    And probably found on the shelf in the board games section of your favorite store right beside "Don't Whizz on the Electric Fence."

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                    • #11
                      No, Sir, I don't like it.
                      I'm bringing disdain back...with a vengeance.

                      Oh, and your tool box called...you got out again.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth DGoddessChardonnay View Post
                        And probably found on the shelf in the board games section of your favorite store right beside "Don't Whizz on the Electric Fence."

                        Brought to you by Blamm-O, the makers of "Log."
                        What was that quote I heard?
                        "Three kinds of people in the world: those that learn by doing, those that learn by watching, and those that read enough not to pee on the electrical fence..."? Something like that...
                        Last edited by Imogene; 11-21-2008, 07:39 PM.
                        "I call murder on that!"

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                        • #13
                          We had a guy call and complain that his light fixture was defective because everytime he put his finger in the socket it shocked him, he had done this quite a few times to make sure.

                          My dept manager looked at him and told him Well don't put your finger in there

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                          • #14
                            Some months ago my uncle helped us to install ceiling fans. I was going to turn off the lights at the breaker but he said don't worry about that. We just have to not flip the switch was we install the fans.

                            We didn't get shocked, so maybe he was doing something else not to get shocked.
                            Time! Time! Time is what turns kittens into cats.

                            Don't teach me a lesson; all I learn is that you are an asshole.

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                            • #15
                              hey.... a little 60hz shuffle never hurt anyone....

                              oy i hope they don't die.

                              but... at least they'll come out of it with a healthy fear of electricity. nothing quite like taking a shock first thing in the morning. ... yeah i've had shocks... 115/400hz is not yummy on the skin.

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