lets have your stupid work stories
Discussion
we all have daft stories of things that have happened at work, i know i have loads, but i'll start off with just one.
due to the nature of security work i will not be to specific on dates and places.
back in the 90's we had a site where we provided 2 guards, they had a caravan to sit in while on duty, it kept you dry, but the heating was rubbish, so in the winter you were very cold, some guards got round this problem by having a bonfire.
so if it rained, you could be dry but cold, or wet and warm.
one night i get a call that the caravan is on fire, i go to the site, and talk to the guards
they told me that they couldn't work out how the caravan had caught fire, as they had put bricks around the base of the fire to stop it spreading
i asked them where the bonfire was as i could only see the burned out caravan, i assumed they had made it too close.
they told me again that they had made a circle of bricks and made a small fire inside the circle, they thought that the circle of bricks would stop the fire spreading, so again i asked how close to the caravan was it?
they then procede to tell me that they set the bricks up on the floor of the caravan as it was raining, but the caravan should have been safe from catching fire becouse of the bricks
needless to say, they were sacked immediatly
due to the nature of security work i will not be to specific on dates and places.
back in the 90's we had a site where we provided 2 guards, they had a caravan to sit in while on duty, it kept you dry, but the heating was rubbish, so in the winter you were very cold, some guards got round this problem by having a bonfire.
so if it rained, you could be dry but cold, or wet and warm.
one night i get a call that the caravan is on fire, i go to the site, and talk to the guards
they told me that they couldn't work out how the caravan had caught fire, as they had put bricks around the base of the fire to stop it spreading
i asked them where the bonfire was as i could only see the burned out caravan, i assumed they had made it too close.
they told me again that they had made a circle of bricks and made a small fire inside the circle, they thought that the circle of bricks would stop the fire spreading, so again i asked how close to the caravan was it?
they then procede to tell me that they set the bricks up on the floor of the caravan as it was raining, but the caravan should have been safe from catching fire becouse of the bricks
needless to say, they were sacked immediatly
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