Well still working....just finished up close to 4 weeks of operating and a little bit of fill in foreman for Shell south of FSJ. Good job but my knees really took a kickin this time around and I got the weekend off to recuperate...well that and I came in early on Friday afternoon to get my own vehicle out of the shop, it had been down for 3 weeks after the motor (V10) calved and the whole right bank basically needed to be replaced. Well I came in on Friday and wouldn't you know that Fort Motors the local Ford dealer wants a certified cheque before they would release it to me. Bad enough that it will cost $8800, but then to say it will be done at 5:00pm on a Friday AFTER the banks are closed....real nice....so here I sit on a Sunday still without my truck. I am even related to some of the people that work there AND I was born and raised in this town....now I am not saying that deserves better treatment, but maybe someone could remind them down at the dealer that some of us will NEVER buy a vehicle from them if thats they way they like to treat people....for myself, never have and never will deal in this town if I can help it, say goodbye to another sale bound for Alberta. Because you know thats what I plan to do next, buy new....I only fix things once, already dealing on another.
Oh and news from the job: The Groundbirch hillbillies struck again...we got ripped off one night, just like we did last summer. Some thieves stole about 500gals of diesel, 3 two way radios and a sat radio out of the machines....I hate thieves so much...My suggestion was to have someone lay in wait one night with a rifle...shoot out their block and have them hitch hike out of the bush...that way the RCMP should, well might....ummm...well maybe it would be easier for them to catch them....no guarantees of course it is the RCMP after all. But Shell won't go for it, some rule about firearms on the worksite or some such bullshit.
Oh and news from the job: The Groundbirch hillbillies struck again...we got ripped off one night, just like we did last summer. Some thieves stole about 500gals of diesel, 3 two way radios and a sat radio out of the machines....I hate thieves so much...My suggestion was to have someone lay in wait one night with a rifle...shoot out their block and have them hitch hike out of the bush...that way the RCMP should, well might....ummm...well maybe it would be easier for them to catch them....no guarantees of course it is the RCMP after all. But Shell won't go for it, some rule about firearms on the worksite or some such bullshit.
