Another short story.

[Jay R]

Walking down the office corridor I passed one of the sprinkler contractors up a ladder poking around in the dark ceiling cavity. I asked him if he wanted to borrow a torch and he said no thanks.

Five minutes later I'm sitting at my desk and I get a call " You're the third floor First Aider aren't you ? One of the contractors has split his head open coming up under an exposed stud in the dark. Can you rush round."

 

[light_emitting_dude]

 

[socom1970]

D'OH!!!!! He should have swallowed his pride or whatever stopped him from accepting your offer of help and taken you up on it.

 

[sb0007]

oh man. At least now we can use the flashlight and shine at his wound. painful ordeal.

 

[sb0007]

[deleted] double post

 

[firefly99]

Usually when I passed by one of our building maintenance guy up a ladder poking around in the dark ceiling cavity. I would stop and shine a light in the direction where they are looking.

Always wonder why they are trying to see in dark without any aid.

Realise there is only 1 flashlight in my company building, during the last power trip.

 

[Nyctophiliac]

That's gotta hurt !!!

 

[cutlerylover]

That's gotta hurt !!!

Yup, I bet it did...too bad some peopel are just stubborn...I am a little stuborn myself I get it from my dad...

 

[Jay R]

I packed him off to the hospital to have some stiches. Perhaps a 3cm long gash in his scalp may remind him to reconsider my offer of a light next time.

 

[Akubra]

While it`s bad that he hurt himself, I can`t help but get a good laugh out of it and see the irony in it... .

 

[Burgess]

If he refuses to carry a Flashlight,

then he should at least wear a Hardhat.

 

[Casual Flashlight User]

In the words of Nelson Muntz...

HA-HA!


CFU

Edit: just remembered the rules about posting pics.

 

[frogs3]

Question: Has anything changed since this accident? Are flashlights issued to the working men now?

The episode has probably been repeated dozens of times in buildings around the world every day.

Are CPF'ers the only ones who see the light? EDC is the answer. Simple.

(Sorry about the punch line)

 

[jayhackett03]

Edit: just remembered the rules about posting pics.

what rules?

 

[Toohotruk]

I work maintanence on a campus of 15 fairly large buildings and it amazes me how many of my co-workers do NOT EDC a flashlight! I would bet that out of the about 30 guys that work in facilities, only 3 that I can think of actually EDC a flashlight of some kind! Guess they enjoy being stuck in the dark with only Bic lighters (if they're lucky) to show the way! :candle:

In fact, my own work partner doesn't carry one and he often razzes me about my EDC of my "regular" side holstered 2AA MAGLED, as well as my .5W LED 1AA "backup" pocket light and my "backup for my backup" 1AAA Dorcy LED...funny thing is, he isn't shy about borrowing my 2AA about 3 or 4 times an hour to look into dark ceilings, tunnels, various dark little nooks and crannies (gotta watch out for those crannies!) and other slimy, stinky, hell-holes. :eeksign: I often wonder how he got along for the 29 years he worked there before I was hired!

Funny how he used to think that LEDs were way too dim for practical use and now that he has seen my 2AA MAGLED and my 3D MAG with a MAGLED upgrade, he ordered one for his 2D that he keeps in the service truck and he bought one for his own personal 3D that he keeps at home. :laughing:

 

[Sixpointone]

Very interesting story.

Whenever I leave home I take my Cell Phone and Flashlight with me.

 

[Manzerick]

Hey SP1,


It reminds me of work on Friday. Falker (female co-worker of ours) had rocks from a vent rain down on her head. I respond with a flashlight and get from everyone "ohh god... the light again"...


Falker responds " Saved us during the power outage, didn't it?"




ahhh... believers lol

 

[Casual Flashlight User]

what rules?

I posted a pic from somebody elses site...which would have leeched off their bandwidth as I understand it. This is against CPF rules.

CFU

 

[search_and_rescue]

Reminds me when I was in Property Mgt, years ago, for commercial high-rises... the techs and engineers kept on carrying these Mini-Maglite that always seemed like they were at 25% power. I had my 2D Yellow Eveready with the magnet on the side... was no Surefire, but heck of a lot brighter than their Mini-mags.

That says something when your 2D Eveready feels like a Surefire compared to their EDC.

Thank you for the story!

 

[jayflash]

Like firefly99 who wondered why some guys even try to see in the dark...I wonder why they keep looking and wasting more time by not getting a light. I wonder, too, if the fact the room is well lit, people believe there's enough light to see in dark ceilings, ducts, chases, behind furniture etc. That's no excuse for maintenance, tradesmen or techs, unless it's their first day on the job.