Thread: I feel like a Dumb A$$

Or the car alarm that won't let you walk away...Headlights bumped onto "on" not "auto" beam and car don't want a dead battery.
Not once but twice...duh~
~Richard

How about calling maintenance over to find out why a feature on the machine your run every day isn't working and after they show up it turns out it just wasn't turned on?

Originally Posted by tintin

How about calling maintenance over to find out why a feature on the machine your run every day isn't working and after they show up it turns out it just wasn't turned on?

I was stuck in a check stand instead of working my actual job of produce when I overheard the Assistant Manager telling someone that she'd call a repairman to look at the compactor. When the employee passed by I asked what the problem was and she said that when she hit the 'On' button nothing happened.

So I called the assistant (26 year old wannabe) over and asked that she let me out so I could check the compactor out and was told "No, it needs a professional to look at it." I persisted that she should at least let me look at it so she took over in the check stand. I was back in about 2 minutes and told her she didn't need to call for a repairman as the compactor was working fine.

You should have seen the look on her face when I told her that someone had accidently hit the Emergency Stop Button and all I had to do was pull it out so the machine could run.

That call would probably have cost between $150-$200 or more.

Give me common sense over education any day.

Well, my caliper does the same thing as the original poster's. Guess I know why now.

Not Caliper or Tool of any kind related--but I too got to feel Like a Dumb A$$ today.

I always 'TRY' to make sure my rent check is in the mail and arrives earlier than the rents due. So today I wrote the check out and had it ready to be picked up several hours before the postman usually arrives.

I checked time and time again and the letter was still ready to pick up.

I finally did an online check for holidays for 11/12/2018 and since Veteran's Day was ACTUALLY YESTERDAY the Government and others (like USPS) take today off!

put a package in the mail box today myself.

Originally Posted by tintin

put a package in the mail box today myself.

At least I'm not alone----

I took machine shop 3 years in high school & worked in a shop for a couple years & had a lathe & shaper at my house & was always taught to clean of all tools I used including measuring tools. I always carry a small rag when I work in the shop.

Slawman

If something like that makes you feel dumb, I should probably be ashamed of myself!

I spent 15 minutes trying to kick start my daughters scooter it was only after I gave up and started putting it back in the garage that I noticed the kill switch was on.