Re: Really Stupid Things I Tried

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On 3/30/2024 6:11 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> I tried to do little extra things to help my guys out, but it was never
> appreciated.  Stupid things I tried included:
>
> I once asked a local hotdog place to run a tab for me, and told my guys
> if they "ran out of cash" before the next pay day they could use my tab
> there.  They bitched me out up one side and down the other because they
> didn't want to eat hotdogs EVERY F'IN day.  I closed the tab.  I didn't
> say I was buying lunch every F'N day.  I had figured I'd have to pick up
> the tab for them a day or two a couple times a month.  Yeah, the tab
> looked like they had been inviting all their friends, family, neighbors,
> and that weird guy down the street they didn't even like.
>
> I once put a couple cases of sodas in the office fridge and told a guy
> if he was thirsty he could grab a soda out of the office fridge.  Two
> days later it was empty.  I didn't say anything, and on day three he
> rather pointedly told me I was GOING TO HAVE TO restock the office
> fridge.  He'd been talking an arm load out to his service truck every
> morning.  I unplugged the office fridge the next day and told him it was
> broke and I couldn't afford a new one after supplying him with an 18
> pack of sodas every day.
>
> I once told a guy I kept spare change in the ash tray of my truck if he
> needed to buy a soda.  Just to see I dumped about ten dollars worth of
> quarters in it (plus what was already in there).  At the end of the week
> he dutifully TOLD ME I need to put more money in the ashtray.  I said,
> sorry.  "That was for if you ran out of money, but now I have run out of
> money.  I don't know How I'm going to make payroll.  I'm ten dollars
> short.  Just the amount I kept in the ashtray."
>
> I used to keep extra fuel in gas cans in one of my service trucks.  One
> guy kept telling me He needed to fuel his truck every other day.  I
> followed him to the gas stations and sat across the street and watched
> when he filled the gas cans, but didn't put any fuel in my truck.  I
> took the gas cans out, installed locking caps, and filled the trucks
> myself every weekend after that.  Nobody every said anything about the
> locking gas caps, but that one guy did try to tell me he needed gas in
> his truck twice after that.  "Nope.  I filled it yesterday.  You do not."
>
> Early on when we had a slow day I would ask the guys if they wanted to
> go home or go fishing.  I paid for everything when we went fishing of
> course.  One guy got mad when it was a day to work, and said, "Bob you
> are a good fishing partner, but a lousy boss."
>
> "Yeah, I know.  I was a total douche bag for cutting off your flow of
> free hotdogs for your extended family, friends, neighbors, and that
> weird guy down the street you don't even like."
>
>


Well golly gee whiz Bob!!!
Are you so bored that bad memories pop back into your head??

And yes, your typing caused me to start and remember employee
issues............  Bla Bla Bla............

For me I made the decision that I was working harder with an
employee than without.  So I did not hire any after the last.

Life was much better!!  When I needed help I used guys that
had there own 1 man business as a sub-contractor.  At the
end of the job, I would get a bill for labor and I happily
pay it out.

As for your stories, I am sure you should get more busy so
your memories will not bother your brain.  LOL

I hope you have plans to go a bit east on April 8th!!  Wouldn't
want you miss the special event!!

Les