Well, for those of ya who don't know I started a new job last week. I'ma technician inthe engineerin'/test an' development deptment at a tool company with a $6 an hour raise over my last job. So far I enjoy the work, but this place is gonna be an on goin' story so I am makin' this thread.
 
Week 1: Spent the first part gettin' ready for a tool show to some company big wigs. the company I work for is divided into 8 or more smaller companies an' some of them make the tools that rival the tools from the other company. for instance, we had a group with NAPA tools come in. we also make the tools of their rivals Matco, cromwell, mac, an' a few others so for the show we had to hide all matco tools, cromwell tools, etc. in another part of our warehose so they wouldn't see them. we had 3 more shows this week that had to happen the same way so most of my tools are stuck in the far end of the ware house where I have to walk to get a tool ifin I need it. lose 5 min at least every time I need a different tool. Oh well.
 
Week 2: our boss is in China inspectin' tool manufacturin' places an' won't be back until the end of the month. before he left he bid on a tool rework for Matco. they messed up the the engineerin' of a tool we make for them so they will pay us to change the pieces on. we have to get 1500 done by december to stay out of trouble an' We have only one full time worker workin' on them, a forklift driver I trained on wed Still not sure ifin we can keep out butts out of hot water with this one.. also on Wed our whole warentee department got fired. 2 tool fixers an' one inventory fella who only deals with tools too far gone to fix. We now have to pick up the slack of the warantee dptment until they hire a new guy an' train him. They were fired for "stealin' " which they were nto doin', but a gal in the office that most folk, even the predidents, don't like gave the 2 repair guys the ok to have these old tool boxes an' old tools. the other guy they told him he could have some of them if he hauled them. the one fixin' guy backed out on wantin' any of them at the last minute but agreed to help load. 2 of the Presidents caught them loadin' them an' fired them the next day claimin' it as theft since the gal that let them have that stuff is out as she just had a baby. the guy that got pulled into it by the other 2 is nearly blind an' has back trouble. he cares for a daughter who is less than useless an' her son, his grandson, who is a bart. they both use this fella, but he cares for them so he'd never kick them out, but it won't be likely that he can get another job. We're tryin' to get them to let him back. pullin' strings an' such what so we'll see how that goes.  Also now I'm sick with a bad cold an' only gettin 5 hours of sleep a night. My eyes are blood shot an' I'm havin' a time of stayin' awake in class or drivin' home, but the Lord will see me through I know.
 
I'll keep y'all updated as the story continues.
 
Hondo

Well, time fer a long overdue update.
 
 Almost lost my job he recently. I was going to go back to college full time and take out a loan. I hate loans but as I have no prospects for marriage any more I felt that I could as a single person take on the bill. My work promised me to work with me on hours for classes/ they said the more the merrier, but understood ifin I needed ta cut back 'cause of school. Well, My boss gave his 2 week notice the day I announced I'd be cutting back to 15 hours a week. thet went over like a lead balloon. Well, after a talk with Pa, I decided to talk with the big boss. after thet talk we worked it out so I could work here more hours an' stil take two classes. 'cause of my offer they paid half my school bil fer this semester which is over $3000. so they wrote me a check fer  $1551.25 toward my bill. since then we have lost a few folk her. I'm sad to say this once great test engineerin' shop fer many tools has been reduced to a dog an' pony show. It is believed by afew thet the owner is reducin' overhead an' keepin' the plce lookin' like its operational to either go public, changing priorities, or sellin' out. he's too smart to let things go down the drain like they have without a reason.  
 
The depths of crookedness in this company are too many to cont an' I have not penitraited even half of it. so far I know the owner has the funds an' contacts in 4 or 5 countries to git what he wants. one engineer her in the small engine division had a 6 point traffic violation. the police man threatened him thet ifin he took it to court he'd show up at his house. almost magically the ticket disappeared off his record the day after the owner found out 'bout it. this engineer paid nothings an' his record is clean.
The owner an' his minion have taken a few trips to islands in the gulf of Mexico and to Mexican an' south American countries thet have no tool sellin' or vacation value. their only value is money laundering and drugs. From my findin's they deal in both. what else they deal in i'm not sure. I'm sure I've only scraped the surface. I'll post happenin's an' findin's as they happen.
 
aslo my car is still not right. I replaced 'bout every gasket on the sucker an' now I'm losin' oil pressure when she idles an' I think I'm losin' watert somewhere. Fuel mileage has decreased by 4 MPG, the heater still don't work, an' she is runnin' a bit rough. "Friad she has a warped head or two. Oh well, guess it'll hafta git a new engine soon.
 
Hondo