Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-04-17 07:32 <=-
But we got as well as we gave. Good natured joking back and forth
and all that.
As long as it's all understood to be that way, that works out... ;)We also played practical jokes on each other.
Being part of one comraderie does give plenty of privilege... ;)
The one that comes to mind immediately was the best one.
I ride a bike as my main means of transportation. I live and work
in a short radius, use it for shopping, etc with my dorky basket on the front. I had a "reserved" parking place, on the parking office side
of the police station, between a mini-fridge and a storeroom, leaning against a wall. A couple of weeks before my retirement I went in for
lunch and noticed it was missing.
Ok, someone hid it was my first thought.
I was all over the building looking for it, in different rooms and
offices and no where to to be found. (One time it was hidden in the women's locker room, during a time we had no female officers. Another time it was in my civilian bosses office when she was off for the day).
I looked around outside. I was stumped. I would be asked what I was looking for and tell them and get this look which I knew they were up
to something. I was in the alley behind the building and happened to glance up and there it was, up on the roof.
How in the world did they get up there?
I mentioned I had found it and learned they had tied it with ropes
and pulled it up.
I went up on the roof, which is accessed by a ladder on the wall and opening a hatch (like a submarine). On the other side was the bike, leaning against a wall. A couple of us lowered it back down. I congratulated them and said that was the best gag ever and laughter all around. Joe
Another time it was in my civilian bosses office when she was off for theday).
So, not the first time your bike had been wandered... ;)
laughter all around.
They just HAD to get you one last time before you retired... ;) That was a good one.. :)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-07-17 06:27 <=-
Another time it was in my civilian bosses office when she was off
for the day).
So, not the first time your bike had been wandered.. ;)
Nope, it used to wander off on its own every now and then. :)
One time I had stopped by the station to use the copier and had my
bike right outside the door (a glass wall with glass doors).
Just before I left a cop came into the lobby and talking with
someone. I turned and saw my bike missing and asked "Britt, you
haven't seen my bike have you?" and he replied "Nope!" and kept on
going. I knew he had been up to something and found it around the side
of the building, in plain sight.
One time a large fountain was being replaced after having been worked
on, cleaned, etc. A large area was taped off so the crane would have
room to move around. The chief had me blocking a fire exit saying "No
one comes out!" I was leaning against the door when someone wanted
out and I told them they couldn't get out that way. Another shove and
I said to go around. A few seconds later chief asked why I didn't let
him out. I replied "you said no one to come out and you didn't ID yourself. I had no way of knowing it was you". He gave me his look showing he wasn't pleased, then realised he hadn't told me it was him
and said "good job" and went on. It takes a brave man to tell the
chief of police something like that. (Or a not very bright one).
congratulated them and said that was the best gag ever and
laughter all around.
They just HAD to get you one last time before you retired... ;) That
was a good one... :)
And it took some thought and planning as well. :)
One other time my bike had wandered off and I was asking if anyone
had seen it. I asked the day supervisor if he had seen it. (Dickie looked a little and acted like Martin Milner in Adam-12). He said he
knew nothing about it and got this "Dickie grin" as I called it when he was up to something and asked "Ok, what did YOU do with it?" He asked
why I thought he had done it and I said "You look guilty".
Come to find out this was one prank he had had nothing to do with
and completely innocent. :)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-15-17 06:45 <=-
I said to go around. A few seconds later chief asked why I didn't let
him out.-a I replied "you said no one to come out and you didn't ID
yourself.-a I had no way of knowing it was you".
The other morning I was at the quarterly "Coffee with Cops" at a
local coffee shop.
One attending was the Chief, from Marshall, his first time there
though he had often been asked.
We were introducing ourselves and I said, in a joking manner, I had
worked with him for some years and was the best and hardest worker he
ever had. He just hung his head, shook it and sighed. :)
The others chuckled.
Sounds like you were a regular there... ;) So... didn't he agree that
you were his best and hardest worker...? <G>
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-26-17 09:01 <=-
We were introducing ourselves and I said, in a joking manner, I had
worked with him for some years and was the best and hardest worker he
ever had. He just hung his head, shook it and sighed. :)
The others chuckled.
Sounds like you were a regular there... ;) So... didn't he agree that
you were his best and hardest worker...? <G>
He would never admit it. :)
Had to work in a dorm yesterday and parked my bike in the police
station.
Several of the cops asked what I was doing back on campus and
told them I was the ghost of Christmas past. :)
Quoting Joe Mackey to on 12-29-17 06:55 <=-
Nancy wrote --
you were his best and hardest worker...? <G>
He would never admit it. :)
Too ingrained at not showing favoritism, I'd guess... :)
Yeah, that's it! :)
told them I was the ghost of Christmas past.-a :)
Ho, ho, ho... ;) Back for the holidays... ;)
I always joke the university can't operate without me. I had
myself so deeply embedded that they can't function without my guidance
and know how. That they are lost without me.
Well, that's MY story and I'm stickin' to it!
One way to explain why you aren't staying home safe and snug in your retirement... Too used to feeling needed... ;)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-03-18 07:48 <=-
and know how. That they are lost without me.
Well, that's MY story and I'm stickin' to it!
One way to explain why you aren't staying home safe and snug in your
retirement... Too used to feeling needed... ;)
And the work was really rough too. In a 15 story dorm (both
Christmas and new years) with three RA's and a resident who were gone
most of the time. Sitting at the lobby desk of an empty building
watching documentaries on You Tube. And getting time and a half...
A tough job, but someone had to do it.
And that someone was you.... Very commendable... :) Not everybody
could do that
... they'd die of boredom
All the same, someone has to be there to make sure nothing happens....
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-10-18 05:53 <=-
And that someone was you.... Very commendable... :) Not everybody
could do that
I have a lot of experience warming a chair. :)
... they'd die of boredom
That's because they don't go prepared.
That sort of job is the one where you take a book to read. Or these
days a tablet, etc. When I worked midnight's in the dorms years ago I
did a lot of reading.
All the same, someone has to be there to make sure nothing happens....
Its like my weekend job. I was asked in June to work "one weekend"
at the Bio-Tech building (affiliated with the med school) and still
there. There isn't much to do but warm a chair. Occasionally answer inquiries at the main door. The students and faculty all have access swipe cards (which allowed limited access depending on the card) who
are working on experiments, tending to lab critters, etc. I have an
all access card and sometimes have to open a door upstairs for some absent-minder professor who left their card somewhere. Some halls you
can go into but need a card to get out, or else you're stuck there till someone comes across you. Happened once when an A-MP forgot their card and phone.
But I take my laptop and do things there that I would be
doing at home, since have wifi access, and getting paid for it. :)
At least I'm inside, warm and dry. I've paid my dues in the cold,
rain and snow. Now let some youngsters learn the joys of that. :)
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