Jumping through the permie hoops

[Cliphead]

Had a medical today which I passed (should have been done before I was offered the job).

The blow into a tube thing came back with a good result. The nurse says 'you're obviously not a smoker or you'd be on the floor by the third attempt'. I didn't have the heart to tell her about the forty a day habit

[SueEllen]

Medical?

What the hell do you do to have to have a medical?

[Cliphead]

Medical?

What the hell do you do to have to have a medical?

And a drugs test before I was offered the job. Nothing to do with what I do but the site has very dangerous chemicals and gasses as well as sources of radiation so occupational health stuff is compulsory.

Occasionally I get sealed in protective gear from head to toe before visiting certain areas of the site to look at standalone Unix boxes. fascinating place to work.

[Coalman]

Don't worry about it. If you work where I think you work, most contractors have to go through a lot of the same hoops!

[EternalOptimist]

I was on a gig at Dartford, bumped into a load of contractors who cleaned out vessels of contaminents.
They told me (with a certain amount of glee) about the dangers and the spacesuits they had to wear. We got on well because we were from the same town

Got a repeat gig a year later and bumped into them again, except there were two less

[SueEllen]

Got a repeat gig a year later and bumped into them again, except there were two less

[eek]

I don't think people dying on a job is a laughing matter

[Sysman]

Had a medical today which I passed (should have been done before I was offered the job).

Fairly standard for many permie roles.

The blow into a tube thing came back with a good result. The nurse says 'you're obviously not a smoker or you'd be on the floor by the third attempt'. I didn't have the heart to tell her about the forty a day habit

Ignorance on her part.

[Sysman]

I was on a gig at Dartford, bumped into a load of contractors who cleaned out vessels of contaminents.
They told me (with a certain amount of glee) about the dangers and the spacesuits they had to wear. We got on well because we were from the same town

Got a repeat gig a year later and bumped into them again, except there were two less

In student job days there was a gang of asbestos insulators on site.

They earned fantastic money for that time.

I just hope they managed to live long enough to enjoy it 'cos they were a decent bunch of lads.

[scooterscot]

Permie, what, eh?

I can never get the hang of Fridays.