Mikeyavelli

In the early 60s I worked in an aluminum extrusion factory. Dirty, hot, hard work. And some of the standard sht we'd pull would land us in jail today.
We'd stick an aluminum stave up this big guy's schumer when sneaking up behind him. The trick was, to avoid his vicious punch as he swung around and hoping that he didn't do more.
I never got hit, but some guys did.
Nice tradition.

son of witless

I had worked for some very tough Polish immigrants before I went into that smoke stack job. I was not the fresh meat straight out of high school that my co-workers were used to. If they couldn't get a rise out of you they left you alone in search of weaker prey. We were dirty after our shifts and had to take showers. 50 guys taking showers at once left for some opportunities to mess with people.

They would wait for you to have your eyes full of shampoo and then turn your hot water off. Suddenly the shower got ice cold. Some guys would scream, and the crowd thought that was quite amusing. I used to stand under freezing showers when I was younger to see if I would pass out, so this never bothered me. I would just patiently turn the hot water on without stepping out of the shower which greatly disappointed the crowd.

If you were weak you were in trouble. The showers were also where retaliation was meted out. One boss was messing with another guy's wife. It seems he slipped on a bar of soap in the shower.

Mikeyavelli

Yep, the old slipped on a bar of soap trick causing the gun to go off and k**led him.
Purely an accident, officer. Got witnesses too.

joe momma

.....as kids, we grew up building grain bins (granaries).......the new guy was always looking for the "bolt stretcher" when an assembly seemed to long for the fasteners......

tbutkovich

I worked in an aluminum extrusion plant for two weeks. I was a puller and used pliers to pull the aluminum through the extruded. Got burned on the hot metal a couple times! Didn’t like that job at all!

Mikeyavelli

Yep, "pulllll you ckskrs, pulllll"
Had a 55 gallon drum of salve and a 55 gallon drum of pink salt pills. Always got burned on a six hole run from the press. 3 pullers and tangled and confused as to which two 800 degree pieces flying out of the press were theirs.
And hot. And dusty. Really s**ttty work.
🤜🤛

tbutkovich

Fumes were bad too!

Mikeyavelli

Damaged my brain. But not enough to be a kommiecrat.

Ricktloml

I am so glad you got out "mostly" unscathed

Mikeyavelli

What's left of my brain is pure MAGA with a penchant for adventure.

maryla22

Good to hear!!!

Mikeyavelli

...well, a little more than that too...

Ricktloml

Then all is well