Post by CoolChic on Nov 12, 2008 9:29:57 GMT 3
Next time you have a bad day at work think of this
> guy . Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global
> Divers in Louisiana . He performs underwater repairs
> on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an E-mail he sent
> to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2
> on FM dial in Ft. Wayne , Indiana , who was sponsoring
> a worst job experience contest.
>
> Needless to say, she won.
>
> Hi Sue,
> Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.
> Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've
> been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would
> share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's
> not so bad after all. Before I can tell you what happened
> to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of
> my job.
>
> As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea.
> I wear a suit to the office. It's a wet suit. This time of
> year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep
> warm is this:
>
> We have a diesel powered industrial water heater.
> This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out
> of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature.
> It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden
> hose, which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds
> like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times
> with no complaints.
>
> What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working,
> is take the hose an d stuff it down the back of my wet
> suit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's
> like working in a Jacuzzi.
>
> Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt
> started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only
> made things worse. Within a few seconds my butt
> started to burn.
>
> I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage
> was done. In agony I realized what had happened.
>
> The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and
> pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any
> hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it.
> However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate.
>
> When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was
> actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my butt.
> I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over
> the communicator. His instructions were unclear due
> to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were
> all laughing hysterically.
>
> Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was instructed
> to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops
> totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the
> surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.
> When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing
> but my brass helmet.
>
> As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears
> of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube
> of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as
> I got in the chamber.
>
> The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for
> two days because my butt was swollen shut.
>
> So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think
> about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish
> shoved up your butt.
>
> Now repeat to yourself, 'I love my job, I love my job,
> I love my job.'
>
> Now whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself, is
> this a jellyfish bad day?
>
> May you NEVER have a jellyfish bad day!!!
> guy . Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global
> Divers in Louisiana . He performs underwater repairs
> on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an E-mail he sent
> to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2
> on FM dial in Ft. Wayne , Indiana , who was sponsoring
> a worst job experience contest.
>
> Needless to say, she won.
>
> Hi Sue,
> Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.
> Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've
> been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would
> share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's
> not so bad after all. Before I can tell you what happened
> to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of
> my job.
>
> As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea.
> I wear a suit to the office. It's a wet suit. This time of
> year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep
> warm is this:
>
> We have a diesel powered industrial water heater.
> This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out
> of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature.
> It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden
> hose, which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds
> like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times
> with no complaints.
>
> What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working,
> is take the hose an d stuff it down the back of my wet
> suit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's
> like working in a Jacuzzi.
>
> Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt
> started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only
> made things worse. Within a few seconds my butt
> started to burn.
>
> I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage
> was done. In agony I realized what had happened.
>
> The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and
> pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any
> hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it.
> However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate.
>
> When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was
> actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my butt.
> I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over
> the communicator. His instructions were unclear due
> to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were
> all laughing hysterically.
>
> Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was instructed
> to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops
> totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the
> surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.
> When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing
> but my brass helmet.
>
> As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears
> of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube
> of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as
> I got in the chamber.
>
> The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for
> two days because my butt was swollen shut.
>
> So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think
> about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish
> shoved up your butt.
>
> Now repeat to yourself, 'I love my job, I love my job,
> I love my job.'
>
> Now whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself, is
> this a jellyfish bad day?
>
> May you NEVER have a jellyfish bad day!!!
