The girl in our office

[TopDaugIn2000]

is trying to kill a fly by spraying lysol on it. at least it'll smell good.

freakin purdue grads.....

[sooner_born_1960]

She should hold a lighter up to the lysol spray.

[royalfan5]

wouldn't it just be simpler to hit the fly with the can?

[frankensooner]

What a noob, everyone knows its spray 409 on them.

[silverwheels]

She should hold a lighter up to the lysol spray.

Flamethrowers = fun.

[MamaMia]

Hair spray works well. If you aren't a real good shot then stick with aerosols and don't try to tackle a wasp.

[Hamhock]

is she hawt?

[sooner_born_1960]

is she hawt?
MamaMia? Of course she is.

[TopDaugIn2000]

is she hawt?

no

[yermom]

no

not hawt AND dumb

that's not looking good

[dolemitesooner]

no
Like your going to say if she id hawt or not...Ha she is probaly drop dead H-A-W-T.

i'D PROABLY DINTB

[TopDaugIn2000]

nevermind.



and trust me, she's not.

[dolemitesooner]

sure

[mdklatt]

Aren't you the girl in your office? :confused:

[TopDaugIn2000]

Aren't you the girl in your office? :confused:

they hired another about 2 months after I started.

it's her FIRST job....ever. It's been.....interesting.

[landrun]

.... purdue GRAD with her FIRST job.

I find that strange. Daddy must have taken good care of her while she was growing up.

[TopDaugIn2000]

.... purdue GRAD with her FIRST job.

I find that strange. Daddy must have taken good care of her while she was growing up.

still is.......

[MamaMia]

MamaMia? Of course she is.Grazie! I am still hawt. It just comes in flashes now. ;)

[TopDaugIn2000]

heh. she just asked what "friendly fire" is. when we 'splained it to her she said "but why would you shoot at your own people?"

[rufnek05]

heh. she just asked what "friendly fire" is. when we 'splained it to her she said "but why would you shoot at your own people?"


damn, some people just missed out on the common sense gene

[TopDaugIn2000]

word.

[mdklatt]

heh. she just asked what "friendly fire" is. when we 'splained it to her she said "but why would you shoot at your own people?"

I predict that Purdon't Girl is going to be the best thing to happen to the South Oval since SicEmBaylor.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I predict that Purdon't Girl is going to be the best thing to happen to the South Oval since SicEmBaylor.

I don't know why I didn't post some of her wisdom MONTHS ago. I'll have to start.

[TopDaugIn2000]

a DEGREED mech engineer too. it's amazing the stuff she asks.

we deal entirely with industrial equipment. one day she came up asking about "that gray box thingy next to the machine". uhhh....the DISCONNECT?

[Chuck Bao]

Is that anything like squirting dishwasher detergent on cockroaches? I can't help but chase after cockroaches squirting liquid dishwasher detergent at them. I love to see them thrash about as they melt.

[rufnek05]

Is that anything like squirting dishwasher detergent on cockroaches? I can't help but chase after cockroaches squirting liquid dishwasher detergent at them. I love to see them thrash about as they melt.

what? you have cockroaches?



but does that work?

[mdklatt]

what? you have cockroaches?


In Thailand they're probably big enough for small children to ride.

[VeeJay]

Why do cockroaches flip over on their back when they're croaking?

Is that some innate death twirl triple axel maneuver they pull for dramatic effect?

[Chuck Bao]

Yeah, that works. They're thrashing their little legs around until they fall off. They be thrashing their long antennae around until they fall off. Then their exoskeleton starts to melt, like someone smearing paint.

And, mdklatt is right about the size. So, that makes it more fun.

Before TopDaug gets me for a thread jack, I have to say that if you aren't planning on doing dishes for a while, spray dishwashing detergent on every plate, glass and bowl. That'd keep them from eating out of your sink and then breeding.

[Sooner24]

This thread is worthless without pictures.

[mdklatt]

This thread is worthless without pictures.

Here you go. (http://www.arthursclipart.com/insects/insectscol/cockroach.gif)

[TopDaugIn2000]

she's asian. they all look alike anyway ;)

[mdklatt]

she's asian.

Reeeally...

[Sooner24]

Here you go. (http://www.arthursclipart.com/insects/insectscol/cockroach.gif)


No it was a fly not a cockroach. :rolleyes:

[TopDaugIn2000]

She wants to change the oil in her car, the guys are trying to explain to her how to do it.

I swear, she thought you drain it from the TOP, didn't beleive them when they told her you have to get under the car to do it.

I can't make this stuff up.

[royalfan5]

She wants to change the oil in her car, the guys are trying to explain to her how to do it.

I swear, she thought you drain it from the TOP, didn't beleive them when they told her you have to get under the car to do it.

I can't make this stuff up.
Don't you have to understand gravity to be an engineer?

[TopDaugIn2000]

Don't you have to understand gravity to be an engineer?

that's what they asked her........"do you think gravity doesn't count with oil?"

they haven't even gotten to the filter changing part.

[royalfan5]

that's what they asked her........"do you think gravity doesn't count with oil?"

they haven't even gotten to the filter changing part.
She doesn't know there is a filter?

[Boomer.....]

Why doesn't she just take it somewhere to get it changed?

[TopDaugIn2000]

she didn't even believe them about the "getting under the car" part...do you really think she'd know there is a filter?!?!?!

[TopDaugIn2000]

Why doesn't she just take it somewhere to get it changed?

"I want to do it myself" she says. I'd pay $10 bucks to watch her try.

[Boomer.....]

Like she has any tools, much less a jack and stands.

[royalfan5]

she didn't even believe them about the "getting under the car" part...do you really think she'd know there is a filter?!?!?!
I was trying hold out some hope for her. Do you think she would be interested in Sic'em? Their offspring could be a blessing for a future generation of SF.com posters.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I was trying hold out some hope for her. Do you think she would be interested in Sic'em? Their offspring could be a blessing for a future generation of SF.com posters.

oh that would be gooooood.

[GrapevineSooner]

is trying to kill a fly by spraying lysol on it. at least it'll smell good.

freakin purdue grads.....

I think I'm on the phone with here trying to help her manage her Inbox.

Some things we just can't help with, folks. You'll have to figure some of this out on your own.

[TopDaugIn2000]

she's actually not bad on the computer, it's just the mechanical and 'common sense' stuff she has trouble with.

[tommieharris91]

This girl has an Mech E degree, right?

[TopDaugIn2000]

yup.

[SleestakSooner]

heh. she just asked what "friendly fire" is. when we 'splained it to her she said "but why would you shoot at your own people?"

You should tell her you want to be her best frienemy. ;)

[homerSimpsonsBrain]

You CAN drain the oil from the top! Its easy.

1. Open Hood.
2. Remove filler cap.
3.
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/WEATHER/08/17/storms/story.oturned.car.jpg

[TopDaugIn2000]

she just returned from forklift training......Lord help us all.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Heehehehehe...

[TheHumanAlphabet]

it's her FIRST job....ever. It's been.....interesting.

Oh this has got to be good! I'm sure it'll get even better...

EDIT, reading past message 10... it has!

[TopDaugIn2000]

TGIOO: I have a question
TD2K: shoot
TGIOO: One ton is 1000 pounds, right?
TD2K: no, it's 2000 pounds
TGIOO: REALLY?
TD2K: yes

TGIOO: gives dumb look and goes back over to her desk


now she's over at her computer googling it. I mean really, like I'd lie about something that dumb.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite threads.

:D

[sooner_born_1960]

She was probably thinking of a metric ton.

[TopDaugIn2000]

uhhhhhhhh, I doubt that.

yes, she's asian, but she was born in Indiana and raised in Stillwater (there lies the problem) and Norman.

[SoonerJack]

she just returned from forklift training......Lord help us all.

Remember the episode of The Office where Michael gets on the forklift in the warehouse? Must see TV. :D

[TopDaugIn2000]

they haven't actually let her DRIVE it yet (THANK GOD). they told her she needs more practice before they'll actually issure her a license.

[landrun]

She went to 4 years of college to be able to work somewhere to drive a forklift?
Why would she be getting trained on driving a forklift?

She's gotta be acting to come off as ignorant as she seems. She's probably trying the sexy dumb girl routine.

[SoonerAtKU]

I don't know TD2K that well, but office girl may be barking up the wrong tree trying that sexy/stupid act with her.

Unless she's going for the double-secret smokescreen to prevent being ratted out as smart by her skeptical female co-workers. Intriguing.

Stay tuned...

[TopDaugIn2000]

She went to 4 years of college to be able to work somewhere to drive a forklift?
Why would she be getting trained on driving a forklift?

She's gotta be acting to come off as ignorant as she seems. She's probably trying the sexy dumb girl routine.

she asked for fork lift training cause she was bored.

I really think she IS that ignorant, and she is NOT sexy

[Hamhock]

she asked for fork lift training cause she was bored.

I really think she IS that ignorant, and she is NOT sexy


so, you're saying you find some women sexy? :hot:

[TopDaugIn2000]

yes, yes I do.

[bluedogok]

Has she seen the required fork lift training video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdjt6Bl5qdY) yet?

[TopDaugIn2000]

she told me today that she worked out last night cause when she drove the forklift the emergency brake was "just too hard for me".

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

*giggle*

[ultimatesooner1]

this is my new favorite thread

[SicEmBaylor]

I think I am in love.

[soonerboomer93]

She went to 4 years of college to be able to work somewhere to drive a forklift?
Why would she be getting trained on driving a forklift?

She's gotta be acting to come off as ignorant as she seems. She's probably trying the sexy dumb girl routine.


have you ever driven a fork lift?

they're fun to drive. I drove a 50 ton forklift 1 time, that was a big bastard. My next goal though, is to find a way to operate the 800 ton gantry, or the 3800 ton sea/barge crane (but I doubt it's gonna happen)

[soonerboomer93]

I think I am in love.


you can't be, she's asian...


:pop:

[yermom]

have you ever driven a fork lift?

they're fun to drive. I drove a 50 ton forklift 1 time, that was a big bastard. My next goal though, is to find a way to operate the 800 ton gantry, or the 3800 ton sea/barge crane (but I doubt it's gonna happen)

dude, i had a blast when i was driving a forklift :O

i don't think i'd want to do that as a career or anything but it was fun back in my temping days

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

you can't be, she's asian...


:pop:True. That doesn't fit Sicem's criteria of acceptance or whatever he calls it.

[soonerboomer93]

they call it Aryan ;)

[soonerboomer93]

dude, i had a blast when i was driving a forklift :O

i don't think i'd want to do that as a career or anything but it was fun back in my temping days


all I can say is that any guy on here, who doesn't occassionally get the twinge to drive a fork lift, or use some sort of heavy equipment, heavy duty power tool just needs to turn in their man card

(and yes sicem we know you have no interest, but we also know you never had a man card)...

[Sooner24]

she told me today that she worked out last night on a secks chair cause when she drove the forklift the emergency brake was "just too hard for me".


Fixed! :D

[TopDaugIn2000]

she's over at the main building for more training today. apparently when she practiced she kept running to stuff cause she isn't tall enough to see the forks while sitting. maybe they can give her a booster seat???

[proud gonzo]

kitchen cleaner spray kills bugs WAY better than lysol.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I'll let her know.

[TopDaugIn2000]

Guy in our office: "Good Mornin, I'm just so proud to be here"
Girl in our office: "Huh?"
Guy: "Minnie Pearl, you know who that is, right?"
Girl: "No."
Guy: "From HeeHaw"
Girl: "Never hear of it"
Guy: "Grandpa Jones? Know him?"
Girl: "No"
Guy: "Man, you don't know anybody. How 'bout Willie Nelson?"
Girl: "Yeah, that singer, I've heard of him"
Guy: "Will Rogers?"
Girl: "Yeah, the guy that owns the airport"

I had to leave the room at that point.

[Petro-Sooner]

WOW

[Hamhock]

man, she must be really hot.

[TopDaugIn2000]

ok, she's been her about 8 months or so. we work ONLY with industrial equipment. BIG stuff, stuff used to repair and overhaul engines...

she just asked what "CFM" means, and then wouldn't believe our answers (which were truth) so she googled it.

[yermom]

what does it mean? :confused:

[TopDaugIn2000]

cubic feet per minute

we deal a lot with duct work and exhaust and stuff. that's sorta important then.

[rufnek05]

if she's asian then now i can see how she made it though school, but with no social skills. they never leave the student union.

[TopDaugIn2000]

she's negative in the social skills department.

and the only 2 topics of conversation she is able to hold are school and church.

[yermom]

cubic feet per minute

we deal a lot with duct work and exhaust and stuff. that's sorta important then.

ok, that was one i was thinking of, wasn't sure how it applied, i'm thinking like a carburetor

[NormanPride]

Does she do good work? I mean, some people don't understand why they do what they do, but they do it well, you know?

[TopDaugIn2000]

My favorite part is how they told me I can’t get an engineer’s pay grade because my degree is in architecture, NOT engineering. Um, yeah, well, we DID learn what CFM means though, and how much a ton is. :rolleyes:

[TopDaugIn2000]

Does she do good work? I mean, some people don't understand why they do what they do, but they do it well, you know?

no, she doesn't. they give her the easiest projects, that have hardly any real equipment in them, and we all still have to hold her hand thru it.

[1stTimeCaller]

I thought your degree was Environmental Design?

[TopDaugIn2000]

no, I did the 5th year capstone for the full "Bach of Arch" degree

[NormanPride]

no, she doesn't. they give her the easiest projects, that have hardly any real equipment in them, and we all still have to hold her hand thru it.

How long do you think she'll last? You've got to remember, she's still really new and the learning curve is pretty steep, right? Or is it an easy transition from school to work in your field?

[TopDaugIn2000]

Nothing could really prepare you for this job, but common sense and general knowledge of engineering and manufacturing WOULD help. She started about 2 months after me. I didn't get any of the breaks she's gotten. I was thrown in feet first, but I'd rather it be that way.

[1stTimeCaller]

hmmm, that's crappy that even though you did the 5 year program they don't give you any respek.

Would it matter if you had your stamp? Hell, some states will let you act as the structural engineer with your Arch stamp won't they?

[TopDaugIn2000]

hmmm, that's crappy that even though you did the 5 year program they don't give you any respek.

Would it matter if you had your stamp? Hell, some states will let you act as the structural engineer with your Arch stamp won't they?

not with this company. it's all about that engineering degree, cause they turn around and bill at that rate. Of course none of this was a problem when I was a contractor for the first 6 months, it all came out when I came on perm. Needless to say I've been interviewing again.

[SoonerBOI]

She's a boilermaker that's why.

[Hamhock]

i bet she was homeschooled

[TopDaugIn2000]

no, believe it or no, she wasn't.

I think she did go to public school in stillwater most of her life though.......seriously

[bluedogok]

no, I did the 5th year capstone for the full "Bach of Arch" degree
That explains a lot :D

[NormanPride]

Ouch! Does she still smell?

[reevie]

no, she doesn't. they give her the easiest projects, that have hardly any real equipment in them, and we all still have to hold her hand thru it.


Not to be saying anything negative about your fine employer, but I've "seen" the Government have two of their employees fired. Only company I've had to see that happen with.

[Scott D]

not with this company. it's all about that engineering degree, cause they turn around and bill at that rate. Of course none of this was a problem when I was a contractor for the first 6 months, it all came out when I came on perm. Needless to say I've been interviewing again.

ya but isn't this her first gig out of college, whereas you've been around the post collegiate employment block, no?

[reevie]

not with this company. it's all about that engineering degree, cause they turn around and bill at that rate. Of course none of this was a problem when I was a contractor for the first 6 months, it all came out when I came on perm. Needless to say I've been interviewing again.


It is a contractual thing. The position descriptions require an engineer to have an engineering degree. So they were told what the qualifications were for the positions.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I figured it was, but the part I'm mad about is they lied to me when I took the job. Gave me a lot more money as a contractor, didn't have a problem w/ the degree UNTIL I became perm.