Saturday, February 04, 2006
I'm back!
Well, I got in late yesterday afternoon to the discovery that I had the weekend off. That's cool and all, but with no one to really hang out with, it makes for a really dull time. So I keep myself busy with shadow puppet theatre and trying on all my clothes repeatedly. It gets old...Really quickly.
Green Hand school was interesting and a bit of fun, too. I got to hang out with the other three guys who're hired at the same time as myself, and they seem to be alright. Two of them already have experience in the patch, and the other one is older than me. That made me feel a little better.
So basically green hand school, which the instructor insisted on calling "New Employee Orientation" as he found the term "green hand" insulting, was an introduction to the company and what I and the rest of my fellow new recruits would be doing. I still don't understand everything and was told that I wouldn't...There's a lot to learn. But basically, the job is physically enduring and the guys and gals you work with are more than willing to share knowledge with you. I swear that the instructor would just grab people at the base as they went by and ask them questions and they'd just rattle on about what they do and answer questions till there was basically nothing left to say...But they'd keep talking anyway. It was awesome. Most companies haw a tonne of employees who carefully guard their position and info so as to secure their position, but this one seems bent for leather in pushing everyone up the ladder who's willing to climb. And when the instructor found out I had a degree, he pointed in the general direction of the sky and said, "that's your limit right there!" Nice guy!
So I'm back! I'll be working in the shop until I get my H2S course this Wednesday. Then I'll be off to the field where anything and everything can happen. Adventurous, you think?
Oh, and to my buddy Dan. I am not going to get a Flames hat. I'm still a fan of the Canuks...Although the Flames' goalie is still way better than anything the 'nuks have put in net. In fact, when Meloney's brother Darren came to the Hat for a visit he informed me that the Flames had just been beaten by Vancouver. He's a big Flames fan, and I did my best to rub it in as much as I could. Hah!
Alrighty, time to run some errands. The new van's getting detailed right now...Well, it's new to me, anyway! Ciao!
Green Hand school was interesting and a bit of fun, too. I got to hang out with the other three guys who're hired at the same time as myself, and they seem to be alright. Two of them already have experience in the patch, and the other one is older than me. That made me feel a little better.
So basically green hand school, which the instructor insisted on calling "New Employee Orientation" as he found the term "green hand" insulting, was an introduction to the company and what I and the rest of my fellow new recruits would be doing. I still don't understand everything and was told that I wouldn't...There's a lot to learn. But basically, the job is physically enduring and the guys and gals you work with are more than willing to share knowledge with you. I swear that the instructor would just grab people at the base as they went by and ask them questions and they'd just rattle on about what they do and answer questions till there was basically nothing left to say...But they'd keep talking anyway. It was awesome. Most companies haw a tonne of employees who carefully guard their position and info so as to secure their position, but this one seems bent for leather in pushing everyone up the ladder who's willing to climb. And when the instructor found out I had a degree, he pointed in the general direction of the sky and said, "that's your limit right there!" Nice guy!
So I'm back! I'll be working in the shop until I get my H2S course this Wednesday. Then I'll be off to the field where anything and everything can happen. Adventurous, you think?
Oh, and to my buddy Dan. I am not going to get a Flames hat. I'm still a fan of the Canuks...Although the Flames' goalie is still way better than anything the 'nuks have put in net. In fact, when Meloney's brother Darren came to the Hat for a visit he informed me that the Flames had just been beaten by Vancouver. He's a big Flames fan, and I did my best to rub it in as much as I could. Hah!
Alrighty, time to run some errands. The new van's getting detailed right now...Well, it's new to me, anyway! Ciao!
