The scariest job you ever had?

[MongGrel]

It doesn't matter where you served or how you served, thank you for your service. You made a choice that not all of us are capable of making.

Thank you for that.

 

[lxskllr]

Walking steel over traffic untethered. I still do that, but only if I can clip in. I don't get on with heights as well as I used to(which wasn't that great in the first place).

 

[ViviTheMage]

worked as a grave digger for a year or so in high school, good money, creepy hours.

 

[lxskllr]

worked as a grave digger for a year or so in high school, good money, creepy hours.

You know grave digger and grave robber aren't the same thing, right? :^D

 

[BoomerD]

Serving in Vietnam had its scary as fuck moments...but overall, working on the bottom dozer in a "yo-yo" set up was more scary to me. (suspended over a slope of about 75 degrees...dependent on the top dozer to move up, gravity to move down...suspended by a 1" wire rope and winch) One little fuck up on the part of the topside operator and I'd have gone nearly straight down for a couple of thousand feet...ending in the river below.

Being a crane operator was best described as hours and hours of boredom...punctuated by seconds of sheer fucking terror.

MonGrel...Semper Fi, brother. Welcome home.

Mayne...fuck you. I hope you die in a fucking fire.

 

[MongGrel]

Walking steel over traffic untethered. I still do that, but only if I can clip in. I don't get on with heights as well as I used to(which wasn't that great in the first place).

That's pretty ballsy.

:biggrin:

About like a lot of power line and construction high rise workers, I can do heights, but makes me nervous.

 

[nickbits]

Answering phones for commercial HVAC customers, of which I knew nothing about.

Social anxiety/introvert FTL

 

[ViviTheMage]

You know grave digger and grave robber aren't the same thing, right? :^D

:-D

Seriously though, all I did was mow, dig holes, and fill said holes. Nothing too scary about that I guess.

 

[MongGrel]

Serving in Vietnam had its scary as fuck moments...but overall, working on the bottom dozer in a "yo-yo" set up was more scary to me. (suspended over a slope of about 75 degrees...dependent on the top dozer to move up, gravity to move down...suspended by a 1" wire rope and winch) One little fuck up on the part of the topside operator and I'd have gone nearly straight down for a couple of thousand feet...ending in the river below.

Being a crane operator was best described as hours and hours of boredom...punctuated by seconds of sheer fucking terror.

MonGrel...Semper Fi, brother. Welcome home.

Mayne...fuck you. I hope you die in a fucking fire.

Semper Fi, and yeah many jobs like that takes a lot of gritting your teeth some days.


*salute*

 

[Mayne]

so I'm the jerk now. I see how it is with you army guys.

 

[IronWing]

so I'm the jerk now. I see how it is with you army guys.

I'm not an army guy and you're still a jerk.

 

[smackababy]

I was once at a job and required to help "with documentation". The project had been going for around 7 years before I came on board and they didn't have so much as a single requirements document. Scary, indeed!

 

[lxskllr]

That's pretty ballsy.

:biggrin:

About like a lot of power line and construction high rise workers, I can do heights, but makes me nervous.

It's all mental. I can walk 12"+ on the ground no problem. Get 25'+ off the ground, and it starts being a problem. Vertigo has gotten worse as I've aged, and I always had trouble with my eyes. The ground moves at a different speed than the beam, and it fucks me up. A trucker hitting the Jake brake under you is exciting also :^S

Edit:
I forgot about about the shit the iron workers leave strewn everywhere, and walking on splice plates. Damn I hate steel :^D

 

[brianmanahan]

here we f***ing go.

I asked scariest not most cowardly.

So tell me Mongrel. What was so scary about your time in Iraq? Worried your SO was f***ing your best friend back home?

wow mayne, you found the line... then you jumped in a catapult and crossed that line so far that nobody's gonna find your body for a while

you can kiss my rookie of the year vote goodbye

also, reported

 

[Mayne]

wow mayne, you found the line... then you jumped in a catapult and crossed that line so far that nobody's gonna find your body for a while

you can kiss my rookie of the year vote goodbye

also, reported

what did I say that was so wrong? I'm sorry I don't like military or cops.

 

[alkemyst]

here we fucking go.

Probably had an admin job that's usually the only Marines that mention being a Marine.

 

[smackababy]

wow mayne, you found the line... then you jumped in a catapult and crossed that line so far that nobody's gonna find your body for a while

you can kiss my rookie of the year vote goodbye

also, reported

A socially awkward, 12 year old that shows his penis to his sister can't respect the sacrifices others are willing to make for him to have the freedom to post his nonsense? No way!

 

[alkemyst]

Probably doing network installs inside large steel mills.

One location was a room about 3' wide x 6 x 6' with exposed 480V on both 6' walls and me having to install the device on the 3' wall at the end of this mini-room. there was just a cat walk down the middle about 18" wide.

One was next to the line where they turn steel into metal poles and the like. It's very high speed and there is a risk it comes off the track (it's called something, gopher or something like that), it's very dangerous.

One mill one of the large vats cracked and filled the area with tons of steel. You basically just run away and later they come in and cut it all out and any vehicles and equipment that was melted in it.

Tons of things to go wrong.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Serving in Vietnam had its scary as fuck moments...but overall, working on the bottom dozer in a "yo-yo" set up was more scary to me. (suspended over a slope of about 75 degrees...dependent on the top dozer to move up, gravity to move down...suspended by a 1" wire rope and winch) One little fuck up on the part of the topside operator and I'd have gone nearly straight down for a couple of thousand feet...ending in the river below.

Being a crane operator was best described as hours and hours of boredom...punctuated by seconds of sheer fucking terror.

MonGrel...Semper Fi, brother. Welcome home.

Mayne...fuck you. I hope you die in a fucking fire.

I can imagine the crane operator deal. Everything is going well then you hear something creaking and realize people or property is in real danger.

 

[brianmanahan]

Probably doing network installs inside large steel mills.

an admin job?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

For me probably learning to drive a big rig. I learned at a little rinky dink company and was on my own after two weeks. To say I was nervous would be an understatement.

 

[brianmanahan]

scariest job i ever had? had to solder once.

 

[IronWing]

scariest job i ever had? had to solder once.

Lead fumes will get you.

 

[MongGrel]

Probably had an admin job that's usually the only Marines that mention being a Marine.

Yes I did, I went in open contract at the time.

I worked in S1 in headquarters in VMFA-232 starting out, which is the oldest Marine Fighter Squadron.

Red Devils.

You know that from previous posts, is where they put me as I had the aptitude.

All Marines go through the same boot camp, and have to go through the same physical/rifle training for promotions.

I was a sharpshooter, should have been a expert, but I never did get the 500 yard line down well with open sights I guess.

My secondary MOS was a door gunner on a chopper.

The last 30 years I've been a Journeyman Tool & Diemaker supporting military for all branches of the service for Equipment/R&D development in various machine shops for the most part.

 

[slightlyhuman]

what did I say that was so wrong? I'm sorry I don't like military or cops.

You're a fucking moron. Your parents need to cut your AOL connect off. I'm not saying anything you already don't know.

Let me repeat, please kill yourself.

Sorry, but even rhetorically meant, this is over our line. Wishing death on other members, no matter the circumstances, is not acceptable here.

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