Thread: What strange things did you have to do in your line of work?

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I worked fora while in a biscuit manufacturing plant.

One of the last machines to see a biscuit was the chocolate enrober....puts the choccy all over the bikkie....

they had chain conveyors in them which would often break.....funny how it often happened right before my shift......replacing the broken wire was quite difficult.....and the chain would fall into the melted chocolate.

to retrieve the chain one had to take ones shirt off and go in up to the armpits.....seriously...in hot chocolate.

once the chain was repaired it was business as usual.....the hot chocolate was never dumped...the only thing I did was wash my hands and arms before going in.

Shame you other half could not help post the dip

Delivering a Greeting or birthday wish, dressed very authentically as a Priest........
The Rev Gearoff came later as the singing telegrams didnt pay that well and was a lot more fun!
And wearing the collar and Bib was bloody funny when I wasnt working.

I've been in retail most of my life which you would think is pretty tame except a lot of this time has been in remote areas.


Over the years I've had a shot gun pointed at me at very close range, been punched out buy a female staff member so hard I went over the check-out, had knives pulled on me, stopped & or failed to stop numerous fights, had my teeth kicked out, caught many snakes, shot at birds in the store, missed & put several holes in the roof, chased shoplifters, wrestled shoplifters, been chased by shoplifters, been electrocuted, learned to fix all sorts of tills, computers, EFTPOS, ATM's, fridges, freezers & everything else a shop needs, attended 100's of break & enters, usually just me & the dog, sold a few strange things including dildos &
Had a great time doing it.
Jonesfam

Originally Posted by jonesfam

I've been in retail most of my life which you would think is pretty tame except a lot of this time has been in remote areas.


Over the years I've had a shot gun pointed at me at very close range, been punched out buy a female staff member so hard I went over the check-out, had knives pulled on me, stopped & or failed to stop numerous fights, had my teeth kicked out, caught many snakes, shot at birds in the store, missed & put several holes in the roof, chased shoplifters, wrestled shoplifters, been chased by shoplifters, been electrocuted, learned to fix all sorts of tills, computers, EFTPOS, ATM's, fridges, freezers & everything else a shop needs, attended 100's of break & enters, usually just me & the dog, sold a few strange things including dildos &
Had a great time doing it.
Jonesfam

Damn... I'm reading the writings of a Ghost
(Electrocution is death, Electric shock is the alternate)

Bugger retail - sounds dangerous - I'll stick to mining... You've certainly had some challenges!!!

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I worked fora while in a biscuit manufacturing plant.

One of the last machines to see a biscuit was the chocolate enrober....puts the choccy all over the bikkie....

they had chain conveyors in them which would often break.....funny how it often happened right before my shift......replacing the broken wire was quite difficult.....and the chain would fall into the melted chocolate.

to retrieve the chain one had to take ones shirt off and go in up to the armpits.....seriously...in hot chocolate.

once the chain was repaired it was business as usual.....the hot chocolate was never dumped...the only thing I did was wash my hands and arms before going in.

All I heard was:

All I heard was...

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Originally Posted by bushrover

I had to fix a portable toilet ...........
Rick

Not my job, but said toilets were emptied by a Husband and Wife team who we used to call the Poo Suckers. Mrs Poo Sucker was emptying, cleaning and disinfecting 5-6 toilets. As she was about to leave I checked the toilets and one still ponged a bit. To check Mrs Poo Sucker stuck her bare hand down the hole and opened the flap with crap all over it....'Whoops' she says 'I missed this one'.

Next Saturday a mate and I are at a kids soccer game and Mrs Poo Sucker is making hamburgers with her bare hands. We walked away.

Bit like jonesfam, been on the wrong end of armed robberies, shotguns, knives and needles. Worked graveyard at a Shell servo whilst getting through Uni. Saw many punch ups. Got inadvertently crash tackled by an over zealous member of Division 79 back in the day. He thought I was the bad guy in a scuffle.

Settled many arguments, like the last packet of condoms on the shelf - two blokes fighting over who was getting them. "Guys there's 12 in the pack go halves!"
"Oh yeah cool."
Seen many weird things, it must be the late night and fluorescent lights.