I despise maintenance men. I've been having a difficult time adjusting to the corporate world. I've particular been butting heads with the know it all maintenance man at work. After he mocked me twice in public I decided he wanted to play. So play I have....
He informed me today that all electricianing is, is black to black, white to white, green to green. Yet funny how I got a call from him asking for help terminating a 22 conducter cable. I smirked and told him it's wired up just like he claimed. Then to his protest went back to what I was doing. He was livid over that. The subcontracted electrician wouldn't help him either.
Later, I called him out on his bracket welds in front of four department heads. I'm sorry but those are the most hideous welds to ever grace the planet. I mean it's ok to be proud of something good you do. However, trash goes in the trash, not where everybody can see it. If your TIG welds look like a Arc weld done by a mentally challenged ommpaloompa that smokes crack rock. Then there is a problem with that. As of now myself, and another maintenance man has been assigned the job of rewelding the brackets.
For my grand finish to the day. He started to mouth off to me back in our office area. I simply asked what trade he was. He informed me he has been doing maintenance for 25 years. I reiterated I didn't ask what field he worked in, but what his trade was. To which he replied multi craft. Well, there are multicraft electricians, multi craft pipe fitters, etc etc. However, multicraft isn't a trade. I informed him of this and gave examples using my coworkers. Then announced that he must be like a commercial/industrial handyman. Kinda like a Handy Manny. Well that set the poor fella off something awful. He tried everything he could to argue his way out of that one, including making personal insults. I just smiled and went back to my paper work. I have successfully gotten inside his head now. Maybe tomorrow will bring a calmer gentler Handy Manny to work. I guess we shall see.