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Quality Lab
I worked in a quality assurance lab right as I got out of college. I
knew right off the bat that I wouldn’t like it but I needed to pay
bills. The “lab” was absolutley disgusting. It’s supposed to be clean
but it was far from it. Granted the environment made cleanliness
difficult (it was at a coke facility which required buring a lot of
coal) yet it seemed that there was little attempt to maintain the
lab. I dealt with the job until I was accepted for a research based
position, but my boss behaved in a fairly unorthodoxed manner on my
last day.
My boss took myself as well as two new employees out to lunch on my
last day. We were enjoying the lunch when he told me to call a
certain individual an “asshole” and walk out. Well my problem was
that the said individual never gave me any flack. In fact, he was one
of the nicest individuals at the facility and it took me a’back. I
brushed it off with meager conversation about other people I didn’t
like at the lab (it was my last day and I knew I wouldn’t return).
After lunch, I was working on a solids analysis when I got a random
call. Turns out it was my boss telling me to call the said employee
an asshole. This boss is the same individual who continually moaned
to me about his oppressive workload and how he was barely able to
manage it. I was expecting at least some sort of professionalism, but
nothing this absurd.
The shock was too much for me to take. I finished my work and left
two hours before my shift without saying a word to anyone.
After this, I was still paid for 80 hours of work. My new job is
much, MUCH better!
19 Comments to Quality Lab
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coke burns coal? And why did he want you to call someone an asshole?
Hey, stupid (your name choice, not mine), coke is made by burning coal. And no I don’t mean the stuff you drink or snort. It is a fuel.
I think the OP meant to put “coal….” Vs “Coke.” I could be wrong
Can I have the 2 minutes back I wasted reading this?
Coke is burned coal, poster #1.
Are you related to the last one who worked in a lab after college? Your grasp of the English language is equally appalling.
So you expected professionalism, but walked out two hours early and accepted pay for work you didn’t do?
Oh, and @stupid: Get a dictionary before snarking about “coke”. OP never said coke burns coal, he/she said it was a coke facility which required burning coal:
“Coke (noun) the residue of coal left after destructive distillation and used as fuel; also : a similar residue left by other materials (as petroleum) distilled to dryness.” *Merriam-Webster dictionary
That was enough to shock you into splitting early? Do you wet yourself when someone honks at you on the road?
Ok….. I believe I missed the point of this story… What’s the deal with the random phone call?
yes, this is my name choice as it is an accurate description. Now, while I lay back and relax, be sure not to scrape your teeth along the shaft as you blow me. It wasn’t a snark. I had never heard of this type of “coke” before. Learn something new everyday.
I didn’t realize what the OP was talking about until I read it from the commentors. I never heard of that kind of coke before.
I think when your boss asks YOU to randomly call somebody else (with whom you have no problem whatsoever) nasty names, professionalism is hardly the point. Was the boss trying to make everyone else in the office think OP was a real jerk? What *was* the boss’s point? OP said it was the last day of work, and if the boss had time to make random, bordering-on-obscene phone calls, checking out two hours early doesn’t seem like such a big deal. The boss ought to check in – to a mental health facility.
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Coke is burned coal, it is used in making high carbon steel, iron and coke go into the Bessemer Converter and the product at the end of the process is steel.
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Die already!
Wrong wrong wrong, seriously you guys. Coke is, as defined by huxtabels dictionary, a sort of clothing worn by eighteenth century philosophers during formal gatherings and banquets. I.e.- “Oh Forsythe, could you iron my Coke before the gala tonight? I do say it took quite the ruffling last weekend.”. And OP, coal is used to create the lining of said “Coke coats” as they were commonly known. I believe you were more positioned in a tailoring job than QA. Perhaps this is why you did not enjoy your job as you had no idea what was going on.
I had heard of coke but didn’t know it was fuel. I just knew it was somehow used in the production process for steel.
What a weird boss. Good for you for leaving earlier and for not calling people names. Why should you have to do something which is plainly stupid and pointless and hurtful?
Coke is not burnt coal. It is coal that has been crushed into fine particles, almost a powder. Coke is then burned.
So you never even found out the reason behind your boss’ strange requests? That seems like an uncommon lack of curiosity. And it makes for an uncommonly lame story. I’m guessing you now work as a writer for soap operas?