15 February 2007

The end of an era

In October of 2001 one of my technicians came to me and said he had this friend of his that was looking for a job. He said i would like him because he is a local bad ass and is pretty strong. I told him to send him over and fill out an application.A few days later this guy shows up. You could tell he was a stout son of a gun by the fact that he didn't have a neck. I gave him the application and i could tell he was a bit nervous. I decided to have a little fun. When i interview someone i ask questions that you surely are not expecting. Question like " If you are in a boat and the captain tells you that the boat is directly over the Marina trench and someone drops a bowling ball, how long will it take for the bowling ball to hit the bottom?"

After i get acquainted with Ricky i say to him" Kevin tells me you can bench press a lot of weight"He says" i can lift anything you have"Lucky for me we have weight room at work so i took Ricky back there and put 270 lbs on the machine and said get after it. Ricky pressed that weight 10 times. I was impressedI told Ricky if he could pass a drug test and background check i would hire him. Ricky said no problem with either one. I went and gathered a urine sample kit and gave it to Ricky and explained how to extract a sample and bring it to me. When Ricky came out of the bathroom he was holding the sample and shaking like pretty bad. He went to hand me the sample and i jumped back and said " Don't spill that dang sample on me. Get a paper towel and set it on this desk"Judging by the way he was shaking i figured he was going to bust on this drug test. I went ahead and sent the sample in and he passed.

Later when i hired him i asked why he was shaking so bad and he replied, " All those stupid questions in the interview made me nervous and then you made me Bench Press all that weight" We had a good laugh and Ricky started his career with us.

Ricky qualified as a technician very fast and within 3 years was promoted to salesman. Now 5 years later he has a chance to take over his Dad's business and he has to go. I don't blame him but i will miss him.

I wish you well my friend.

I asked Ricky what he was going to be making over at the other company but he wouldn't tell me. I suspect he received a large increase in pay because when i went by his house he had bought a new car. Below is a picture. Lucky Bastard


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ray, you conveniently left out a couple of important events in your blog. Like the fact that you made me take off my shirt while I was pumping iron. And then, shortly thereafter, made me watch porn. All the while you gazed on with your little pinky hanging from the corner of your mouth with this pouty little look. You damn right I was shaking. I thought your were a fucking butt pirate. Meat Gazer.