My first job in London was at a printers and I was asked to go buy some tartan paint! Thankfully my response was ‘you what?!’ And I was not as green as I looked 😂
We had a particularly naive lad in my cohort when I did my nurse training. He was often sent to gynae for fallopian tubes or to the porters for a long wait, bucket of steam, left handed patella hammer etc
I believe he’s now something big on the Resuscitation Council for Wales
In my first job the new person would be told to phone a customer and ask to speak to Mr C Lyon or Mr G Raff and would be given the number of Whipsnade Zoo
Storesman: "A spirit level bubble?"
Pope: "That's what he asked for."
S: "Round or square?"
P: "Dunno, I'll go check"
...
P: "Round!"
S: "Only got square in mate. Can he pare it down to fit?"
P: (hurries off to check)
Old school IT ones were getting someone reinking printer ribbon with a felt tip pen, or my favourite - degaussing old backup tapes (stood one foot in a quality street tin shaking tapes one at a time)
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I believe he’s now something big on the Resuscitation Council for Wales
Their god apparently didn't create all to be equal......only the rifraff eh?
Pope: "That's what he asked for."
S: "Round or square?"
P: "Dunno, I'll go check"
...
P: "Round!"
S: "Only got square in mate. Can he pare it down to fit?"
P: (hurries off to check)
Tin of steam
Long weight (wait)
Left handed screwdriver
Have heard lots over the years