Nothing like starting the week with a little coolant on the floor.
And by “a little,” I mean enough to require buckets, mops, multiple coworkers and some serious reflection on your career choices.
The original post showed this scene:
The basic story: the coolant tank was filled while the machine was running. Machine stopped. Coolant came back.
And… well.
Physics did its thing.
At first glance, this looked like a classic new-guy move.
Then the MACHINIST comments started rolling in.
Turns out the veterans weren’t exactly in a position to throw stones.
Apparently, this is a rite of passage.
Josh Young:
“It's almost a rite of passage to overfill the coolant tank at least once in your career.”
Mark Horner, with 41 years in the trade, had a minor correction:
“Only once? In 41 years doing this has to be twice a year at least.”
Then he reconsidered:
“If I told the truth prob more like 4-5 times a year…”
😂
Daniel Richards wasn’t making any promises either:
“I've done it a good handful or more and I'm not retired so chances are good I'll do it again.”
Honestly, I respect the self-awareness.
And then there’s always THAT guy.
Kurt Sochacki jumped in:
“Not really it ain't that hard to pay attention to what your doing”
Larry Musselman was having none of it:
“Don't try to bullshit us Kurt, we know how it goes. If you're that perfect, get out now, you'll never fit in.”
There we go.
Order restored.
A nickname was born.
Robert Klabik summed up the new-guy situation pretty well:
“That's a rookie move. But who hasn't done that. And if that's the biggest thing he does then he's doing ok.”
And then:
“New nickname. Puddles.”
Puddles. 😂
That man could work there another 30 years and I’m not sure he’s escaping that one.
But some of you took this WAY further.
Keith Dahlberg:
“You guys are amateurs. 350 gallons over full one time.”
350 GALLONS.
David Bradley had the only reasonable explanation:
“Didn't want that floor to rust.”
And Jude Hansen apparently needed specialized equipment:
“Walked in one morning to find that the 2nd shift left the machine filling with coolant all night long. We needed a zamboni to clean it up.”
Then there was John Smith:
“I flooded the whole factory once, left the pipe in and went home! Never again”
At some point “Puddles” starts looking pretty damn good.
My favorite comment sequence, though…
Dylan Sheehan confidently admitted:
“I’m good for at least one flood a week.”
A little later — in the same comment thread — Dylan returned with an update:
“Update guys;
Just flooded”
You really couldn’t script that any better.
So what did we learn?
If you’ve flooded a machine before, congratulations.
You are apparently in very good company.
If you haven’t?
Gene Simpson has some advice:
“Always. Set. A. Timer.”
And maybe don’t get too cocky.
Your day is coming.
As Alfred Minio put it:
“As is tradition.”
See you next Sunday.
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