did you see this guy take a pail of gold yesterday

[bruiser]

When I was working, one of my clients was a company that recovered precious metals from circuit boards and other items. We were not allowed past the security entrance. They would bring the sweeper out side for us to work on. Mind you, that sweeper was so clean you could eat on it. One time I received a call that it was down and they needed it repaired asap. I had to wait two hours, on their dime, for them to figure out how to get it out to me. Well, they couldn't do it. I had to empty my pockets of all items, which went in to a lock box. I was escorted by two armed guards, sans toolbox, to the sweeper. Had it ready to go in about ten minutes. It had a tripped drive motor breaker. The newly hired operator had been using it with his foot on the brake pedal. Even though I was escorted, I still had to go through the metal detector on the way out.

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: What if you had sneezed, and soiled your britches?? :shocked:

 

[cuznjohn]

one of the jobs i did in the citibank building on 53rd st. in Manhattan, was installing a fire alarm system in the building. i was only a worker on that job. well in the 2nd level of the building they had a travelers check vault, with all negotiable checks in it. to get into the vault, the thick door had two combination locks and two keys. two people had a key and combination to the vault door. if one was not in, we couldn't get into the vault. when we made arrangements to get into the vault, they put two armed guards. there were rows of shelving in it, and a smoke detector and heat detector had to be installed in each row, and all had to be piped out. so it was a big job.
we knew all the guards in the building, so we would talk and work at the same time. one of the guards told me, that on one shelf there was over 50 million in travelers checks. i felt real uneasy working around that stuff. one missing, and we were the only strangers around it

 

[Bob Denman]

Cuzn,
Your story reminds me of when the manager of our local jewelry store said that he had something to show me...
He goes in the back storage room, comes out, and drops a HUGE diamond in my hand... :yikes:
(15 carats)
When he told me what it was worth; I almost passed out! nojoke
But the urge to run like Hell; was almost irresistible!!

 

[cuznjohn]

Cuzn,
Your story reminds me of when the manager of our local jewelry store said that he had something to show me...
He goes in the back storage room, comes out, and drops a HUGE diamond in my hand... :yikes:
(15 carats)
When he told me what it was worth; I almost passed out! nojoke
But the urge to run like Hell; was almost irresistible!!

i have 35 + years in construction, i have thousands of stories i could tell

 

[Bob Denman]

We have lots of time... :thumbup: