when co-worker don't do there jobs

[tskbf2005]

on saturday at bigfoot rapids i was at unload, 11 boats will my grouper was on the party line with the towers while i was loading, grouping, speiling and unloading the boats, the shift lead ask him time and time againg to get off the phone. can you say accident wahting to happen? :mad:

[PirateJohn]

Oh, boy. I had a cow-orker like that at DL. On two separate occasions I had to go to leads to talk about how I had to cover for her not doing her job. Another time, she showed up to work, clocked in, then sat in the break room for about fifteen minutes past her actual start time before she started working. Another girl ended up getting her break late because of it.

Eventually she was fired for having something like 55 points.

[Zazu]

on saturday at bigfoot rapids i was at unload, 11 boats will my grouper was on the party line with the towers while i was loading, grouping, speiling and unloading the boats, the shift lead ask him time and time againg to get off the phone. can you say accident wahting to happen? :mad:Can you say "E-Stop"?

I did this to one lazy co-worker about eight times one day because he kept leaving the boarding area. Finally, there were enough complaints at City Hall that management came out and asked what the problem was. Everyone there just pointed silently to the same guy.

Justice is sweet when it's served by the whole team! :D:

[CBeilby]

on saturday at bigfoot rapids i was at unload, 11 boats will my grouper was on the party line with the towers while i was loading, grouping, speiling and unloading the boats, the shift lead ask him time and time againg to get off the phone. can you say accident wahting to happen? :mad:

And if I'd been you, or even been a guest riding, I'd have ripped your grouper a couple of new ones. Even at 11 boats (what happened to 13 boat minimum operation?) you don't have time under SOP to cover the entire turntable. I may not like the way that KBF runs things, but I also don't like lazy employees. The towers, I can understand sitting and talking on the P-line. Hell, I spent many a day doing it there myself. But if you're at the turntable, you damn well better be doing your job!

[CBeilby]

Can you say "E-Stop"?

I did this to one lazy co-worker about eight times one day because he kept leaving the boarding area. Finally, there were enough complaints at City Hall that management came out and asked what the problem was. Everyone there just pointed silently to the same guy.

Justice is sweet when it's served by the whole team! :D:

Not at KBF, Zazu. On Bigfoot Rapids, unless you see a person in the water, have boats backing up at the bottom of the lift, or have a broken board, you do NOT hit that e-stop. When I still worked there, a first unnecessary E-stop was an immediate final written warning. A second one before the first one cleared your record? Well, best clean out your locker and head to the unemployment office. It's how the bastards got rid of me.

Basically, unnecessary downtime at KBF is the biggest nono you can commit. :mad:

Keep in mind that this was circa 1998, but based on what I'm hearing, it doesn't seem to have changed.

[CBeilby]

Oh, and I should mention that they consider accidental E-stops to be unnecessary, and punish you for them. (Even if the e-stop is triggered by lightly brushing over the button with your damn jacket, or bumping your stupid head into the unprotected button!)

[tskbf2005]

Oh, and I should mention that they consider accidental E-stops to be unnecessary, and punish you for them. (Even if the e-stop is triggered by lightly brushing over the button with your damn jacket, or bumping your stupid head into the unprotected button!)
i still don't how someone head can hit the e-stop?

[CBeilby]

i still don't how someone head can hit the e-stop?

It's the one at Group, on the side of the stairs. I was putting the Park Patrol back under the stairs, and bumped the damn thing with my forehead.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

i still don't how someone head can hit the e-stop?It is very easy to hit an E-Stop. When I used to work at KBF, I was at Supreme Scream. The E-Stop was at the top of the control console. A co-worker of mine was pointing at something and the next thing you know, his arm accidently hit the E-stop and all of the sudden, the ride started to come down slowly.

[tskbf2005]

i had my frist e-stop accident at wipeout during the final cycle w/ 3 guest on board with the meanest shiftlead on boardwalk area

[tskbf2005]

It's the one at Group, on the side of the stairs. I was putting the Park Patrol back under the stairs, and bumped the damn thing with my forehead.
who was shiftlead at that time?

[CBeilby]

who was shiftlead at that time?
I don't remember. And they're probably not there any more, as this was back in '98.

[Zazu]

Can you say "E-Stop"?Not at KBF, Zazu. On Bigfoot Rapids, unless you see a person in the water, have boats backing up at the bottom of the lift, or have a broken board, you do NOT hit that e-stop. When I still worked there, a first unnecessary E-stop was an immediate final written warning. A second one before the first one cleared your record? Well, best clean out your locker and head to the unemployment office. It's how the bastards got rid of me.

Basically, unnecessary downtime at KBF is the biggest nono you can commit. :mad:Now that's a freaking brilliant approach! (NOT) :notallthe

So KBF management thinks that an E-Stop is worse than having to pull a mangled body out of the mechanism, huh? They should try it a few times before swearing off E-Stops.:gross:

(No, my experience doesn't come from a theme park, but it does come from people being stupid around heavy equipment.)

On my attraction we train that, "Whatever problem you have, it's a smaller and more managable problem at zero MPH that at any other speed." If not words to live by, at least words to avoid blood loss by. :chainsaw:

[tskbf2005]

I don't remember. And they're probably not there any more, as this was back in '98.
shift lead Josie H. over

[CBeilby]

shift lead Josie H. over

Nope. No one named Josie was even on crew when I worked Bigfoot.

[tskbf2005]

i hit my e-stop with a shiftleader name debbie

[felinefan]

When I was at KBF, I had a few lazy-bum co-workers. Usually they fell into the "princess" category. Most of these were at Calico R.R., and all but one were other female conductors. One time, I told one of the other female conductors to watch for the train coming in while I picked up trash. She said okay--then promptly turned her back to the direction the train comes in from, and the next thing I knew I was within a couple hundred feet of becoming a cowcatcher ornament on an 1881 Baldwin C-19 2-8-0! I saw the train coming and jumped back across the tracks just in time! This same conductor a couple of months later pulled the whistle handle, signaling the engineer to start the train after the Bandits had crossed out the gates. Unfortunately, I and the conductor who was taking the train out were still doing the walking inspection prior to sending the train out. This woman swore up and down that she didn't touch the whistle, had no idea who had, and when my shiftleader investigated, she asked the Bandits, and they said this woman had pulled the whistle. And she (conductor) tried to blame the Bandits! The Bandits don't ever touch the whistle for any reason. So I told my S/L my side, and confided that this conductor had impaired hearing, which is a safety hazard, plus more than once she had demonstrated signs of early dementia. So I and the other conductor, as well as the one at fault, all wrote incident reports, and I put my concerns about this woman in and recommended that she get a screening for hearing and memory loss. They must've actually listened to my recommendations :eek: , because a short time later, she seemed able to hear better and improved mentally as well. At least no serious harm followed, but the chance was always there.