06-01-2008, 07:55 PM
breaks every 5 min? try one 1/2 hour break and one 45min lunch. and yes you can get fired. we go threw school to learn mathematical calculations, jurisdictional laws, and national laws. we go to work every day, a lot of times out door in the rain, snow, and heat. our bodies take a huge beating. back in the day there was a unwritten rule, one man for each pipe size, if you were hanging 6" pipe you had six guys on it. now your lucky if you have two. a piece of 6" schedule 40 pipe is around 400lbs. put that on your shoulder, carry it up a 10' ladder and hang it. then tell me we make to much. then go on an inspection where you have to up hold the rules of the nfpa and deal with building owners that "dont see why we need this" then go on a call where a couple of heads put out a fire that would have destroyed buildings. we have to learn hydraulic calculations, square foot coverage for a variety of different hazard classifications. it isnt just righty tighty, lefty loosy. and it is insulting to me a 10 year journeyman for you to say that, when i know for a fact that at least one system i put in saved over 10 people from being killed in a fire. and hearing that systems that were installed by scabs that dont know what the fuck they are doing fail and buildings and lives are lost. but hey, im just a dumb ass construction worker, rite?
10/8/1871- the great Chicago fire. Approximately 250 people were killed in the fire; 98,500 people were left homeless; 17,450 buildings were destroyed along with the original Emancipation Proclamation.
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Chicago Local 281, protecting lives and property for over 100 years.
Lawn sprinklers save your grass, Fire sprinklers save your a$$