Re: Engineer here at work... Funny...
Why is it ya' have to hit an engineer on the head to him to understand???<br /><br />I'm a Stationary Engineer. Not the college type. This was self study to get my license so I can operate a power plant in the state of Ohio. No college involved here. Just got to know darn near word for word the text in about 4 different books, Boiler Code, High Pressure Boilers, Low Pressure Boilers, Generators and a pasal of other stuff.<br /><br />OK....the unit I operate is a 650 Mega Watt unit. So, when it suddenly trips or I have to trip it, people want to know why. Fair enough.<br /><br />Now, at my plant, we got a gang of these engineers, electrical, mechanical and just anything engineers. All want to save the day.<br /><br />One very bad day when everything is turning to do-do, I spring a leak in the steam generator. A real good leak, one that we call a no-brainer. You punch the button. So I did. <br /><br />From outta nowhere, these guys are all of a sudden crowding the control room pulling charts, asking questions and really becoming a pain in the butt and I'm still trying to secure the unit for cool down. I'm at the point where I have to push these guys outta the road so I can get to the control panels. I know why the unit tripped. I pushed the button. That ain't good enough for these guys. Why did you push the button one says. Cause I'm losing about 15,000 gal. of water per hour says I. How do you know he asks. Cause I can read a digital meter says I. How can you be sure the meter is correct says he. I can't says I. But when I drop 30 megs of load and the suction flow to the pump jumps several thousand pounds of flow, I think thats a dam good indication of a leak. Ended up calling my direct boss to get the control room cleared out when some of them didn't take a direct hint to get the hell out of my control room so I can get secured. (I ain't real subtle all the time)<br /><br />Got to say that some engineers are really human people. You can actually have a good conversation with them and they enjoy a good joke. But, these ones are few and far in between.
<br /><br />The engineer here and I butt heads all the time. He can't seem to remember that the State of New Jersey has Purchasing Laws and if you spend a certain amount of money you have to jump through certain hoops. 
