Murphy's Law........

Okay, let's talk about this Murphy.......Who is he? Why does he do what he does? I do not like this Murphy guy.......

Recently here at work, in efforts to reduce our power bill a tad, we have decided that we needed to replace all of our high bay light fixtures. The new fixtures came in, and our electrical department started replacing them one by one. Yesterday they made it into the auto shop (aka: The Hayward boat yard). Towards the end of the day, there were only two fixtures left to change out, and those just happened to be located just above the boat. All involved, including our electrical Super, electrical project manager, and our auto shop foreman explained to our electrician doing the work; that if he does anything to that boat, he might as well just pack up his tools and head back over to the union hall and look for another job.

This is were Murphy comes into play...... Our electrician started changing the fixture over the foredeck, very cautiously might I add. He laid some cardboard over the deck and made sure that he stayed well clear of the boat with the lift that he was using. Just as he was making the final connections, his side cutters slipped from his hands and impaled the deck of the boat. OK, so not really impaled, more or less put a gouge in the teak deck. The story I get, is that he started packing up his tools and figured that he was heading back to the union hall.

Well, we all understand that "Shit Happens" and do not let people go for an honest mistake. On a positive note; the new lights work so good you can really see the gouge in the deck. I will be way ahead if this is the worse that happens. So, back to work on the other projects, and try to get the boat back in the water before too long.........