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From: okunewck@gondor.UUCP (Philip E. OKunewick)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Horror stories
Message-ID: <2039@gondor.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 12:22:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 18 12:22:19 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Mar-86 05:35:54 EST
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Reply-To: okunewck@gondor.UUCP (Philip E. OKunewick)
Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ.
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Keywords: Ouch!

In article <6519@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>> >...He leaned over the spinning disk to listen.
>> >...Then his tie got caught on the *outside* edge of the spinning pack...
>>
>>    I *knew* there was a reason computer people don't wear ties ...
>
>If you visit a well-run machine shop, you will note that the machinists do
>not wear ties, long sleeves, loose jackets, rings, watches, or gloves while
>working in the vicinity of rotating machinery.

The problem with being a computer tech is that you're supposed to
look like a white collar professional when you arrive at the
customer's site.  I ruined more good clothes this way.

When I first started repairing computers, we were required to wear a
tie.  Every time I opened a CDC Hawk drive to clean the fixed platter
(We really DID clean them with alcohol & gauze - standard PM) I would
always go through a little ritual of checking my glasses, my watch,
and my tie to make sure they were on tight, and especially make sure
the tie was clear of the drive.  One slipped object, and say bye-bye
to a $30 platter and hello to an extra service call.

All the techs were happy when the tie policy was dropped.

                                                ---Duck