Am I the only non-pro who...

[JD6619A]

Most of the people i work with now are good (the mechanics) the other staff like yard maintenance, trailer department i don't trust, my boxes get locked up at lunch and also when i leave at night. I usually take 30 mins before I leave to clean and up my tools away where they go so this way i know if something is missing. We have one idiot at work who got himself a new box and tried fitting his keys into other people's chests to see if they'd open, granted the newest box i bought is a cheapo CT unit, the locks are not all that great so I just added some exterior padlocks to the box to increase the security and the likelihood of getting my tools jacked.

 

[Panzer]

Locks only keep honest people out in my experience.

 

[rsanter]

you have to look at a couple of factors.
when you work in a small shop with people that you have gotten to know, then you will likly leave your box open.
in a large sgop with some people that you dont know or dont like, then its reasonable to lock it

I used to own a shop and all my guys (and myself) left their box open.
I did have one guy working there for a while that would always lock his and was always getting into other guys toolboxes.
one time I spotted some of my welding clamps in his box. pissed me off. tried to tell me they were not mine, then I turned them over to show him the markings.
he didnt last....

bob

 

[crewchief888]

most of my work tools are in my service truck, it gets locked at night, and anytime i cant see the truck on a jobsite, it gets locked. i have a few tools in the shop, since theres only one other mech there, he will borrow something once in a while, but always puts the stuff back, usually cleaner than when he found it.
more than once ive had tools disappear in the shop, and i have figured out who it was that "borrowed' them. both times the "borrower" was confronted, and i no uncertain terms was informed if i caught them again, somebody was going to the ER. after both incidents, upper managment got involved and stood behind me. one guy was actually told by the CEO, if he did it again he (the CEO) would fire him, and deduct the replacement cost out of his final check

 

[Skin]

i have no problem with someone using a tool, i have a big problem when i come in and find my tools misplaced or scattered around which in turn causes me to go on a scavenger hunt for the next fifteen minutes. that pisses me off and that's what i find most common. i also enjoy it when my battery operated tools are put back dead.

 

[TheCarbideRat]

You LET people use your electrical tools??

 

[TheGrooveking]

You LET people use your electrical tools??

Never! One (maintenance) shop I was in I was at my box getting a few tools and I watched another guy (Wolfie - his real name) open up Jim's roller cab drawer and put a fluke meter back into it and it was smoking! Literally had smoke coming from it, I asked him what he did and he put his finger over his lips and said be quiet and started to walk away.

I took that meter to the Plant Engineer's office and told him what Wolfie did, later that day Wolfie was terminated. I hated being the nark but figured it best since if Jim tried to use that meter he could of been killed or killed someone.

The guy Wolfie was an idiot of the first order, literally had his BS in Electrical Engineering. I remember his first day the boss gave him the job of adding two PA speakers to the system and to hang them in the warehouse. The idiot connected some lamp cord to the speaker terminals and stuck the other end of the cord's stripped wires in a 110 outlet That speaker made a very loud 60hz hum before exploding. I asked him what the f*ck was wrong with him? He said I was just making sure it worked before I installed it, I knew right there that he was bag of ****.

TheGrooveking

 

[bigsteve1969]

I'm not nearly as worried about my coworkers as I am about some random person taking something so that's why I lock up when I'm away from my box.

yea there like hey this looks kool and start pickin everything up and looking at it

 

[TheCarbideRat]

All this unauthorized use of tools is TOO MUCH for me!!

 

[Nik_95Cobra]

Man we had a doozie for our last Snap-on guy about 6 years ago. Our previous dealer which was great had left the business and a real idiot replaced him on his route. It was a time I was too busy and had to help someone in the office real quick and walked away from my box without locking it and when I came back out to the bays the Snap-On dealer (I really think he was nuts) was looking through the drawers in my box as if it was his own! (This was before my last 3 Snap-On boxes) I asked him what he was doing and he said "Oh just seeing what kind of tool buyer you are". From that point on I refused to buy from him, and had to do the mac/matco thing instead for a few months until someone else got his route and we got the AWESOME S/O dealer we've had since then.

 

[adam728]

The idiot connected some lamp cord to the speaker terminals and stuck the other end of the cord's stripped wires in a 110 outlet That speaker made a very loud 60hz hum before exploding. I asked him what the f*ck was wrong with him? He said I was just making sure it worked before I installed it, I new right there that he was bag of ****.

That is hilarious. In high school we used to hook up old subwoofers to an outlet to watch them die, at very high volume. Actually, we hooked em to a power strip so you could turn it on/off easily. Dang Digital Designs 9515 never died though.