Im Back
Well, as many of you may know I made it back from Baton Rouge Thursday. It was quite the experience. I really appreciate the shop and the people I normally work with a lot more now. They guy I worked without there did not seem to have to much faith in me. He wanted to be in charge since he "was older and had more experience," even though he has only been with our company for 4 months and I am going on 3 years, but whatever, I shut him up early when I was able to show him a trick with a fuel leak that saved lots of time.
I made a great first impression with everyone at the command center the first hour I was there. I valagled out after getting my hep A and tetanus shot. Vagal out is a nerve response to pain, common for males 17-30, however the fact that I just got there from a long road trip and had peed yet wasn't very good. Since I passed out my body relaxed and I pissed my pants. What a way to meet someone.
All in all I had a good time out there. It helped me build professional confidence since there was no one out there to do stuff for me. The crews had a ton of respect for the mechanic being there. The neighbors were awesome too, definitely the southern hospitality. A camp was set up for the employees of AMR at a church with a house on a street called Mimosa. Camp Mimosa as we called it was basically a tent city in the middle of a neighborhood. They locals brought us tons of home cooked meals, would do your laundry, some even came and would take you to their house to us their showers. The mechanics were lucky enough to stay in an air-conditioned building at the EOC (command center). That is when we weren't working out 13-16 hour shifts.
I enjoyed myself there and would do it again if need be. I feel better knowing that I actually got to help in some sort of a way
Well, as many of you may know I made it back from Baton Rouge Thursday. It was quite the experience. I really appreciate the shop and the people I normally work with a lot more now. They guy I worked without there did not seem to have to much faith in me. He wanted to be in charge since he "was older and had more experience," even though he has only been with our company for 4 months and I am going on 3 years, but whatever, I shut him up early when I was able to show him a trick with a fuel leak that saved lots of time.
I made a great first impression with everyone at the command center the first hour I was there. I valagled out after getting my hep A and tetanus shot. Vagal out is a nerve response to pain, common for males 17-30, however the fact that I just got there from a long road trip and had peed yet wasn't very good. Since I passed out my body relaxed and I pissed my pants. What a way to meet someone.
All in all I had a good time out there. It helped me build professional confidence since there was no one out there to do stuff for me. The crews had a ton of respect for the mechanic being there. The neighbors were awesome too, definitely the southern hospitality. A camp was set up for the employees of AMR at a church with a house on a street called Mimosa. Camp Mimosa as we called it was basically a tent city in the middle of a neighborhood. They locals brought us tons of home cooked meals, would do your laundry, some even came and would take you to their house to us their showers. The mechanics were lucky enough to stay in an air-conditioned building at the EOC (command center). That is when we weren't working out 13-16 hour shifts.
I enjoyed myself there and would do it again if need be. I feel better knowing that I actually got to help in some sort of a way