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[pinksonia]

Today I accidentally hit my crew chief in the nuts with a shovel.  I put my field pack down next to the shovel, knocking it over directly into his crotch.  Oops!

Also it is funny how gossip travels around the company and how the story changes along the way.  Now, the company I work for has three offices which are for the most part completely separate, although we do on occasion help each other out with projects, so most people know employees from the other offices.  In our office, we have something like forty employees, currently spread over four states.  Various members of all these different crews, as well as the office workers, are constantly calling, texting, emailing, or in other ways communicating with the others that they are not currently working with.  For example: yesterday, one of the other crew chief's on my project (TJL) got bit by a dog while in the field.  Today my crew chief (RAH) got a call from an APM in Georgia (PC) saying "I heard your dog bit TJL."  One of the other crew members (NS), who I'm pretty sure isn't close enough with PC to be calling him said "No, I said the dog looked like your dog." 

Finally, starting Monday I will be in Laurel, Mississippi in a hotel without internet.  Grrr.

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[mcgarrygirl78.livejournal.com]

I could hardly finish because I was laughing so hard about the guy getting hit in the nuts though I am sure it was not funny to him.

We work in a relatively small office so office gossip is pretty much the norm. Plus I work with mostly women, there are three men other than maintenance and they stay far away from us, so sometimes the fur really flies and it can get brutal.

Boo for no internet.

[pinksonia.livejournal.com]

I just barely contained my own laughter. Which is good since the pain was my fault.

Every other office I've worked in has has just as much gossip, so I don't know why I'm so surprised. I think it's how quickly everything spreads despite the distances between us.

I agree!

[polyksena.livejournal.com]

hahahaha. awesome. totally awesome.
and yeah . . . why was NS calling PC (who is now in Florida btw)?
I heard about the dog and TJL today too. This is the first i've heard of the nut hit though. I can just imagine his expression.

Oh:
Last week, RM asked me as i text'd fervently "This company is just one big brain isn't it?"

BTW Meridian, MS, so much cooler than Laurel i'm guessing. There is a huge hiking/biking/horse trail a 1/4 mile from my hotel. I wish i was here for more than digging 3 miles! And a mall/move theater in my parking lot.


Oh well i've got more rumors to spread ;)

[pinksonia.livejournal.com]

I think there must have been at least one more step between NS and PC, but I don't know who it would have been. Hopefully, the nut hit won't spread too far - I don't want that to be my reputation.

We get to stay in Meridian after we finish up in Laurel, so here's hoping that we get to stay in the same hotel. Actually, Laurel is pretty big, and we could have stayed somewhere nicer but RAH wants more per diem.

Just remember - Keep me in the loop!

[ohthisstar.livejournal.com]

That probably shouldn't have made me laugh but it did.

[pinksonia.livejournal.com]

I had to try so, so hard not to laugh myself.

[fluffyphoenix19.livejournal.com]

Why is there no photo of that!?! You said you were taking your camera! I am disappointed =( but yet, I laugh delightfully =)

[pinksonia.livejournal.com]

I did take the camera, but I thought it might be a little rude to take pictures of someone else's pain. Especially when I caused it.

[aquietmess.livejournal.com]

Ouch! That sure did hurt. And I'm sure there will be some crazy stories about it.

[pinksonia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he spent a good couple of minutes clutching his crotch and jumping around. Hopefully there won't be too many stories - I don't want to be known as the ball-buster.

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