One of Many

Saturday, March 12, 2005

A transfer in training assignment.

Now we are on a service truck, rewiring the slot machines at McCarran International Airport, here in Las Vegas. I rather like it, sometimes working the graveyard shift, and with journeymen I admire. We have fun, if you can believe it. The entire situation is good work experience, and all around a positive situation. It is a very laid-back position, with a chance to learn but at a comfortable pace. As slot machines are situated across all gates of the airport, the lobby, baggage claim and the like, it makes for a rther busy work area, what with tourists and locals alike weaving in between our ladders and up rooted carpet through which we access the walker duct. Another oddity is the carrying of tools and of security. We are a group of three, two journeymen and myself. We are not allowed at any time to leave a tool or even a screw unattended, as where we are working is beyond the security checkpoint. If one of us were to leave behind a screwdriver or a knife, and a passanger found it, there could be a serious issue, if the passenger had any ill-will during the flight. As for security, we must be escorted everywhere and we are checked before and after every trip to the restroom, and upon re-entry after breaks.. If one goes, we all go, no matter where any of us might need to go at that time. I find the entire scope of work experience to be rather interesting.

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