Today at work the safety guy informed us that some moron had left a noose hanging in an area of the refinery away from where I am working. He made clear that anyone doing that will be blacklisted from the refinery and fired by Newtron. Back in 1999 I was working with a black apprentice and a couple of the guys started saying "There's goin a be a hangin" as a joke. I could tell it pissed off Kevin but he and I decided to let it die out. Late in the second day someone left a condulet fitting hanging above the gang box where we put our tools. I asked Kevin to let me handle it so he wouldn't get in trouble for kicking someones ass. I cut down the condulet in front of a couple of people and mentioned was a fucked up excuse of a joke it was. I got each of the two most likely suspects aside and told them I didn't consider the condulet or Hangin jokes to be funny and would they mind not fucking with my apprentice. The shit stopped but I don't appreciate shit stirring at work. Back in April the Homies, Peckerwoods and Vatos started putting their racial shit in the blue rooms and, after some complaints, the safety people told everyone that getting caught would entail being fired and blacklisted by the refinery and now some dumbfuck wants to start it again. If any of my locals members get caught they will likely have to face the E Board and, if found guilty, be fined a weeks pay (40 hours), not paying the fine would eventually put them in not good standing a wreck their career. Whoever the dumbfuck is I hope he is not one of ours.
