A lil courtesy doesnt hurt
Yet more fun at work :) Got in to work at 7am and was told by the boss that a few of us had to head down to the arrival terminal and wait for a plane which would be landing at 7:15 am so we could collect some urgently needed aircraft spares.
We got in the van and headed toward the terminal. Me driving of course, being 1 of only 3 guys on shift who has an airside( the part of the airport restricted to the public) driving permit.
When we arrived at the gate, where the plane was supposed to park up at, it was empty. But then again we were 10 mins early. So while waiting I looked around to see where I could park up. All the marked parking spaces were taken up by baggage loading vehicles. So i pulled up along side the loading vehicles, making sure I would not be in the way.
Sure enough 10mins later the plane arrived and we all got out of the van to get the spares off the plane. The moment we got 10 paces from the vehicle a very gruff local supervisor, of the baggage loaders I assume, yelled at me to move my vehicle into a marked parking bay. At which point 1 of the certifying engineers (V) with me yelled out,"Don't you know who he is?" as he pointed to me. The local guy needless to say looked a little confused.
"Oh my GOD! You have NO idea who he is do you?" (V) said referring to me, "Someone please help him out out as to who this guy is... Mate, if you valued your job I would have thought you would know who this is! And certainly wouldn't have spoken to him like that!"
By now the local guy was looking rather worried at the prospect that he had in fact yelled at some VIP and might lose his job. Of course we played it out a lil while longer before giving in and stopping the prank. He didn't really see the funny side of it all.
Just a short lesson to a rude man really (and a bit of fun) Out here nobody local obeys traffic laws and certainly not laws regarding parking. So why should he have a go at us when his guys are parked illegally all over the place? And a please at the end wouldnt hurt either.
We got in the van and headed toward the terminal. Me driving of course, being 1 of only 3 guys on shift who has an airside( the part of the airport restricted to the public) driving permit.
When we arrived at the gate, where the plane was supposed to park up at, it was empty. But then again we were 10 mins early. So while waiting I looked around to see where I could park up. All the marked parking spaces were taken up by baggage loading vehicles. So i pulled up along side the loading vehicles, making sure I would not be in the way.
Sure enough 10mins later the plane arrived and we all got out of the van to get the spares off the plane. The moment we got 10 paces from the vehicle a very gruff local supervisor, of the baggage loaders I assume, yelled at me to move my vehicle into a marked parking bay. At which point 1 of the certifying engineers (V) with me yelled out,"Don't you know who he is?" as he pointed to me. The local guy needless to say looked a little confused.
"Oh my GOD! You have NO idea who he is do you?" (V) said referring to me, "Someone please help him out out as to who this guy is... Mate, if you valued your job I would have thought you would know who this is! And certainly wouldn't have spoken to him like that!"
By now the local guy was looking rather worried at the prospect that he had in fact yelled at some VIP and might lose his job. Of course we played it out a lil while longer before giving in and stopping the prank. He didn't really see the funny side of it all.
Just a short lesson to a rude man really (and a bit of fun) Out here nobody local obeys traffic laws and certainly not laws regarding parking. So why should he have a go at us when his guys are parked illegally all over the place? And a please at the end wouldnt hurt either.
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