[SFS] The only time I YELLED at a coworker when I worked for the Railroad. | Stories from the Shop

[@KPen3750]

There is a certain schadenfreude of telling your manager, who is already having a bad day, that "it got worse and it wasn't my fault." Obviously you risk the bomb going off in your direction, but hey, some days its fun!

[@MS29K_YT]

True lol

[@deefdragon]

I got to do that earlier this week! had the equivalent of "you know that new safety standard we have to follow next year? the machine doesent support it. we have to machine custom hardware for it from scratch"

[@Zero_games_here]

I feel this sentiment too with my current job Told my boss hey this part broke this part no I could not see the problem till it was apart. Boss was not happy but it happenes because of the position of the parts they where found during the repair of the original complaint

[@BiscayneTPP]

If you or a loved one has been royally screwed over by Day Shift, you may be entitled to compensation…

[@Mildcat743]

I once had to roll 180 breakfast burritos at McDonald's on night shift after I was told 'Hey, we were super busy and straight up couldn't do it.' The next day, I figured out from the manager of last days day shift that they had an hour of downtime around 2pm where there were at least 3 people on their phones in the stockroom. I quit that day.

[@cobaltlukather9045]

i package ice cream onto forklift skids. 12 hour shifts. we have been screwed over in sooooo many ways by just about every department we deal with. no cardboard, no skids, broken skids stacked a mile high, a broken fecking door that is the only door that can get a forklift from production to freezer... i go in expecting the place to have burned down just so i don't suffer the disappointment of not having things set up for us to take over the shift. and that old man on day shift that grins and fistbumps me every time he walks past me on my way to take over his spot... i'm sorry, how can you smile to my face when you just slacked off and fell so far behind just before i came to take over your spot? how?

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

Waiting an extra 8 hours after my 12 hour shift because my relief “slept in, whoops, tee-hee” Since I know someone’s gonna ask, I decided it wasn’t worth going to prison over.

[@LunaGenYT7905]

I love how Hyce just progressively gets angrier with each setback with 6324 and just completely goes angry cockatoo by the end of the explanation

[@SchrottiJr]

Some things just get you up to steam faster than any oil burner ever would. 😂

[@nerfspartanEBF25]

bolts: *literally sitting on the desk* coworker: *ignores them* *infuriated bird train man noises*

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

"He loved giving the supervisor bad news." It is surprisingly fun to do this. Once I had a bus that started to slowly shut itself down. I called the dispatcher and said, "These is seriously something wrong with this bus. The engine fan has been on for two straight hours and despite this, the temperature keeps climbing and now it's saying "coolant temperature." It was hard for me not to chuckle while saying that. Later, while driving to the place where I was supposed to get a replacement bus, the electrical system shut down due to overheating and everything except the lights, gauges and doors stopped working. The destination sign froze and the heater shut off. Later still the dashboard ordered me to shut off the engine. So I called the dispatcher and said, "On second thought, I need you to meet me here. It won't let me drive it anymore..."

[@pranavghantasala6808]

Did you ever find out what exactly was wrong with it?

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

@@pranavghantasala6808 No. The mechanics deal with the engine stuff. All I know is it wasn't doing that when I pre-tripped it.

[@BiggHoss]

New Flyer or Gilig? lol

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

@@BiggHoss Gillig.

[@BiggHoss]

@Trainfan1055Janathan That explains it, lol. I was a bus driver for a few years. I also have a background in the auto industry, and they're all junk, especially the new Electric New Flyer Excelsiors. MCIs were the only ones I liked driving they were mostly reliable and drove great.

[@stampyjcat7112]

You know it’s a good video when Hyce starts perfectly imitating a steam whistle while telling a story

[@WhiteStar1222]

6324 return to service

[@bigsmartbiologist]

But Where did the poop go?? 🥲

[@OfficialDenverRioGrandeWestern]

6324 return to service covers BNSF 6324 on its journey in the shops

[@Railfantastic]

You stole my joke...

[@austin.5947]

[@Yardmaster_Media_110]

"6324: Return to Service" covers the current Burlington Northern Santa Fe GE ES44AC #6324's continual revenue service for current owner BNSF. As an added bonus, you will see two seperate break in runs as the BNSF crews struggle with repairs while working on other projects other than testing the locomotive. Then, it's the first revenue trains in the fall of 2018, operating on the line between Seattle and Chicago. Minimal camera angles of this common work horse documents the mundane operating career for this is one of the most common locomotives operating west of the Missisipi River in the United States.

[@Sturmischer]

I’d probably say you had a reputation in that shop as being relatively level headed with the fact that you didn’t yell at people, so when you actually yelled it probably had a pretty big effect.

[@turnerdeedo4633]

That reminds me of something someone told me which is that if you don't normally swear, it makes people all the more aware how pissed off you are when you drop the F-bomb or something else like that.

[@KidarWolf]

@@turnerdeedo4633 And if you swear often, the clue you're really really mad is when you don't swear at all while screaming your head off.

[@TealJosh]

@@KidarWolf that's not even the worst. It's when the typically loud "mad" swearing guy all of a sudden talks very calmly, when you know he should be completely livid.

[@ProtoV33MK1]

So what I'm hearing is, when it's suddenly opposite day, some bad shit is about to go down. @@TealJosh

[@kainhall]

@@ProtoV33MK1 yup.... welcome to the trades . a bunch of REALLY smart, hard working, shirt off their back type dudes. but have a drug/crime issue.... dont play well with others.... cuss a lot... ETC . at my shop.... if i know the customer.... ill swear and drop F-bombs on the phone with them.... . "well what the fuck man.... stop running over deer horns with your combine! fuck sake man!! 4th one this year!!!!" customer "HAHAHA! ya, tell me about it.... if i didnt have bad luck id have no luck at all.... FUCK!!!!!" me - "well, i gotta finish up this rotate.... then ill load up the tire truck and head your way bud" customer - "sounds good, see ya then man" . other customers..... im like a Puritan from 1754

[@Jaidencharlotte]

Using the whistle of a steam engine to censor swearing needs to become an international standard

[@Mr.Nogman]

It originally known as sailor mouth.

[@poofygoof]

when I heard about the original hardware being wrapped up and slapped with a defect tag, I was fully expecting that someone would have gotten rid of the parts because "they were marked as defective." the full saga including purchasing the wrong parts was even worse.

[@mobeus5019]

I came here to say exactly that.

[@matthewmiller6068]

Or some policy that "once a tag is affixed it can't be reused, even if the tag was used as a post-it note" or something silly "but rules". Agree...the full story is even wilder.

[@Jonnyg325]

Yeah, I assumed once it was in the shop the day shift would have chucked the bolts

[@fishman501]

I just imagine Hyce yelling 'six f---ing weeks' like Connor from Detroit: Become Human saying '28 stab wounds' XD

[@pyromaniacal13]

You said "Truck shock bolts" at 19:18 and I knew your rage. I would have been infuriated.

[@ravenamiir9340]

As someone who works in the mechanical field (diesel trucks not locos) i can say that this story hurt my soul with how much of this i have to deal with on a daily basis. The only redeemable thing is that this is very much universal across the board and I would love to hear more of these if you are able to share

[@tlow1324]

Same. I used to work as a diesel tech for Penske and my god can I empathize friend!

[@RSJOHNSON1993]

I feel like we need a shirt now that just says "6 f(train whistle intensifies)ing weeks" 😂

[@ivanthevaluable2559]

20:23

[@darylmorning]

Instead of train whistle intensifies we should have an image of the whistle and the scale with musical notes 🎵 for the tone of the whistle. That'd be the f-bomb! 🤣

[@ivanthevaluable2559]

@@darylmorning I'm certain the whistle in question is the Huber Six-Chime

[@peregrina7701]

It wasn't my manager at the hospital laundry facility but our maintenance guys who got to know my big grin looking round their door. They knew I could and would do simple fixes myself, and therefore my big grin meant they would need to get tools and do real work. The standard line was "What did you break?" On the bright side, half the time I gave them a diagnosis. There was an ongoing opinion around the plant that I should transfer to maintenance. (I didn't. I'm now in sterile processing.) This also wasn't the first job at which maintenance knew me....... Thank you for the fun video. Always love these stories. Please tell us about when the Gentleman with the Evil Smile was instructed to go break a locomotive.

[@Grigori423]

As a technican who is maintaining and repairing electrical stuff in factory, so the machines can go brrrrrr and produce things I have always appreciated people who are interested in their individual machines. They know what the machine do, in what condition it stopped, what is possible cause of malfunction. Go, chceck that thing they spotted and in 95% the problem is solved. Everyone is happy, curtains falls down. But sadly, they are in minority. So I am very pleased to know, that you are one of those people who are interested in what they are doing. You are like little diamonds wich are shining in a big caves full of stupidity- I'm serious right now. Keep it up your interest and go to maintenance team, really! It will make beeing more knowledgeable, curious about new things and down the rabbit hole she goes. It can be challenging forsure, but is also very rewarding. And when all of the things are working proprerly- you have bassicaly free time shifts. Story from my yard, that is similar to yours: We have a girl, like 22 year old one which is making 50% less "calls for emergency" for a robot sequence problems because of her interest in "what my machine is doing and why". We are in process to change her mind and join our maintenance division right now. She is worried of course. Electrical stuff can be dangerous as much as one bad line of code in a PLC controller. But she did that progress in less than a f...in year, and around her are people working like for 15 years in our facility, and they are knowing soooo much less about their stuff. Don't be like her, talk to the maintenance guys, they will guide you what to do :)

[@lechking941]

@@Grigori423 god your far to right about the stupid part. people today are just trained to be sheep. nothing more and it fucking shows.

[@Dumbrarere]

Listening to the story, I can't help but feel that the guy you yelled at was being taken advantage of by the lazy asses that asked him to cover for their refusal to get the job done. I genuinely feel bad for him, facing the brunt of your fury when the entire shop crew responsible for 6324's six-week unplanned vacation should have shared it. 😅

[@Hyce777]

Lol, probably true.

[@DC9Douglas]

The "Stories From The Shop" are, by far, my favorite things to listen to on the whole KZbin platform. Hyce- you're a phenomenal story teller!!! 💯

[@Hyce777]

Cheers my friend!

[@nathanielwilbanks3734]

They ought to restore and preserve that old roundhouse instead of bulldozing it. No one can tell me the railroads aren't raking in profit right now..

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Railroads don’t generally have very high profit margins, kind of like grocery stores

[@SYH653]

@@andrewreynolds4949 They make enough for stock buybacks.

[@AugustusTitus]

@@andrewreynolds4949 That is a problem of their own making. Remember, taxes are paid on profits. By spending all of that money on capital projects, they plow the money back into the company thereby increasing shareholder value and minimizing taxes.

[@lizzyobrien2376]

What’s worse, it was a Great Northern roundhouse… not many of those left around anymore, and hell, the GN, one of the best of the ‘classic’ Class I railways, doesn’t have a lot of surviving equipment…

[@InkblotHyena]

Now, whenever I see BNSF 6324, I'm calling that massive thing 'Cockatoo'. Also, yeah. Yeah, I've dealt with this. Someone forgot where an entire piston housing for one of our mikados was. _It was literally behind where he sat in the shop every day.._

[@EWLR89]

The part of machinists not being machinists hit home. I was a MoW mechanics (working on MoW equipment) for a few months in a roundhouse shared with the diesel shop guys. One day I asked one of my fellow mechanics if one of the machinists could make a pin on the lathe for a tamper we were rebuilding. "They're not that kind of machinists." Is all I got back. So the 4 of us spent over an hour extracting this pin.

[@Hyce777]

Too real, right?

[@Rob1_5]

When i was in highschool, my school had a partnership another highschool that had a career technical center. I went to the CTC for an automotive class. I took automotive because they didn't have anything related to railroading, but i liked cars so i liked that too. We had similar incident with light purple 95 ford f150 flareside. I was my group leader and i did everything in my power to keep the group on task but I ended up being the only guy working on the truck so i was a little annoyed but happy to be productive. The issue that brought the truck in was something on the engine and i can't remember what it was but that issue became worse because a bolt on the intake manifold stripped... I was the one having to deal with bolt that first block stripped, again being the only person in my group working. It got to the point where pulled my guys aside and said "hey if we don't get anything actually done on this peice of dogshit I'm going to inform the shop teacher and have have us in the classroom doing book work. I was so fed up i was willing to sacrifice my shop time to teach them a lesson. That truck was in there until the end of the semester and came into the shop in September and the semester ended in December. Sadly the truck hasn't left the shop unlike the locomotive in the video which did leave the shop, I've graduated now and drive past that place evey so often and I still see that bastard outside like its mocking me every time i see it. I hate ford trucks with passion because of that.

[@SteamfanScott]

I can just imagine Hyce’s yells of “You have caused confusion and delay!!!” Will add that Hyce is a great storyteller. 😂

[@A_person473]

Yay SFS returns!

[@that_railroaderguy]

G R A N D T R U N K Edit:thanks for the likes

[@michaelkaler591]

21:33 some people would call you a monster. Others would call you a "nomster".

[@craigwilliams-ys6uz]

I don't normally watch SFS, but this was fun, first SFS I've watched and might come back for more

[@Bud-uz1bw]

you should watch SFS they are really neat

[@bluescrew3124]

You’re missing out….

[@CrimSkies]

Just wait til you find the STS of "the literal shit-ton".

[@dukeidk284]

You mentioned how it took a week for them to get the locomotive to the shop which reminded me of something that happened about two years ago. There was an incident in Prescott Ont, Canada where an Intermodal train was somehow aligned into a siding where it crashed into a local that was switching. The train was made up of articulated well-cars, the last well-car in a set remained intact while the others were damaged and taken away. Because there was only a coupler on one end of the car, it stayed in the siding for months before it finally got moved.

[@michaelimbesi2314]

Today we learn about 6324’s Grand Truck Shock Bolts

[@Rocker-1234]

in todays episode of cockatoo boogaloo: playing wheres Wally with high-vis truck shock bolts for 6 weeks

[@heroastra8928]

There have been very few times where i’ve heard the 6-chime but hearing it as a censor sound was absolutely glorious XD

[@srajfnly2]

Hyce had gamer rage before starting KZbin

[@Hyce777]

I did play competitive team fortress 2 back in the day so I was born an idiot

[@highball5550]

Just managed to get through this story from the shop. Every other time it’s been after a long day and I’ve crashed about halfway through, only to wake up at the credits… freaking life, man.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

I've done a couple jobs that make me very familiar with this pain. Also, this has the same energy as the "Anger management" story from Mikeburnfire

[@callsignapollo_]

Not gonna lie i was half expecting to hear him say the bolts were shot put from the office in roughly the drop bay's direction

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

@@callsignapollo_ I'm almost certain that he would have wanted to do that!

[@carolinarailfanning]

For a set of bolts securing ONE PART a locomotive sat for a MONTH AND A HALF because of a few dudes constantly brainfarting. Man I would've put my face through some drywall for a problem that stupid lmao. I question the human mind sometimes.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

I think a lot of that would’ve been shipping time for the wheel sets, but it sounds like definitely a week or two

[@truckinman86]

When you said that Interbay was the place on the railroad where locomotives go to die, I knew exactly what you meant without ever having setting foot in that yard. I’ve seen many old locomotives in there from the road, never once moving from its spot.

[@TheNator]

That story is like trying to find your phone...whilst using your phone's flashlight to do so.

[@clairekholin6935]

On an Amtrak train from Chicago to San Francisco, a freight train had an issue in front of us, and apparently they decided to push it out of the way, despite it having a locked wheel because they actually wanted to let the Amtrak train get past with much less of a delay.

[@Hyce777]

Well it's gotta get into the siding somehow, haha. Makes sense.

[@SPUPRR]

yep. your 2nd shift guy is my spirit animal at the Acme Bomb Factory. I LOVE being the bad new bear guy and crushing a supervisors heart.

[@Pentium100MHz]

I love the "stories from the shop". I can sympathize with the coworker though. I am one of the people who do not notice or remember anything unless I am actively looking for it. The bag with the bolts could have flashing lights on it, I probably would have noticed, moved it a bit to the side, so the flashing lights would not annoy me and then would have completely forgot about it. Even if I looked at the keyboard when typing, because I would be looking at the keyboard and not the bag of bolts 5cm away from the keyboard. And yeah, there's fun in telling boss the bad news when it was most definitely not my fault.

[@anthonyj.adventures9736]

I am a trainer at my job. And it's easy. Take the box put it on conveyor 75lbs or heavier or 55 inches or longer and hazmat go to the NC rollers. It's a simple job. I screamed at the 1 girl for taking 2 hours to unload 3/4ths of a truck. She started crying. I felt so bad cause I didn't know she was sick that day but came in anyway.

[@nelsondawson9706]

you probably felt like shit afterwards, I know I would have

[@noodlelynoodle.]

And that's why you shouldn't scream at people over something that ultimately really doesn't matter

[@shimesu443]

*0.8 of a loco leaving the shop:* I feel like I'm missing something.... Your rant to that other guy brings back memories of a similar rant I had at work once, to a person that was technically my supervisor. I do not regret leaving hospitality behind less than a year later.

[@aetch77]

I read it as - in the span of 5 days the dayshift managed to release 4 locomotives. I, too, have done many nightshifts. One of the many things that always frustrated me was when the rush job, that had been getting pushed all night, was still sitting in the same place the previous nightshift had left it.

[@xbgtfella]

0.8 Locos per day is shop speak for the crew does sweet f a!!!!

[@ellisjackson336]

There’s nothing I like to see more than fresh wheels on a locomotive, with their dazzling machine marks that look a bit sparkly or pearlescent in certain angles of flash light. I witnessed an old tm being replaced with an idler for the first time a few days ago. You don’t see a six axle locomotive being picked up off the rails by a crane every day…and I share your sentiment with the word machinist. At least the bolts stayed right there on the desk the whole time

[@sodaaccount]

17:30 I completely forgot that this was the videos topic :D You are really great at telling stories! Im so happy i got recommended this channel.

[@F40M07]

Oh no he’s back at it again

[@larkshadow5317]

Hyce thinking out loud: That's sad that the shop is closing. Also Hyce: This is where engines went to die. LMAO. Love your videos man.

[@matthiasborgdtadt8673]

I love this kind of workshop stories and I totally feal Mr smiley. I loved to do that myself in my time as a mechanic at a car shop. One fun moment was a car with a Diesel engine and all 4 injectors failed. And aluminum cylinder heads and steel injectors sometimes really love to stick to each other and so it went this time. I told the foreman about it and his answer was go try get em out and so did I. 3 came out eventually but the last one had the attitude of last man standing and gave me one hell of a fight. And it broke. Top half came out rest still in there. So I told em "hey so now we can finally order a new cylinder head. Could have done that hours ago." Parts arrived next day and one cylinder head bolt was missing. It had me in tears seeing that and the reaction of that foreman made my day. Another day in another shop but same dealership. A car came in to have the AC pulley and bolt replaced. The manufacturer forgot to put locktite on these bolts so they came loose and made quite a mess. So the AC system had to be evacuated but the dealership had only one machine for that type of coolant which was located in a different shop so the trainee was told to take that car to that other shop and get it done. First he rammed a car of another customer while parking at that other shop. Then he ran out of fuel on his way back and the foreman went out to the rescue with a car I had just finished to repair. They switched cars on the way back. When I left the parking lot to get home I saw that trainee coming back in with the car I had repaired that day with a flat tyre. It had me in tears again. Next day that trainee wasn´t there and I asked the foreman about that. "I told him to stay at home today. I couldn´t stand having to see him."

[@aarondeck2814]

I work second shift with no engineers to help with problems and almost no management and we regularly outperform 1st shift by 1.5 to double output. They can't figure out how and 1st management is kinda bitter about it

[@gizmo98632]

Goodness hyce! All the stuff I've watched of yours being so well spoken and such a nice guy. It blows my mind to hear and see you just go full sailor and drop f bomb after f bomb lol

[@Hyce777]

I tend to be more of a sailor-esque swearer most of the time, I just try my best to keep it family friendly for KZbin :D

[@gizmo98632]

@Hyce777 ok fair lol but your use of the choo choo was epic! Definitely a fan sir. And you did a lot of your work just an hour from where I live. Sound transit in Tacoma. I'm just south in longview.

[@gizmo98632]

@Hyce777 hey hyce. There are way you might be able to reach me directly? I have a question regarding steam engines. That I'd like to pitch to you.

[@garysprandel1817]

Okay I really want to hear the go break this locomotive story

[@Locomotive-f4g]

0:40 G R A N D T R U N K

[@LongboatLtd2004]

That alone sent me🤣

[@OmegaDoesThings]

Man, that was some delicious tea Hyce. Loved the storytelling!

[@Daddial]

I have stories like this myself. Telling them years later still gets my blood pressure up!

[@burnerheinz]

Yup i'm sure in due time everyone ends up with that kind of story

[@fsj197811]

I love the bleeper horn sound, that's awesome for this channel !

[@ayayaybamba3445]

As an employee at a place with multiple shifts like this who worked nights, I know your pain exactly. Gotta love coming in just to clean up day shift's fuckups.

[@Tater_Lord]

I feel this so much night shift cleaner here day shift are some lazy bastards I swear

[@ayayaybamba3445]

@@Tater_Lord yup. I had one day where we came in and had to spend 2 hours cleaning up about 15 pallets of trash that was left behind by day shift before we could even start unloading our truck for the night.

[@ianadam2303]

I love these stories man!! These need to be a series

[@stratagama]

i feel that days on vs days off nonsense all to well. I work for an airline, and it's the same nonsense. I'm glad I have the seniority to hold 4 days on 2 days off. Also day vs night shift hits hard, the afternoon/ early evening shifts (our operation has at least one person getting on and off shift every 15 minutes) the supervisor just lets us do the work. "if it's stupid, but it works it ain't stupid", and "work the problem one step at a time" are common things out of the afternoon and evening supervisors mouths. My supervisor is all about making sure things look good rather than getting it done.

[@Alleghemer]

Ugh I feel this unfortunately with PSR ( scam railroading) NS has let locos just sit out of service and not use them just for the sake of “saving money” and then cry and not run train due to “lack of power” even though there are LINES of locos hanging around.

[@dominicfrizzi2563]

I want more angry hyce, that was the hardest Ive laughed all semester

[@89Interceptor]

I think every shop has stories like this, i work on cars and i cant tell you how many times someone in my shop has decided that something else is more fun to work on than the car that needs to get done asap or maybe something accidentally gets put on the back burner that shouldnt have and then the customer shows up wondering why their car hasnt been touched yet. or, my favorite, a new guys gets hired on that claims to be a master mechanic when in reality it takes him 8 hours to do brakes on a 4 runner

[@Redhand1949]

Great work war story. And, it provided some interesting insights into the practicalities of shop operations. I enjoyed it. You're a good raconteur!

[@Railroader_Gaming2009]

okay, im just gonna be completely honest, after watching this video, i bet when i can build my railroad, youd probably make it a 10 times better place to work and youd be a master at keeping the trains out on the line for longer periods of time, especially the 5 diesels that are hopefully gonna be built for the fleet.

[@Bassalicious]

10/10 thumbnail lol

[@minnesotarailfan11]

I would love to hear more stories about working in the locomotive shop. Loved the video very much enjoyed it.

[@SternLX]

I have a similar story from when I was in the USAF. A piece of ground equipment that was supposed to have been maintenanced and put back in use just sat there for two weeks after I had initially scheduled the work to be done. It was a 1 hour job with two guys(2 Man hours) working on it at most. I had already also scheduled to take a 1 week leave of absence around the same time we got the equipment. Anyway I got the promise from another Sgt. that it would be done and gone the first day I was on leave... the next day basically. I come back a week later... it's still in the "To Do" yard!!! I have never gone off on someone so bad in all my time in the USAF.

[@Skynd303]

This story is epic dude!!!

[@spankyharland9845]

great railroad stories- I subscribed !

[@kingofcomedy8115]

6324 return to cockatoo

[@osageorangegaming5128]

I always find it entertaining when you use the various steam whistle blasts as the means of censoring your swear words, Hyce. You could have something your shop to the effect of "Feel like swearing? Use a Whistle Blast censoring instead!"

[@hellsniper4418]

hi hyce, love your video's and story's, i look forward to the next one

[@billtheunjust]

So if Hyce had yelled at more coworkers would the shop still be open? 🤔

[@kive33]

Love these kind of stories cant wait to hear more about your time with BNSF!!!!!

[@TrainNerd97]

Amazing story, Hyce. Talk about a train wreck of six weeks of agony for a locomotive. I noticed that you mentioned that there was a second time you yelled, and it made me wonder what that was about. Still though, loved the story.

[@Hyce777]

That one is less of a fun story. We'll see if it gets told or not. lol

[@jeremiahharrison9749]

love these stories!

[@patricksheary2219]

OMG, Mark that was a great story the kind that many of us can identify with (no matter where you work). I was getting worked up as you were telling this 😂. Also, I really liked how you described the daily goings on and how a modern RR shop is set up. Please do tell more shop stories; like I’ve mentioned before this is today’s history. Awful, though, about the planned demolition of the 1920s shop/roundhouse. The rotating drop table is rather fascinating. In the building preservation world, I would consider that an important character defining feature and likely worthy of landmark consideration. Its loss will be unfortunate. The historic preservation of industrial structures is so important and sometimes overlooked. But I digress. Many thanks Professor for sharing your personal stories, these are fab. Cheers to you!

[@bear470]

Rofl yo I have stories about this kind of thing working as a diesel mechanic. I feel your pain 😂

[@ZergSmasher]

My coworkers make me want to make cockatoo noises sometimes too.

[@EngineerDaylight]

0:38 6325 my beloved ❤️‍🔥

[@Tristan_S346]

Get Mad! Make First Shift Take That Loco Back! XD

[@fsj197811]

Oh my gawd... After all that they're the wrong bolts?!?!?! ARRRRGH!!!! That was really good, thanks for sharing.

[@Cragified]

Day shift at this shop was a pristine example of the bad side of unions. Couldn't get rid of the skaters if they tried. I roomed with someone that was in the Kansas shop management during your time it seems. He told me about a pool they had to see if your shop could ever get a locomotive out on dayshift. Also this is why their shop hardware specific to a power unit was always wired to the locomotive somewhere so there was no excuse about misplacing it.

[@Hyce777]

Yeeeaaaaaahhhh that tracks. Lol!

[@vegtamthewanderer1516]

Thank you for sharing this! A wonderful story on me birthday!

[@Hyce777]

Happy birthday!

[@vegtamthewanderer1516]

​@@Hyce777thank you!

[@jaidanbatham9147]

Amazing video i liked the experiment keep up the good work❤

[@neffam3]

There are three eventualities everyone will experience in life. Everyone passes away, everyone pays taxes, and day shift always buys the wrong part 😂😂

[@mikediehl1468]

You can take an otherwise technical, dry shop scenario and turn it into listenable storytime!😂😆😜

[@wxdave5448]

This is why I could never be a union shop supervisor. I would have been like, “There is not shift change, there is no lunch, no one goes anywhere until that train is complete and out of the shop”, and I’d make the supervisors that messed up previously get into the pit to help. And that of course would be my last day working there as I’d be fired.

[@phleetofph0gg]

Hey Hyce, I've been following your channel since you had 5k subs. Today, I finally got to subscribe and like your videos. Congrats on your 100k, and here's to many more :)

[@Hyce777]

Thank you!

[@HitMan0199]

In my managerial experience, I have had a couple of people that would to the laugh that you described when something went bad & it was their fault. I equal parts love laughing at it in retrospect & hated when that happened 😅😂

[@catmungo4500]

Oh my I love these story's I can't wait for you to tell the story where you told him to break a locomotive

[@georgepine4092]

Great story, Hyce;)

[@genislebastard3491]

Very upset to hear that they're gonna tear it down.

[@annajohnson5779]

Having worked in a small machine shop (manual and cnc machining), the second I heard "We're putting these bolts on the shared desk and the foreman has to keep track of them," I was like 'oh no no no no" because I knew EXACTLY where this plot was headed.

[@Dallen9]

It's just everywhere... I don't blame the guy for never seeing the bolts... He probably lives with work blinders as he goes through life and doesn't live life until it's his day off.

[@nw611J]

Oh man Mark I loved this story please can you tell the one about the locomotive you had that guy break? Always love seeing time videos man nothing more brings a smile to my face after a busy day at work then to see you posted a video.

[@Jayhawkman1991]

When I give bad news to my power foreman about a loco, I work a truck job, and tell them on the phone "welp, I got some bad news" and all I hear on the end of the phone is a sigh and "what's wrong" lol

[@drewbarker8504]

More fun times at “The Sniff”. I have a similar story about a third link for a tractor lying out in the rain for a year, but still not as good as lying on a desk in the same spot for two weeks.

[@absurdist5134]

Amazing. Love it.

[@Bradly197]

I can not believe I sat thru this.... But I am very very glad I did.

[@teamrose2134]

Some coworkers are so inhumane to work with that you make angry cockatoo sounds at them

[@weird1012]

Everyone gets angry sometimes

[@carltrain6137]

Love your videos