Coworkers
Posted @ 9:08 a.m. on 2006-02-12

In some professions, coworkers can be especialy harsh. Of course in the military one would find this. I am talking about ATC. We use the phrase "People Die!". That is the core of the job in that if we run two planes together or let them hit inanimate objects to include the ground (except when landing).

There is a lighter side of coworkers that is rarely spoke about. I am fortunate to have coworkers with personalities.

The other night there was nothing going on at work. Everyone knows that when it is late and borring guys get stupid. You wouldn't think that puking and farting noises would be entertaining to a bunch of guys between 27 and 50. Yep, it went down like this.

22:00 rolls around and there's nobody flying in our airspace. I'm on the radar data position, BL is on aproach, MC is playing supervisor, and PF is running a simmulation on JG.

I am using operating initials to protect the identity of my coworkers. Secret Squiril type shit.

PF just got back from emergency leave and BL lookd at me and said:

BL-"Hey, pick up the trash can and fake puke in it"

HM (thats me)-"Cool, check this out"

BuuHuuukgbulbgulbulgulbglulgubuuuuuu.

Thats when it sarted. People started chuckling and PF, who is a relitivly rotund fellow, started to jiggle with laughter. Someone said somethig about pupeing.

Pupeing-(pew-ping) v. The act of pooping and puking at the same time.

Then the farting noises came. The men on crew were making farting and puking noises for the better part of 30 minutes. We were laughing so hard that there were tears. If someone had called for ATC services we would have been unable to help them. It stopped....and then started again. We got so bad that the supervisor wasn't breating. His face was red, drool hanging from his chin, snot bubbles forming, tears runing, and then he coughed and hacked for about 5 minutes. I swear we almost killed him with laughter.

Yep, that's where I work.