> > >I LOVE MY JOB . . . . .
> > >
> > >If you don't laugh out loud after you read this you are in a coma!
This
>is
> > >even funnier when you realize it's real! Next time you have a bad
day
>at
> > >work think of this guy.
> > >
> > >Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in
Louisiana. He
> > >performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs.
> > >
> > >Below is an E-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to radio
>station
> > >103.2 on FM dial in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who was sponsoring a worst
job
> > >experience contest. Needless to say, she won.
> > >
> > >Hi Sue,
> > >
> > >Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.
> > >
> > >Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling
>down
> > >lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to
make
>you
> > >realize it's not so bad after all .
> > >
> > >Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you
with a
>few
> > >technicalities of my job.
> > >
> > >As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit
to
>the
> > >office. It's a wet suit. This time of year the water is quite cool.
So
>what
> > >we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial
water
> > >heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out of the
sea.
>It
> > >heats it to a delightful temperature.
> > >
> > >It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is
>taped to
> > >the air hose. Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used
it
> > >several times with no complaints.
> > >
> > >What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the
hose
>and
> > >stuff it down the back of my wet suit. This floods my whole suit
with
>warm
> > >water. It's like working in a Jacuzzi.
> > >
> > >Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to
>itch.
> > >So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within
a
>few
> > >seconds my butt started to burn. I pulled the hose out from my
back,
>but
> > >the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened.
> > >
> > >The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into
my
>suit.
> > > Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish
couldn't
>stick
> > >to it However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate.
> > >
> > >When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually
grinding
>the
> > >jellyfish into the crack of my butt.
> > >
> > >I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator.
His
> > >instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five
>other
> > >divers, were all laughing hysterically.
> > >
> > >Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three
> > >agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes
>before
> > >I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.
When I
> > >arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet.
> > >
> > >As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter
>running
> > >down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on
my
>butt
> > >as soon as I got in the chamber.
> > >
> > >The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for two days
because my
> > >butt was swollen shut.
> > >
> > >So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much
>worse
> > >it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your butt.
> > >
> > >Now repeat to yourself, "I love my job, I love my job, I love my
job."
> > >
> > >Now whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself, is this a jellyfish
bad
>day?
> > >
> > >May you NEVER have a jellyfish bad day!!!!!
> >
