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Question for Plant Baws
Posted on 3/13/26 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 3/13/26 at 6:52 pm
in the "Refined" series, they always have to check tools out. So if a crew checks the tools out they think they'll need, but end up needing a socket they don't have, they have just wait on someone to go get it (with a trip to the smoke pit)?
The crews don't have their own tools they carry with them?
Are operators as shitty as portrayed?
Will Birdseed ever get foreman's pay?
Looks like QA and Safety would be combined.
The crews don't have their own tools they carry with them?
Are operators as shitty as portrayed?
Will Birdseed ever get foreman's pay?
Looks like QA and Safety would be combined.
This post was edited on 3/13/26 at 6:55 pm
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Posted on 3/13/26 at 6:57 pm to greenbean
They can't reply, at the ford dealer trying out new f350s.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:52 pm to greenbean
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Looks like QA and Safety would be combined.
This is just how Refined presents it. In real world they do wildly different things
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:58 pm to greenbean
Im a plant baw but have no idea what "Refined" is. Is this a good watch?
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:06 pm to FahQGump
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:08 pm to Upperdecker
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This is just how Refined presents it. In real world they do wildly different things
Is there as much profanity, threats and drug/alcohol use as portrayed?
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:16 pm to greenbean
In my experience they don’t have to check tools out much but they do have to check out parts/materials. These are the “in house” guys that are available as permanent labor. Not someone hired to do a particular job and leave.
Most operators are cool and try to be as helpful as possible. You will run across some that are burned out and hate to have their YouTube, Facebook, or whatever the frick they’re watching interrupted by someone who keeps their job in existence.
Most operators are cool and try to be as helpful as possible. You will run across some that are burned out and hate to have their YouTube, Facebook, or whatever the frick they’re watching interrupted by someone who keeps their job in existence.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:35 pm to greenbean
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Is there as much profanity,
Absolutely
The some of the women are just as bad.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:37 pm to greenbean
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Looks like QA and Safety would be combined.
Quality and Safety often flow to the same Director or VP but are mostly seperate departments.
Both will be bypassed in the name of production
This post was edited on 3/13/26 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:38 pm to greenbean
quote:
in the "Refined" series, they always have to check tools out. So if a crew checks the tools out they think they'll need, but end up needing a socket they don't have, they have just wait on someone to go get it (with a trip to the smoke pit)?
Sometimes
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The crews don't have their own tools they carry with them?
Sometimes
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Are operators as shitty as portrayed?
Sometimes
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Will Birdseed ever get foreman's pay?
Doubt it
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Looks like QA and Safety would be combined.
2 completely different jobs that require completely different skill sets.
QA has to understand the technical specs of what is being worked on or produced and what is needed to fix it.
Safety has to know how to stop any and all work from getting done at all phases of a job and be a total pain in the arse so that it simply looks like they are making a difference (Sarcasm…. Kind of)
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:40 pm to greenbean
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Is there as much profanity,
Yes, maybe more.
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threats
Ehhhhh depends
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and drug/alcohol use as portrayed?
Certainly not INSIDE the fence, but outside….. yes
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:51 pm to greenbean
Birdseed isn’t ever getting shite.
It’s mostly accurate.
It’s mostly accurate.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 8:55 pm to skidry
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interrupted by someone who keeps their job in existence
Careful there hand, if I didn't break it you wouldn't have a job fixin' it.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:01 pm to greenbean
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Is there as much profanity, threats and drug/alcohol use as portrayed?
Profanity yes, drugs and alcohol outside of work hours def. Most people are chill though
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:45 pm to greenbean
"socket they don't have". Solution 40 years ago was to equip maintenance teams with fully stocked Georgia Buggies to take to job site with them.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:05 pm to greenbean
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Funny AF: Refined
Set in Houston, I think.
I'm assuming the guy who made it is a regular on here.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:21 pm to Oilfieldbiology
That show is very accurate for a chemical plant in the south.
That heavy equipment operator was drawn right out a plant in Lake Charles I felt like.
Birdseed reminds me of some kind of perm contract maintenance hand. Think like a Turner or B&R maintenance sides.
The short term/in and out mechanical contractors for turnarounds I been around have been pretty legit and not like birdseed.
That Welder is copy and paste across the country.
That heavy equipment operator was drawn right out a plant in Lake Charles I felt like.
Birdseed reminds me of some kind of perm contract maintenance hand. Think like a Turner or B&R maintenance sides.
The short term/in and out mechanical contractors for turnarounds I been around have been pretty legit and not like birdseed.
That Welder is copy and paste across the country.
This post was edited on 3/13/26 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:27 pm to greenbean
The refined crew are definitely contractors, and are portrayed accurately.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 11:28 pm to greenbean
That show is pretty kooky funny. And stupid. Mostly amusing.
This post was edited on 3/14/26 at 12:16 am
Posted on 3/14/26 at 7:03 am to greenbean
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in the "Refined" series, they always have to check tools out.
Contractors can do this for tools and things like PPE they don’t already have. If we put it on the permit the tool room will allow them to borrow the tool or PPE. If it’s something not intended to be reused they just throw it away.
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Are operators as shitty as portrayed?
Definitely can be, I’m an operator and I can acknowledge it. Most are use to not having much to do and when you ask them to do something they throw fits. Some are burnt out because they take all the overtime available also though.
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