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re: Anyone here a drawbridge operator?
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:05 pm to Napoleon
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:05 pm to Napoleon
I met one this fall at my grandfather's estate sale. I didn't talk to her and the only reason I knew she was a bridge operator was because she said she had to get to a shift.
She was an amorphous blob that carted around an oxygen tank. Makes sense with the sitting.
She was an amorphous blob that carted around an oxygen tank. Makes sense with the sitting.
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Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:05 pm to Ed Osteen
Damn 26k?
I expected more.
I expected more.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:06 pm to madmaxvol
$70k. Chicago Unions fricking the taxpayers. I was at the Chicago Convention Center for a conference. Came in with a piece of rolling luggage to set up my booth. Union guys said it was “cargo” and they had to take it into the Convention Center. My client said to let them do it. They put it on a pallet, one little piece of luggage, and used a forklift to drive it to the booth. Charged my client $275 for the effort.
Kicker was that they wanted me to take it off the pallet at the booth. I refused so they called a Supervisor over who radioed for a Stevedore (fork lift guy wasn’t authorized to move it by hand) to come over and lift it off the pallet. It was like the Sopranos or some shite. This was all before the fiasco with the electric cable plug box being under the carpet. That required two or three trades, I can’t remember, to lift the carpet up and get the box out.
Kicker was that they wanted me to take it off the pallet at the booth. I refused so they called a Supervisor over who radioed for a Stevedore (fork lift guy wasn’t authorized to move it by hand) to come over and lift it off the pallet. It was like the Sopranos or some shite. This was all before the fiasco with the electric cable plug box being under the carpet. That required two or three trades, I can’t remember, to lift the carpet up and get the box out.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:07 pm to Napoleon
i built a mechanical lift bridge a few years back. The control room was pretty nice. there was about 8 steps you have to take before it is raised all the way up, most of them having to do with car/pedestrian traffic.
with that said, it was not hard to operate it. I'd be willing to be they don't make more than $8-$10/hour, they weren't rocket scientist, but were in charge of operating a $30 million dollar bridge.
with that said, it was not hard to operate it. I'd be willing to be they don't make more than $8-$10/hour, they weren't rocket scientist, but were in charge of operating a $30 million dollar bridge.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:10 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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Yeah a plant operator is homer simpson Drawbridge operator is like adam sandler in big daddy
Homer is a cartoon and Sandler collected money at a toll booth in Big Daddy
This post was edited on 12/27/17 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:15 pm to bayou choupique
It's sad that we just are fine with professions paying the same rate as starter jobs.
..on one hand yeah, unions see fricking people, in the other hand not having them does too.
People say "well $100 in 1999 is $150 today", but wages haven't increased to match.
..on one hand yeah, unions see fricking people, in the other hand not having them does too.
People say "well $100 in 1999 is $150 today", but wages haven't increased to match.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:18 pm to Napoleon
i'd like to be the bridge operator on the causeway.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:19 pm to Napoleon
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I was thinking today of the easiest jobs in the world where you don't really have to do anything.
Until you get pulled into the machinery...
LINK
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LAKE CHARLES -- The operator of Black Bayou bridge was killed when her clothing became stuck in a motor.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers says the accident happened early Tuesday (Dec. 1). Myers says 58-year-old Dorthy S. Carter, of Grand Chenier, was pronounced dead at the scene.
KPLC-TV reports deputies went to check on Carter about 4:30 a.m. after the Department of Transportation and Development asked them to because they could not contact her.
Myers says when deputies arrived they found Carter inside the control tower, face down in the motor. She says apparently Carter's clothing became stuck in the motor and she was unable to free herself.
The bridge has since reopened.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:20 pm to Napoleon
Most bridges are now operated remotely. For example the Rigolets and Pass Manchac bridges are operated from Pennsylvania. (they are owned and operated by the railroad company CSX I believe)
This post was edited on 12/27/17 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:20 pm to MorbidTheClown
Which would bring you in roughly 31k a year
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:22 pm to Ed Osteen
and with a laptop and wireless i could do just what i am doing right now in addition to that $31k
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:24 pm to Napoleon
LA DOTD bridge tenders don’t really make much at all
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:28 pm to Napoleon
I feel like anyone who has the time to post in here has it pretty damn easy....
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:29 pm to Ed Osteen
also, i hate people so, the solitude alone could be worth a cut in pay.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:29 pm to MorbidTheClown
So what’s stopping you? 
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:30 pm to Ed Osteen
My neighbor in BR was a plant operator and he looked like yosimitty sam. Whats your point?
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:30 pm to scott8811
I feel like I'm here way too much. In ten years I got, well I haven't seen a post count in months, a lot of posts.
But I've seen people with 200-300k too
But I've seen people with 200-300k too
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:31 pm to Napoleon
That sounds like the most boring job ever
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:32 pm to Ed Osteen
the commute from BR
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:32 pm to Nado Jenkins83
I don’t have a point I’m trying to make, I was just correcting you. Congrats on the neighbor?
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