My vent:
Southern California is getting reeeeeeaaalllly hot, especially where I work. I work right next to the Salton Sea, which is at some points 170 feet below sea level. Kinda like a minature Death Valley. Temp was in the high 90's, but the heat reflects on the tracks and adds 15-20 degrees.
Today was bad, we replaced a Frog (part of the railroad tracks where one tracks divides into two, weighs more than a car) and the foreman made some mistakes. We had to re-cut the rail and even then... the Frog didn't fit into place. :sick:
Once that was done, we had to install a plug, a new section of track about 15 feet long. We had tons of problems with that one too... then the supervisor stopped by & was in a pissy mood. He told us how we were doing it all wrong, then got in his air conditioned truck & left! We did what he told us & it actually screwed us up more. Dumbass!
We ended up stopping 4 trains, because we had such a hard time getting the track serviceable. Ended up with 2 hrs overtime and needing a shower quite badly.
But I still enjoy my job...