bad day

rl69 · 11-07-2009, 05:47 AM

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 thi ngs 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!!!!!

neophyte · 11-07-2009, 07:19 AM

A very good story

SwedeSteve · 11-07-2009, 11:06 AM

Pretty funny !!

mitchr · 11-07-2009, 06:56 PM

I can almost relate to that. As a kid, wading in the gulf one time, got one wrapped around my side, just above my swim trunks. I didn't know what it was & neither did my parents. Asked a local & they told us it was a jelly fish & best thing was to just keep trying to wash it off with salt water. So I got back into the water & started rubbing. After a while, I was okay, but left a pretty good red spot, almost like a sun burn. This was about 60 years ago, so I guess they hadn't invented the salve that was mentioned in the story.

Tigercat200 · 11-09-2009, 09:12 AM

I think I hurt myself laughing. Isn't it wonderful to get so much enjoyment out of somebody else's misery? Hey, they'd laugh at us!!!

Cyrano · 11-09-2009, 09:30 AM

Snopes classes this one as "undetermined," but allows that it's a good story anyway.

11-07-2009, 05:47 AM	#1
rl69 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: brookeland tex Posts: 1,292 Images: 4	bad day 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 thi ngs 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!!!!! __________________ get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you please IN GOD WE TRUST

11-07-2009, 07:19 AM	#2
neophyte Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 8,822 Blog Entries: 2	A very good story __________________ Craig May the Lord's face radiate with joy because of you. Numbers 6:24

11-07-2009, 11:06 AM	#3
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,545 Images: 1	Pretty funny !! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

11-09-2009, 09:12 AM	#5
Tigercat200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Middle of the USA Posts: 441	I think I hurt myself laughing. Isn't it wonderful to get so much enjoyment out of somebody else's misery? Hey, they'd laugh at us!!! __________________ Bob Beware the fury of a patient man......John Dryden

11-07-2009, 06:56 PM	#4
mitchr Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 109	I can almost relate to that. As a kid, wading in the gulf one time, got one wrapped around my side, just above my swim trunks. I didn't know what it was & neither did my parents. Asked a local & they told us it was a jelly fish & best thing was to just keep trying to wash it off with salt water. So I got back into the water & started rubbing. After a while, I was okay, but left a pretty good red spot, almost like a sun burn. This was about 60 years ago, so I guess they hadn't invented the salve that was mentioned in the story.

11-09-2009, 09:30 AM	#6
Cyrano Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York Posts: 6,917	Snopes classes this one as "undetermined," but allows that it's a good story anyway.