Worker

[KBs PensNmore]

I once had a bloke working for me that I called "Tail light", when he asked why he had that name, I replied "because you're not bright enough for a headlight"!!

[rrich]

Ouch!

[Handyjack]

I thought it was because you always saw the back of him.

[fenderbelly]

worked with a few of them over the years.

Bobby Bungalow ==== cos there was nowt upstairs.

an oxy cutter called bang bang == cos he was always getting backfires.

His son Chitty Chitty ==no explanation required there.

The wizard cos he was always saying lets have a spell.

Pockets == cos he always had his hands in his pockets. ( my offsider for a while. )

[rrich]

I don't know if you blokes get the comic strip 'Dilbert'. But I did work for 'Pointy Hair Boss'.

I've been retired 13 years but it seems like once a week I'll be reading Dilbert and say, "I've been in that meeting." of BTDT. (Been there, done that.)

[AlexS]

Rich, the first time I saw Dilbert, I thought it must have been a manual that some of my bosses worked from.

The most original nickname I've seen bestowed on a bloke was Draino (clean round the bend.)

[Uncle Al]

Worked with a bloke affectionately called 'Mullims', short for Mullumbimby 'cause he was always off with the pixies. Funny smelling smoke came from around the smoking shelter occasionally.
There was another bloke nicknamed 'mirrors'. He always said he would look into it.

Alan...

[Allan at Wallan]

One of my workers was known as "Panadol" because he
was a slow working dope.

Allan

[Chief Tiff]

"Pothole".

Because every time you saw him you knew he needed filling in.

[Twisted Tenon]

"Mudguard"- Shiny on top but s--t underneath.

TT

[Bob38S]

Had a bloke called "Tin cup" ~ he was always pannikin.

[Chief Tiff]

had a bloke called "tin cup" ~ he was always pannikin.

groan!!!

[Rodgera]

We called him "Shiver".
Always looking for a spine to move up.

[Handyjack]

We call one guy Shifty.
I recon his ute needs to checked on the way in AND out.
He brings stuff in to put in the bin, and takes stuff out of the bin to take home.

[bueller]

Haha I'm not shy of climbing around in skip bins, some people throw away gold.

Pulled 4 grand worth of computer hardware out of the skip at my work a few years back, some company had failed to pay their server hosting invoices and then failed to pick up the hardware so the server guys pulled the drives and tossed it. I pulled it out, stripped it down and sold all the parts for like 2 grand.

[rustynail]

The company my son worked for decided to upgrade their surveillance system. All cameras were scraped to the skip. The young bloke retrieved them and flogged them on ebay etc for a total of $10,000.