I think the common axiom is "They rise to the level of their incompetence".
:-)
RLM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Mitch
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:11 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CBQ] Re: Helpers
>
> Promoting stupid people isn't exclusive to the BN. The thought on the
> Soo Line was promote them to management because we can't get any work
> out of them where they are at. And yes collect the money!
>
> Mitch
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, archie hayden <kliner@...> wrote:
> >
> > Leo, I remember Joe Tunnel when he was a glorified clerk at North St
> > Louis. I never could figure out how the BN could promote the
> > stupidest people to higher management. Oh well, just do what they
> > said and collect your overtime on payday. Archie
> > On Oct 25, 2011, at 7:41 PM, qutlx1@... wrote:
> >
> > > First a disclaimer this is a BN time period story.
> > >
> > > It was sometime in the later 1/2 of the 70s that management and the
> > > local
> > > grievers agreed to put all the "garbage jobs" into the C&I pool.
> Why,
> > > because the extra list was always exhausted and therefore the jobs
> > > couldn't be
> > > run. The C&I pool was supposed to be a semi preferred job but the
> > > gods had
> > > spoken.You guys that thought you were going to ride between Cicero
> and
> > > Savanna are now going to do wayfreight,work train and dog catch
> duty
> > > and
> > > whatever else we deem necessary.
> > >
> > > So one fine day we're ordered for an extra east out of Savanna,not
> a
> > > make
> > > up, clean out Savanna yard train,oh no,its 18-20 cars of ballast
> for
> > > the tie
> > > gang. Go east you men and meet the tie gang and spread ballast.
> > >
> > > Power was one SD7 or 9 (I dont remember which, other than it was 6
> > > axles) .
> > > Needless to say the old girl couldn't pull the tonnage over Burke
> > > and we
> > > had to double with only 1/2 of the 20 cars into Burke siding.That
> > > gives you
> > > some idea of the steep grade eastbound out of Savanna on the C&I.
> > > And this
> > > is after all the line improvements to reduce grades and curvatures
> !
> > > And
> > > yes I have a picture of Lew Peshia and Scott Shaw riding the rear
> > > car into
> > > Burke siding.
> > >
> > > I also have some neat pictures of a wreck on South Ottawa Hill
> before
> > > Tunnell made me put the camera away. Talk about harmonic rock ! You
> > > could see
> > > Connies imprint in the w/c desk window(it was a NE11). Harmonic
> rock
> > > comes
> > > about when your crawling up a hill so slow that the high cube
> > > hoppers and box
> > > cars that are top heavy start swaying to an extreme amount. Check
> your
> > > special instructions if you doubt what I'm saying. Of course the
> > > crew was
> > > responsible to either reduce speed below the speed range that
> caused
> > > this
> > > phenomenon or stop and start all over.
> > >
> > > Leo
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
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