Illinois Chapter May 2018 BS thread
May 8, 2018 | 09:31 PM
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Yeah must be a big adjustment
After 50 years the guy doesn't know what to do yet.
Then Caterpillar had the ***** to call him Saturday to work.
He refused!
May 8, 2018 | 09:35 PM
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That was ballsy of them... LOL
Good thing he said No... He learns quick...
May 8, 2018 | 09:37 PM
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That was ballsy of them... LOL
Good thing he said No... He learns quick...
He knew that his wife would beat knots on his head if he didn't
May 8, 2018 | 09:39 PM
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Give her a few months of him being home and she may be begging them to hire him back...
May 8, 2018 | 09:43 PM
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Give her a few months of him being home and she may be begging them to hire him back...
After 50 years on the factory floor if he had said yes, he would have died there.
May 8, 2018 | 09:46 PM
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Don't need that to happen..
May 8, 2018 | 09:46 PM
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After I retired in 03 I never went back!
May 8, 2018 | 09:47 PM
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I don't think I would unless they offered 4 times my pay...LOL
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May 8, 2018 | 09:49 PM
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Don't need that to happen..
I asked him a while ago if Caterpillar is the last thing he wants to see when he drops dead?
his reply was, hell no!
May 8, 2018 | 09:51 PM
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Yeah I wouldn't want that either...LOL
May 8, 2018 | 09:52 PM
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I don't think I would unless they offered 4 times my pay...LOL
Caterpillar pays retirement and twice the amount that he retired at.
May 8, 2018 | 09:54 PM
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$60. per hour plus retirement ain't too shabby.
May 8, 2018 | 09:55 PM
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That's not bad.. Where do I sign up... LOL
May 8, 2018 | 09:56 PM
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That's not bad.. Where do I sign up... LOL
HR office in East Peoria. LOL
May 8, 2018 | 09:58 PM
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Guess I am in the wrong part of the country...
