I got a work instruction a few weeks ago from my 'technical' department in Germany.
I was told I was being sent to carry out an upgrade to a mobile x-ray unit and that I needed some loctite (no mention of type) and 'a piece of wood' and to download the instruction before the visit.
My first rection was to throw this back as being rediculous but I downloaded the instructions thinking it would all become clear upon reading......no! They had gone to the trouble of picturing the x-ray unit blocked-up on a 'piece of wood' but not thought it may be good practice to measure it while it was there :roll:
Emailed my office to see if I needed a box of matches or an oak tree but they were useless.
So, I sent a very sarcy email asking if I would also need a piece of string or a long wieght but the German humour didn't register this as funny.
Anyhow, as I still didn't have a clue what size I needed I took with me the 6 volumes of Sir Winston Churchills wartime diaries, as they are all of a varying thickness.
Got the job done and took a pic of the unit blocked-up with the diaries. When I got home I sent another email off to Germany telling them that I'd carried out the updates and that a far more accurate way to block the unit up was to use volumes 2, 3 and 5 of Sir Winstons' diaries and to see attached picture for proof
Not sure if they've rolled this method out worldwide or are sticking to 'a piece of wood'
I was told I was being sent to carry out an upgrade to a mobile x-ray unit and that I needed some loctite (no mention of type) and 'a piece of wood' and to download the instruction before the visit.
My first rection was to throw this back as being rediculous but I downloaded the instructions thinking it would all become clear upon reading......no! They had gone to the trouble of picturing the x-ray unit blocked-up on a 'piece of wood' but not thought it may be good practice to measure it while it was there :roll:
Emailed my office to see if I needed a box of matches or an oak tree but they were useless.
So, I sent a very sarcy email asking if I would also need a piece of string or a long wieght but the German humour didn't register this as funny.
Anyhow, as I still didn't have a clue what size I needed I took with me the 6 volumes of Sir Winston Churchills wartime diaries, as they are all of a varying thickness.
Got the job done and took a pic of the unit blocked-up with the diaries. When I got home I sent another email off to Germany telling them that I'd carried out the updates and that a far more accurate way to block the unit up was to use volumes 2, 3 and 5 of Sir Winstons' diaries and to see attached picture for proof
Not sure if they've rolled this method out worldwide or are sticking to 'a piece of wood'
