What daft things have you sent people to get?

[fazersharp]

The thing is who is the numpty ? because while the new lad is gone for half an hour basically doing nothing you are left doing all the work

[ChristoT]

Apprentices, while wet about the ears, are a bit useless anyway.

[taylor]

as bruce says life is the name of the game,

[fazerscotty]

When I was in the mob, we sent a young lad to the Medical Centre for a smear test - he went!
He also went across to one of the hangar's to get some nuts "hurled" at one point.
But recently, the one that still makes me chuckle is sending a young mechanic to another aircraft maintenance facility to get a bucket of Propwash  :rollin :rollin :rollin

And then explaining to another where "Mouse Milk" comes from...........
(Its a lubricant used in aircraft maintenance!)

[Nightfury]

" Go to the stores and get me a packet of valve clearances"
"A clutch cable for that automatic Sierra"
"We have run out of sparks for the grinder so can you go and grab me some technicolour goggles please"

[Andy FZS]

Have we had go to stores for a long stand. ..

[BBROWN1664]

We once had a young, inexperienced, guy working in the IT department around the year 2000 who was convinced (by one of the other support staff) that USB was "universal serial bunny" and the new thing from Duracell.

[DILLIGAFF]

From my time on cruise ships........

The new "Steiners" from the beauty salon were often asked to spend some time on the bridge doing "iceberg watch" ...in the Carribean!

I still chuckle at the time I popped into the crew bar one lunchtime and some of the engineers had the ceiling tiles removed and were threading some nylon line through the gap.
In the crew bar there was a tradition of ringing the bell in the corner to signal that you wanted to buy everyone a drink, which normally only cost about $10.
There was also one crew member who always sat under the bell, always had an empty glass, and NEVER rang the bell.
So, that evening as ever, in he came, sat in his usual spot and waited. Suddenly, DING DING..... HOORAY!!!
We all ordered a beer and thanked him. 5 mins later....DING DING, him again.
This went on for about an hour before he realised the guy by the door was tugging the cord