[SOC] Fw: Tower construction freq

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:16:09 -0600

And you think YOU'VE got a tough boss!

> However, the best tale is when the station was running out of money under
the
> previous ownership ... one night lightning struck the tower site out off
> Roosevelt Avenue.  In an effort to save $$$, the control op for the
station
> worked out in the shack at the base of the tower instead of at the offices
> downtown.
>
> Anyway, the worker took the strike and wound up in the hospital that night
> while the broadcast of a baseball game continued.  I caught up with the
> worker after the incident for a story I wrote for The Hawk Eye, and he
> apparently was docked pay for leaving work without notifying anyone (he
said
> he had tried) and then was threatened with losing his job as master
control
> op because he didn't show up for work the next day.
>
> Sheesh!  Absorb a bolt and get penalized for it!

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