The holiday lights failed Visual Testing: one bulb out, and the whole strand rejected.
Holiday Season
Lights, leftovers and the last shift before the break. For every industry. 14 jokes.
The last shift before the break is the only time 'wrap it up' is both an instruction and a decoration.
Why did the inspector tap every gift under the tree?
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He wanted to hear whether anything was disbonded.
What is a December schedule?
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A document that says everything finishes before the 23rd, and nobody believes it.
Why did the crew love the snow day?
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It was the only unplanned work stoppage that came with hot chocolate.
The last shift before the break has one rule: nothing new starts and nothing old gets finished.
Holiday lights are inspected more thoroughly than most welds. Someone holds every bulb up to the light, and nobody has an acceptance criterion.
You might be an NDT tech if you inspect your holiday lights before hanging them and still end up with one dark bulb.
The crew was finishing a report on New Year's Eve. At 11:58 p.m., Sam asked, 'Should we sign it now or in the new year?' 'Now,' said the Level III. 'I'm not explaining a signature that crossed midnight.' They signed at 11:59. It was the most punctual report of the year.
Snow on the scaffold,
last report signed, truck warmed up.
Break begins at last.
Holiday Schedule (n.): A calendar that lists every day off and every deadline that moved into the day before.
Ever notice that Thanksgiving dinner has more dwell time than a penetrant: hours of waiting, one minute of eating?
Ever notice that the week before the break is when every client discovers something urgent?
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Snow.
Snow who?
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Snow use, the crew isn't coming in today.