Posted on 05/09/2008 11:49:20 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
I received a copy of this email from the building manager. It answers that age old question: How many Air Force acquisition program managers does it take to replace a light bulb.
From: (Building Manager) Civ USAF AFMC 753 ELSG/OM
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:24 PM
To: 753 ELSG Bldg 1607 Occupants
Subject: New Burnt-out Bulb Replacement Program
The IAP (Replaced Del-Jen) Civil Engineering Contract does not provide for burnt-out bulb replacement and it is considered an “Occupant” responsibility for all lights at 10 feet and below. Our ceilings are 9 feet. IAP will replace bulbs in stairwells.
If you have any burnt-out fluorescent bulbs that need to be replaced, we have made a cart that has a ladder, safety goggles, and a supply of new straight and curved fluorescent bulbs. It also has separate boxes to place the burnt-out bulbs in.
It will be located in the Demo Room lobby.
It is recommended that you form a team of three. Bulb replacer, ladder holder, and bulb handler to give and take new and used bulbs. Safety goggles are provided and must be worn.
The lack of volunteers necessitates this new approach.
Call (the building manager) at x3-6718 if you have any questions.
Beats the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Technicians there use a one-man, 30-foot-high sissors lift to replace burnt-out bulbs on the Top Executives’ top floor. The lift swings ‘n sways while you’re up there, hanging-on for dear life.
Yes, and an insight into humanity. It isn’t their problem because they don’t own it. Therefore beaurocratic oversight is required.
I can’t wait for the email with the disposal instructions for the burned out lightbulbs. It will likely require signatures from the commissar for environmental protection and Pope Albert I!
I don’t think it’s a matter of who owns it. Someone put a lot of thought into this hehe. This is normal CYA stuff. I can see where they are coming from, climbing down the ladder with your hands full is a safety issue and so is not having someone to hold the ladder. If someone got hurt they would be held accountable.
How many Air Force NCOs did it take to get a horn antenna down off a tower during a dust storm in the high desert in CA??
One! Me! I was up on a tower hanging on for dear life.
Saved the antenna from any damage. Didn’t even get a medal for that!
I must be doing something wrong.
After twenty-two years in the military...I retired to become a systems contractor for the Air Force, and work in a vault...with lots of florescent bulbs. As indicated in this item...none of the airman or NCOs are volunteers to ever replace the bulbs. Nor would I want them to (try twisting a four-foot florescent bulb). I open the fixture and with a time-tested method of twisting the bulb...I remove the bulb. It takes me 60 seconds to switch out a bulb. If I went around looking for volunteers, then searching for safety gear, and conducting the proper removal...I’d spend 30 minutes per bulb.
Yes, and I have seen pictures of you doing so. So there was at least one other individual who should have been helping you...but he or she was too busy playing photojournalist.
I lived on the edge!
How far my Air Force has fallen...
It’s a lamp not a bulb. ;)
Years ago I worked at a small private airport as chief flight instructor. One day the boss took me into the woods about half a mile from the runway, where the airport beacon was located atop a 60-foot-tall pole. The beacon had stopped working and the manager climbed the pole to detach it and bring it down with him for inspection. The beacon was the size and weight of a large color TV. Just as he released the beacon from its mount and started down, he dropped it. As it came whistling down at me like 50 pounds of death, he yelled, “Catch it!” Like hell. I bolted out of the way and the beacon hit the ground next to me like an exploding mortar round. The bastard yelled at me for not “catching it.”
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