In 2008, yours truly attempted to be hired as an apprentice under a licensed electrician. Suffice it to say, my mentors chose not to hire me – not because of my ability to complete work, but due to the fact I didn’t fit into the typical stereotype of a blue-collar worker.
It’s obvious that Mr. Wayne Ferguson has psychological issues. He wants to hire the smartest and fastest workers at the lowest possible wages. From my experience, there’s a certain stereotype placed on tradesmen. Due to the fact that I didn’t smoke, have tattoos, have piercings, or used profanity, I apparently wasn’t qualified for the job. For 9 weeks, I dealt with miserable people who literally swore the ‘F’ and ‘S’ words every 30 seconds, whether they were talking about ‘F-ing’ a cute girl walking by the site, or ‘F-ing’ their own daughters (their minds are absolutely filthy). In fact, while I was working at the Ultramar station, knowing I was a non-profanity type of person, Frasier kept trying to get me to say the ‘F’ word. Every day for about 2 weeks, he said to me that he’d stop bugging me if I said the ‘F’ word just once. He even asked me, “Well, what do you say when you drop something on your foot?” I said, “I say ‘Ouch!’” And he replied, “You’ve gotta be kidding me. If I hurt my foot, I don’t say ‘Ouch.’ I say F—!” In any case, I did not give in to his demands. After 2 weeks, he got tired of trying to get me to swear, so he stopped bugging me. I’m not that stupid. I know that once you start swearing, it becomes an addiction like smoking, and you can’t stop. To date, I have never said any swear word, and in a society filled with people who swear, some of us need to resist the urge. In fact, I was really disgusted when the guy at the electrical supplier named Kent allowed his 4-year-old daughter to say the ‘F’ word.
In any case, I now know everything that happens behind the scenes on construction sites, whether residential or industrial. Are you building your dream home? Watch the workers carefully, as they’ll damage, destroy or steal whatever they can get their hands on. When no one’s looking, they do as they please. Believe me, I saw it first-hand while working at both construction sites. The workers even throw their garbage everywhere on the site and bury it under piles of dirt. Coffee cups and cigarettes are among the more popular garbage items. What’s wrong with these idiots? They can’t dump their garbage in the trash bin? Oh wait, now I know why they were surprised when I didn’t litter all over the site like the rest of them.
So the next time you have an electrical problem and you’re looking to hire an electrician, remember to avoid hiring Wayne Ferguson Electric (also under the name of just ‘Ferguson Electric’). Do everyone a favor and spread the word about this lousy company, its bad practices, and its mentally-unstable owner.
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