Anyone want to talk about their worst TOUCH ups?
So yesterday, technically two days ago I'm driving the parasail boat. Well I have a new mate I hadn't worked with before on board. We pull up to the fuel docks and the other mate I usually have jumps up on the dock and hands me the pump. Well, the mate I'm with that day is messing with the camera and the picture cards. So i get up there and pull up to the diesel pump because when I worked as a mate for another company we always went there and got diesel.
So, I grab the pump and start loading this thing up so we can goo out and crush it that day. Put 32 gallons on the starboard tank and 3 on the port side to make it even so the weight is distributed correctly while we fly.
I go in the station to sign the payment for the $100 of fuel. Guy says to me, "Parawest....you got diesel?" I said, "Yeah of course." Him, "Okay." Just needs the signature, so I sign. As SOON as he asked that I realized what I had done. The boat I work on now is the ONLY gas powered parasail boat down here, its a Merc 496.
I told the mate what I did and she looked at me like, "That touching sucks for you." I knew I had to call my buddy that owns the boat and tell him. WORST PHONE CALL EVER.
Tell him what happened, switched tanks to the one I put 3 gallons in and drove back to the dock. So then, we just filled the tank with only 3 gallons in it with fuel and trimmed accordingly. Ran it for a bit, all good.
So the rest of the day went fine, flying everyone and everything went great. Had to pump the diesel out of the tank., 50 gallons worth. Then go refill it to even the boat out. After the day was over, we had to go dump the half diesel, half gas fuel. Wasn't done til 830. THEN had to go to Tats to bartend til 4am.
What a day.
Cost my buddy that owns the company about $600. I tried to repay him in cash, negative. Bought $500 in publix guft cards to him...negative.
He just said, "Dont ever do that again."
Point taken.
Not as bad as running into someone on a wedding day though because that's obviously forgiven.