Jokes with beginners
A friend started to work in a "shop" for tools, machinery and the like - in fact, it was a few big halls spread over 1 or 2 hectar. As the newbie du jour, he was shown around the complex and what was where.
In order to show him his place in the company, he was told to do material transport for a few days. "Bring this to hall C and get some fries, presto!" - you get the picture.

After some days of running around he had most of the important stuff memorized. Then he was told to fetch some protective gloves and anvil fat. "Anvil fat?" "Get moving to hall A, you bum!" So off he went and walked to the counter in hall A. He got the gloves and was told: "Oh the anvil fat. That just moved to hall D." Guess what they told him in hall D, at the opposite corner of the premises? Right, they just had to store it in hall B because it rained through the ceiling. No anvil fat in hall B either...
2 weeks later he was told to fetch the rasp fat. "Get that yourself, you moron! Fool someone else!" he said. Only to find out that something like rasp fat really existed and was available in hall A...
(timbolator successfully hiding from the authorities on, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 16:56, Reply)