Goldbrick

Until recently I haven't worked with or talked to many of Area 51's day shift crew. Since we made the move to Sources I've seen more of our day shift guys stay later into the afternoon which allows for some overlap between them and us on the night crew. One of the day technicians on our line is a fat little Chinese guy that likes to sleep on the job. He's in his late 20s I think, and dumb as hell. Honestly I don't know how this guy landed himself a tech position here because I doubt he could troubleshoot his way out of a wet paper bag. He generally comes in to work wearing his pants so high that he could easily walk through a six inch deep puddle and not get either pant leg soaked. Basically, the guy is a super-nerd. The only thing he's missing to complete his geek outfit is a shirt pocket pen protector. I call him Goldbrick.

When Goldbrick gets situated at his work station every day he usually pulls a busted box up close to his test rack. He's got his test rack facing towards him at the end of his bench. With a broken unit hooked up to the rack and pulled in right next to where he's sitting, he will position himself in his chair slightly slumped over the top of the box. If you happened to walk past him it would at first glance appear that Goldbrick is intently staring downwards into the guts of the box as if he was thinking hard trying to solve whatever is wrong with the instrument. In reality, Goldbrick is slumped over fast asleep. None of the Sources managers have caught him in dreamland yet. A couple of the more obnoxious supervisors like to go on patrol through the area at least once or twice a shift and have walked right next to Goldbrick while he's passed out and didn't notice. It's kind of funny.

TC frequently enjoys fucking with Goldbrick. He will patiently wait until the oaf is deep in slumberland and then creep up right next to the guy. Making sure not to disturb him, TC moves in right next to his ear and then shouts his name as loud as he can practically blowing out his eardrum. I've never seen anybody freak out and snap into consciousness as fast as Goldbrick does when TC nails him like that. Goldbrick will jump out of his seat while throwing his body upright and yell out "I was no sleeping! I was no sleep!" Fucking hilarious.

Even though Goldbrick is one goofy looking guy, he's got himself a very attractive girlfriend. He showed me her picture once and I almost choked when I saw it. She's a beautiful woman. Looking at the photo and looking at Goldbrick I can't understand why a girl like that would be mixed up with a goofball like him. The girl's parents can't figure it out either and have forbidden her from having anything to do with him. She is still dating him secretly though. Her father has told Goldbrick that if he catches him with his daughter he's going to kill him. Can't say I blame the man, if I were in his shoes I'd do the same thing.

One of the only ways Goldbrick and his girlfriend can see each other is if she comes here to the site. What he does is bring her to the factory parking lot and he leaves her outside in his car for his entire eight hour shift. She sits out there all day long in the car bored out of her mind. He won't step outside to check on her to see if she needs to use the bathroom or invite her into the building. On his lunch break he doesn't bother to bring her anything, he goes to the cafeteria like he always does. I asked him if he at least leaves one of the car windows rolled down a bit so she can get some fresh air. He didn't understand that I was making fun of him for treating his woman worse than a dog.