I remember working on a job, it was a boring job, but it was important. Had to test the pipe for leaks, and I have spent hours walking up and down cold and hot water pipelines looking for and fixing leaks on a team of people. On some of the routes I got to know people who were working in the halls. One time one of my routes would take me by this grizzly ole black man and a young spry white electrician apprentice who was kick'n ass doing electrical stuff. The black man was never doing anything, just standing there next to the skyjack+ while the young man worked. I thought he was the journeyman. One time I was so weirded out by his lack of activity I joked about it, asked him if he was a forman or journeyman. He said he was a Helper, not even a 1st year apprentice. I looked totally shocked, speechless and then asked the apprentice what year he was, he said he was a 3rd year apprentice. "What, I can't believe that, I havnt seen him lift a finger this whole time." to that, the apprentice gave the blackman a dirty look that the guy didnt notice because he was he was at groundlevel with a smugass look on his face.