John Schneider:
CLASS OF 1977
Maine-Endwell High SchoolClass of 1977
Endwell, NY
Maine Memorial Elementary SchoolClass of 1977
Maine, NY
Maine-Endwell High SchoolClass of 1977
Endwell, NY
Hammond Central SchoolClass of 1977
Hammond, NY
Maine-Endwell Junior High SchoolClass of 1975
Endwell, NY
John's Story
Life
1977-1979 Mohawk Valley Community College Utica, NY; Majored in Electrical Service Technician; Resident Advisor in Dorm III 1978-79: also known as "buzzard"
1979-1983 Carrier Transicold Company; Engineering Lab Tech
1983-1985 SUNY Utica; Majored in Industrial Engineering Technology
1985- 2012 General Motors Customer Care & Aftersales; Safety/Ergonomics Engineer
2012- 2013 Johnson Controls Interiors Manufacturing, EHS
2013 - 2014 Oerlikon Metco (US), EHS
2015 US Steel Great Lakes Works, EHS
2015 RETIRED!!!
College
1977-1979 Mohawk Valley Community College; Electrical Service Technician major; Resident Advisor in Dorm III. Drank scotch frequently.
1982-1983 Onondaga Community College; various mathematics and science courses. Slid down Onondaga Hill on numerous winter evenings. Drank beer frequently.
1983-1985 SUNY Utica; Industrial Engineering Technology major; President Student Chapter of IIE 1985. Drank beer frequently.
Workplace
1979-1983 Carrier Transicold Company Syracuse, NY; Lab Technician
1985-1997 General Motors Service Parts Operations; IE at Central Office in Swartz Creek and Grand Blanc, MI; Safety Supervisor SPO Reno, NV 1997-2002; Ergonomics Coordinator Flint Processing Center Swartz Creek, MI 2002-2003; Maintenance/Safety Supervisor SPO Columbus, OH 2003-2005; Maintenance/Safety Supervisor at SPO Portland, OR 2005-2006; Safety Supervisor at CCA Reno, NV 2006-2008; Safety Supervisor at CCA Willow Run/Ypsilanti, MI 2008-2012. Safety Coordinator/Supervisor at Johnson Controls Interiors Manufacturing Romulus, MI 2012-2013. Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) at Oerlikon Metco (US) Troy, MI 2014-2015. Safety Engineer US Steel Great Lakes Works 2015. RETIRED NOVEMBER 2015!!!
I always wanted to be a buffoon when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a reasonable goal. As it turned out, they were right.
I blow off steam by shooting pigeons and chewing bubblegum. Right now I'm all out of bubblegum.
If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have showered, shaved, and taken hallucinatory medications to be able to deal with the day-to-day rut. UPDATE: I ceased this futile activity last November. Sanity has not returned, but the mental decay has slowed.
My "hero".....let's see......Dr. Kevorkian, Darth Vader, Kwame Kilpatrick, and the Chairman of Goldman Sacks. Let's face it: I aim low.
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my past who I'd most like to see again is Andy Stankosky, because he regularly beat my a$$ at the Hearts table.
Obsessions.....let's see.....telemarketers should should all choke on their own vomit while being electrocuted. You don't have to agree with me publicly, but deep down you KNOW you do.
If I could improve my home, I'd remove the neighbors and add a razor wire fence. My dream home would be a sarcophagus rigged with wi-fi. Remember, I aim low.
What have I learned from my kids? I learned early on that having kids was a complete waste of time, money, and effort - that's why I never had any. Every aspect of the social values and ethics I embrace I have learned from cats, reptiles, and pestilential vermin.
If I won $100 million, I'd give donations of it to local animal shelters and then go hide.
Live in a dorm? I was a dorm resident for 2 years and an RA during the 2nd year. Everything went down the toilet after that.
My current age is 57. When I was 12, I thought that most people my age now would be contaminated by some type of chemical substance, radiation, or the after-effects of eating Hostess Ding Dongs. Turns out I was right.
Career aspirations? Now that I'm retired it's cooking, playing Cribbage, and volunteering at the local animal shelter.
My best friend would tell you I'm loveable in a reptilian sort of way, but people who don't know me at all easily come to loathe me within 30 seconds.
Dress? Style? ....the hell are those? If it ain't denim or LL Bean, to hell with it. I just hope one of these canned questions doesn't ask me if I wear underwear.
I share my home with a cat, which I find infinitely more compatible than humans.
Trophies? Me? You gotta be kidding. The only trophy I ever won was in the "All Events" thing in my senior year at Maine-Endwell, and that was for playing Hearts. So it can be said with all conviction and due honesty that the only trophy I ever won, I won in a card game.
In 10 years, I hope to be gone. I'm going to get there by going.
Oldest friend? My oldest friend is a T-shirt. We met in 1977 and it's picture is still on my wall. God Rest Its Soul.
My first job was at a gas station, where I got paid crap to listen to whiny old people complain. What I remember most about it is it ended peacefully with no casualties.
Childhood memory? Sorry, but I needed electro-shock therapy to purge all that.
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