Lol. Funny and also largely true. The direct analog in my long experience working with technicians and playing at one myself is: “CLEAR.” Lowering a car from a lift? “CLEAR” and then it comes down. Removing a transmission or lowering an engine? “CLEAR.” it’s also a reply. Like if you are working with someone and they are going to energize a circuit or start up a moving assembly or something- you’d say “CLEAR” to indicate you are clear of the hazard and they can start.
“Proper etiquette” would be:
Mechanic A about to do something potentially dangerous: “CLEAR.” (Signaling danger)
Person B in work area or working with: “CLEAR” (signaling you are clear of danger.)
In practice though you’ll often only get one “clear” from one person contextually- and for common stuff like dropping a lift you might not get a clear at all.
So if mechanic A and B are lowering a heavy object to the floor (a tire, whatever) from a hoist- and A is guiding the hoist and controlling it while B is stabilizing and guiding the load- A will likely communicate they are going to start bringing it down with any other needed info like “coming down, going slow. Keep your end up...” and B would say “clear” when they are almost down and B is not in danger of injury if A lowers it all the way.
If someone is lowering a lift they may just say “clear” or “coming down” and start to lower the lift with only a casual check- under the assumption that person B should both already be clear as a measure of common sense- and that the operation is so slow person B would almost have to try to get hurt as they have ample opportunity to get clear quickly and it’s most likely already understood the vehicle is in a state where it is coming down soon and no work should be performed on it.
@dr_richard_ew- lol. No. I can play like one half decent from a lifetime of racing and being around machines or working with various technicians- but I won’t insult technicians by saying I am or could qualify as one. Cars have been a long time hobby for me and I started going to the race tracks at a young age. Many members of my family have raced on various levels or capacities and I used to engineer, prep, or build cars for people on the side to help finance my own racing or car building. I’ve even crewed a few times but more as a favor for friends or for fun and experience.
I still can hear my Dad when he tried to get the air filter off our aero star van. He at one point just started screaming GET OFF YOU GOD DAMN SON OF A BITCH!!!!
When he finally got it off he held it in his hands and just screamed like a wild man at it for a good 5 minutes.
That was the transmission drain plug on my mx-5.
My wife couldn't understand why i was laughing so hard at a single bolt but that f*&$er took me a good 30 minutes to get off...
Mechanic A about to do something potentially dangerous: “CLEAR.” (Signaling danger)
Person B in work area or working with: “CLEAR” (signaling you are clear of danger.)
In practice though you’ll often only get one “clear” from one person contextually- and for common stuff like dropping a lift you might not get a clear at all.
When he finally got it off he held it in his hands and just screamed like a wild man at it for a good 5 minutes.
My wife couldn't understand why i was laughing so hard at a single bolt but that f*&$er took me a good 30 minutes to get off...
In food service we always said “behind” or “behind you,hot” or “behind you, knife.