Some People Are Wired Differently

I worked at a place where you couldn’t be colorblind because you were reading schematics and identifying connectors of varying colors. There were hundreds of tiny connectors in one array.

Somehow, by the grace of God, this guy got hired. Either they forgot to implement the colorblind test, or he successfully guessed his way through it.

He trains for a week and is put on the line to build $20k cables for missiles. Yes… missiles.

His very first connector, he spent all day on, soldering and connecting and signing the paperwork and the steps, and then gave it to quality control for inspection.

It was one of “The most f***ed up examples” of a connector anyone had seen.

The next day, the guy admits he’s color blind and asks whether he can keep the job. He’s let go because he cost the company $20k.

The connector was put on display in the HR office to drive home the importance of sticking to hiring procedures.