Wood flooring pro Charlie Auditore Jr. in Hudson, N.H., says the craziest gym job he ever heard about was one where the crew leader asked a rookie if he wanted some OT over the weekend. The task was simple: The first several rows would be nailed, and hundreds of square feet would already be racked out. All he had to do was fasten the flooring and make the end cuts. He agreed and worked all day on Saturday, installing about 800 square feet. When the regular crew got back to the job and inspected the floor, they noticed that it felt like they were walking on a bouncy castle. They asked him what he nailed the floor with, and he responded, "What nails?" They answered him: "The nails, staples, whatever! What did you use to nail this floor down?!" He pointed to a standard-issue pneumatic flooring gun, and they responded, "Yeah, but, what did you fill the gun with?" He said, "I thought the nails came out of the compressor and went from the hose to the gun and into the floor like when I watched you guys."
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