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Pure fucking win.
Also, experience means nothing if they spent all 30 of those years with their head up their ass.
Should have at least asked you to explain yourself first before saying 'Fuck off I've been a carpenter for 45 years.'
That fence will never be straight now, and not a single picket is 6 feet tall.
Dumb stubborn old shits.
Not fence, dude- these were for the steel frame of the building.
Jackhammer them back out, jackhammer new holes in the right place, drill, pour, fix, etc.
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PumpJack McGee wrote...
Had a spat with an old-timer as well.
We were prepping to pour a floor, and we needed to lay down steel weld plates so that the metalworkers could install their beams.
I took a look and told him that the last five seemed to be off by about a foot each. He basically told me to shut the fuck up new guy, he's got 30 years experience more, don't tell him what to do, etc. etc.
I didn't push it much further. A foreman was nearby, basically took his side.
So we pour the concrete, cover it, let it cure, etc.
Next week the steelworkers come in.
Made sure to wear my best shit-eating grin as I handed the old codger the jackhammer.
Good man
what happen then?
Not much except having gained some respect and a little hate. I was put in charge of a crew not long after.
And then?
Things were good for a while.
But then oil prices tanked, the economy faceplanted, and at least 30 000 jobs were lost in a month.
Including mine.
Hiked back to France Lite and went back to doing independent contract work.
And then?
Odd jobs here and there; Built two houses, redid a deck, some small painting/trim jobs, a stonewall alongside a long ass driveway, some landscaping/forestry for most of the summer, and now it's bak 2 skhoul two c if kan dewitt better than 10 years ago. Some alternate job prospects require a degree.