Re: Oil Refinery

["Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> And so why is it a "bad idea" to insist a
> customer sign off on his own follies that
> he insists on having implemented?
>
> All you keep saying is that one shouldn't
> take those jobs.  No shit, Sherlock...

No, that is not *all* that I said, Watson.
I said and I'll now repeat it so you don't
miss it again, it's a bad idea to do the job
wrong.  It's plain stupid to install wiring
which you know is not code compliant.
Is that really so difficult to understand?

> Wow, brainiac thinking there.  I'm just
> fucking stunned by the brilliance of that
> idea.  I have to sit down for a moment
> here.  Wait, I am sitting... I think I'll go
> lay down and just let that sink in for a
> decade or so.

Whatever it takes.

> Now.
>
> Assuming everyone and their dog has
> already thought of that and recognizing
> that sometimes those of us out in the real
> world who actually do installs themselves...

Like I did for 24 years?  Yes, I'm familiar
with installation too since I ran a small alarm
company for 24 years.  During all of that time
I routinely installed and serviced alarms.

> are sometimes faced with the need to take on such customers, or worse, have
> existing customers come up with this kind
> of idiocy in the middle of a project...

Yep.  Customers will sometimes ask you to
do something which would violate code, not
to mention common sense.

> do explain how it's a bad idea to insist that
> the fool sign off on his own follies that he insists on having implemented?

I'll try to keep this answer simple for you.
Refuse to do the job wrong.  Insist that if
you do it the job has to be done right.  I
realize this may seem like an alien concept
to you but try real hard to understand.  There's
this thing called integrity.  Those who have it
will not do the job wrong.  When a customer
asks you to T-wire a smoke detector because
he doesn't want to pay to have it properly
wired you have two choices.  A schmuck
will just T-tap the circuit and connect the
detector, figuring no one will ever find out the
smoke isn't supervised.  An installer with
integrity will explain why it can't be done (in
case other readers don't already know, the
wiring needs to be supervised).  If the client
insists, the schmuck says, "OK, sign here" and
then violates code.  The installer with integrity
says, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Jones.  That would
allow the possibility that a future wiring fault
might go undetected, jeopardizing your family.
I can't do the job."

You have to decide what matters most to you.
If profit takes precedence over quality, you're
a schmuck and you don't belong in the trade.
If you actually care about your customer's
safety and the quality of your work, you'll
quickly grasp (no 10-year nap required) why
it's a bad idea.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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