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Re: Interesting



On Dec 23, 6:47=A0pm, "ABLE1" <royboynos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
.
> > Thats why he is working for some one else I know plenty of hacks out
> > there and they have such a line of bull shit and people believe them
> > that there experts.
>
> I hired a guy some years back that just got out of the Navy as a ET. =A0I
> thought that was a good fit. =A0The first major job we worked on was a pa=
ging
> system in a manufacturing plant and office. =A0Had about 20 or so paging =
horns
> in the production area. =A0We had already pulled all the cables so I gave=
 him
> all the materials to mount and terminate the bull horn speakers. =A0Beam
> Clamps, Speakers, Forked Terminals, Screws, Wire Nuts, Wire Ties, placeme=
nt
> map, Ladder, etc. =A0Explained what I could and sent him on his way. =A0A=
t the
> end of the day I sent him home and I too decided to finish up and then te=
st
> the system. =A0Keyed the mike and Testing, 1, 2, 3 Testing...............=
.
> Next to nothing was heard. =A0Tried again and then decided to check the
> closest speaker. =A0Mounted OK. =A0Wire OK. Forked Terminals on Wire OK. =
=A0BUT
> WTF!! =A0He did not crimp the terminals on the end of the wires. =A0Spent=
 5
> hours going around and checking and fixing EVERYTHING!!! =A0What a PITA.
> Needless to say he did not last much after that.
>
> I don't have any employees any more. =A0I do sub a guy from time to time =
as
> needed. =A0I have a hard time with employees putting in time and then the=
y
> must get paid regardless if they did any work on not. =A0I have been burn=
ed
> too many times. =A0Presently if there is a mistake to be made, it will be=
 made
> by ME and corrected by ME. =A0Needless to say I minimize my mistakes. =A0=
They do
> happen, but not often.
>
> And yes, my guess is that we would work well together. =A0We would most l=
ikely
> break the project down and each would work on certain modules or area unt=
il
> all was complete. =A0The only battle would be to see who turned the last
> screw. =A0:-)
>
> Les

It would be me .....

cuz it would take me more time to check up on you to make sure you
were doing a good job :-)


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