Gawbless, what a mess
As in ME. I am a frickin mess of worn out tissues and joints.
Took that hot shower, and then proceeded to listen to the bod, and the list of complaints and demands coming in from various points was astounding. I sure as hell ain’t 20sumpin anymore.
But I work like it.
Must have been doing three, maybe four peoples jobs today. Why? ‘Cuz no one else is remotely capable or knowledgable enough (or willing) to do it. Trust me, I have tried to delegate things out, but when you can’t trust any of the other five people on the crew to cut a pipe SQUARE, or to proper length,,,, Yeah, tis that level of facepalm most days, and why I usually refuse to go out on crews these days. Shoulda today, but didn’t, and couldn’t for the life of you say why: I could tell when bossman ‘asked’ me to go out this morning, that I was getting railroaded into a shitshow.
I guess I am still a sucker.
But the job is DONE. And if I have to go back there,,,, Ah-hell-no! Its done, and is solid, and if something is not up to spec for the insurance agent (fencing around an inground pool) NOT MY FRICKING PROBLEM, I didn’t sell it, I only installed it. And it was a cluster fuck from the git-go. Brick pillars every 18’ around the perimeter, and bossman didn’t calculate materials correctly, so we had to send back to the shop for some extras that (I hoped) we had in storage. Luck was on our side on that one for once.
I feel like I could use another two month long VACA again. Maybe I just need to get bossman to blow up on something so I can tell him to fuck off again. LOL.
Kinda a quiet out in the spheres lately. Lots I could talk about, but no one wants to hear my “GOV is the problem!” rants on a Friday evening (and most likely wouldn’t be read until Cartoon time Saturday). SO I am gonna go Tigerbalm the hell out of my shoulder and knees, take a couple Excederin and a shot of some good ’ol Tennessee sippin’ whiskey and call it a night.
Dio's Workshop 
— Must have been doing three, maybe four peoples jobs today. Why? ‘Cuz no one else is remotely capable or knowledgable enough (or willing) to do it. —
You’ve just encountered the old “80/20 rule:” the organization gets 80% of its output from 20% of the contributors. (In today’s case, you’re the 20%, carrying an estimated four useless colleagues on your back.) This phenomenon is practically a management watchword in engineering shops…well, except for large defense contractors, which get 95% of their output from 5% of the contributors, but that’s a topic for another time.
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October 9, 2021 at 5:32 am
*sigh* and I know it and still fall for it. I’ve never been one to allow slack in the rope, even if it means I have to hang myself with that rope.
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October 9, 2021 at 6:31 am
Yep… in the Army, they’d find the -one- competent occifer and work the sumbitch to death to the point where he’s get out at O-3 (Captain) instead of going for the mandatory 1/2 lobotomy and go for Major.
Been quiet out there as you said. Lotsa too much quiet… the Trolls at my house have sort-of-kind-of gone to ground to a point, but then again I’ve reported them and their antics to, well, like everyone Feds County State… had to, as I got the lil GranBebe#2 in the house permanently more or less. Threats to burn down my house? Yeeeeeeah.
God I’m with you on the sorry sore and tired man.
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October 9, 2021 at 10:30 am
Si, sorry sore and tired. At least I haven’t a couple toddler’s tearing ’round house like urself. Woof, that’d be a load to deal with current
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October 9, 2021 at 5:24 pm
Understatement of the year Dio… I need to set up another fundraiser for “booze donations” I swear LOL…
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October 9, 2021 at 9:25 pm