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[mrsleeve]

Oh yes, when I was putting pipe in the ground, I would always take and extra 5-10 min here or there to make the next guys job easier even if it was not gonna be me coming back to do it. Or take the time to make a tie in to our work 10 years from now that much eaiser on the guy, never knew that could be me.

I guess 1/2 or so a week 20 bucks in ductape and scrap plastic around was enough to make or break 8-30million dollar sewer/water/storm/road rehab projects. Got yelled at all the time "Hurry the fuck up, no ones ever gonna see that, who the fuck are you picasso"

A-FUCKING-MEN, bro! I worked for 4 years in a Commercial Construction Company based in Seattle. Been doing work for 31 years here. I figured there was a name to up hold, something to be proud of based on the buildings they had worked on/remodelled/help build. When I started they I made sure to do things all right and make it look gooood. When framing I made sure it was easy as all hell, even if it took me an extra 2 days total on a 4 week framing schedule, for the dry wallers to come in and have to do barely anything. Hanging doors I made sure those fuckers closed and had an even reveal all around. Know what I got told by the boss?

"Why are you taking so long? Listen, we do D grade work here and if you'd just hurry up and make it look like B-C grade, you'll be able to stick around here for awhile..."

Everything after that was just moving me towards my next job. I can't stand not being able to take pride in my work. I ended up leaving that field but not after 4 years or so of taking extra time on the job and not recording hours so that way it turned out nice enough for me not to cringe when I thought back on what I'd done that day. And there was so much potential in so many of these old buildings. A coat of paint doesn't fix broken...