• 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    • "You see here jimmy, the boss didn’t bother to check whether the path was where it was planned to be 2 years ago.

    Now, are we going take the initiative and place the flowerbed where it should be rather than where we were told to put it ?"

    • “No we won’t Larry… “if we were supposed to take decisions we would be paid accordingly…” as you always say Larry…”
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      Designer probably got a dimension wrong on the drawing, and the pavers went “Alright, we’ll do it exactly as you say. Teach you to proofread next time…”

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        As a builder, I can’t even begin to tell you how often I’ll come across something like that and ask the question only to get some ego driven response that you can tell they didn’t even review the situation.

        ‘as per the drawings boys’ can be a gratifying direction to give when you have the appropriate responses to CYA.