Bricklayers who insist on a perfect line every course are wasting time

Three years ago on a job in Akron I watched a guy spend 45 minutes leveling and re-laying a single course that was off by less than a quarter inch, and the structural engineer walked by and said he couldn't see it from 10 feet away, so has anyone else found that chasing dead straight lines on old foundations just slows everything down?

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the_holly27d ago

Notice how people obsess over perfect lines everywhere. Have a buddy who scrapes his driveway with a ruler after every plow, same guy who remakes his morning coffee if the first sip isn't hot enough. That kind of perfectionism just eats up time and peace of mind for something nobody else will ever notice.

the_hayden27d ago

Bet your buddy also re-tucks his shirt after sitting down so the crease lines up perfectly with his belt buckle. Sounds exhausting, honestly. Meanwhile his driveway probably looks great for the two minutes before the next snowstorm hits and the plow guy buries the end of it again. And that coffee thing? Just microwave it for 10 seconds, man, problem solved.