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My old foreman in Phoenix insisted we use a 3/8 inch joint for a specific brick, but the specs called for 1/2 inch.
I went with his advice on a big commercial job and the whole facade had to be torn out. Has anyone else had a mentor's tip backfire spectacularly?
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the_tara2mo ago
Isn't it funny how this happens everywhere? Like when a veteran cashier tells a new guy to ignore a store policy, and it causes a huge mess later. That trust in experience over the written rule burns people in all kinds of jobs, not just building stuff. Max_ross's buddy and your story show the same pattern. You follow the person, not the plan, and the whole thing falls apart.
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emery_young132mo ago
Man, that's a tough lesson to learn the hard way. The specs are there for a reason, right? I get trusting an old hand, but sometimes their tricks are just shortcuts that don't hold up. It's wild how one small change can cause a whole wall to fail. Makes you double-check everything from then on.
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