So this guy tried to teach me how to lay brick at my own job site

I was working on a retaining wall over off 5th Street last Tuesday and this older fella walks right up and starts telling me my mortar mix was "too wet." He'd never laid a brick in his life, just saw me from his porch and came over to critique. Told me he used to watch his uncle do it back in 89 and I had to bite my tongue so hard. Anyone else get random sidewalk supervisors showing up mid job?

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xena117d ago

Always the guys who "watched their uncle" back in the day that got all the wisdom to share. @keith_rodriguez I bet those same people would tell a fishing guide how to cast a line too. Last week I had a woman tell me I was holding my trowel wrong. She said she saw it on a home improvement show once. I just smiled and told her I'd try it her way next time, then went right back to what I was doing.

keith_rodriguez17d ago

Three times last month I had people stop by my fence project telling me my posts were set too shallow. It's like once you pick up a tool in public, everyone nearby becomes a foreman with twenty years of experience they never actually had. People just feel the need to talk about work they've seen others do, even if they never did it themselves.

lindaowens17d ago

Man, I had a buddy who built a shed foundation in his backyard and some random guy pulled over his truck to tell him his concrete was mixed wrong. The guy claimed he poured slabs for a living but couldn't tell you the difference between a trowel and a shovel. My buddy just nodded, waited for him to leave, then finished his pour exactly how he planned it.