Random Rants
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@goosehd said in Random Rants:
I sit in the corner drinking
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Started a new project over the last couple weeks. My concrete sub was pouring footings yesterday, and I told the lead guy to make sure the concrete trucks washed out in an area the infrastructure contractor had already trashed with alleyway pours, not a designated washout, but obviously already a big uneven slab of over pour.
What I didn’t do was mention it to the pump truck operator. So he took it upon himself to spray the leftover yardage in his pump over a giant dirt pile that was clearly being protected with a layer of wheat straw. Didn’t hit the whole thing, but iced it like he was frosting the side of a giant cake.
I probably would’ve told him wear to wash out., but he was asleep in the cab when I walked by…
Welcome to homebuilding/GC 101: a masterclass in how unbelievably dumb people can be sometimes.
Edit: not that anybody cares but the pump operator works for the same concrete/foundation company. They own the pump so in my mind, they all work together and should tell each other what the heck to do.
@selveldgesteps
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I use a small Garmin Edge on my road bike. I basically only use it as a speedometer, for which it is hugely overpriced, but hell, at least it does that well. It has a gps functionality which comes in handy once in a while.
I also ride with Bontrager Flare lights. These I don’t go without, even in the middle of the day they increase my visibility tremendously.
However I’ve made a grave mistake. The Garmin (I believe it’s called an edge 130) is small and has buttons on three of four sides, so when prompted to connect with the lights I accidentally said “yes”.
So now my Garmin considers itself the boss of my front light. According to how the Garmin considers the conditions to be the front light will either flash or be on constantly. But most annoyingly, when I charge the Garmin, it turns on, and turns on the front light.
Obviously I’ve tried disconnecting them, but I can’t figure out how. And the extraordinary hassle of switching a light on that Garmin saves me from is really a lot less annoying than needing my light, only to find out that the battery is flat, because I made the mistake of charging the light before the Garmin.
I’m at the point where I’m considering fixing it by taking my heaviest hammer to the Garmin….
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@northsouthdenimguy oof.. that's frustrating.
I always hold out hope that communication from the office to field will happen but it usually bites me in the end. I've got a similar one that will hopefully help ease the frustration.The current project I'm assigned to as a commercial GC is a pretty sizeable greenhouse expansion with several acres of botanical garden expansion (main event of the project). The concrete sub was pouring their last stretch of exposed aggregate pathways at the same time the landscape architect is doing their punch walk. Sure enough it's a new pump truck driver who simply wasn't aware of the designated wash out area... Washed literally into one of the new specialty soil planting beds, new hedges and all planted. You can imagine the incident was detailed thoroughly in the punch list...
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@Tago-Mago the idea crossed my mind. lets see where the train will get me.
