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LearjetMinako
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It seems people or their company are not taking much pride in their work any more these days.
Ex 1:
My house has had a complete new A/C & furance installed last year. First problem was they wired the heat pump wrong. So the heat pump and furance would both try to heat the house. Thats not a good thing. Only one should be working at a time. They fixed it with a remote sensor so the thermostat would control which one would come on depending on the outside temperature. Second problem that I had is the 1st stage of cooling wouldn't work. They told me that it is working properly. Well, today I took the diagrams and looked at their wiring. I found that they forgot 1x jumper wire to install, everything else was correct. Installed the missing jumper wire, now 1st stage cooling comes on correctly and 2nd stage cooling comes on if the house temperature conitunes to raise.
Ex 2:
We have 2x gas meters in our backyard. Both meters have been replaced with their new meters. Later on, we could smell the gas leaking. They come over to look and can't detect the gas. But a work order has been placed in to reseal the pipes. Well today, I could smell the gas leak when I was mowing the yard. I took the garden hose and sprayed the cracked dry dirt around the pipe. I could visual see the gas leaking from the pipe threads. It has been months, and still no fix.
Ex 3:
This from a co-worker. She drives a GMC Jimmy. Well, her brake booster went out. I could tell that from her story that her vehicle brake pedal is hard to push, she has to push hard on the pedal to stop, the engine runs rough at idle (vaccum leak), and that there is whoosh noise everytime she pushes the pedal (vaccum leak sound). She takes it in to have it serviced. The dealership replace the brake booster according to their diagnostic. And charged her over $700 for the fix. Something was wrong with that price. So she showed me the quote. They charged her 5.2 hours for the labor at $100/hr. $120 for the brake booster (aftermarket) and another $120 for a brake system flush. If she would have gone with GM parts, it would have been over $1200. But seriously, 5.2 hrs to replace a brake boost. Last time I replaced one, it took only 1 to 2 hours. Makes me very glad that I do my own repairs.
Ex 4:
This is very common at my work. Quite simply, products need to be stocked on the shelves. Rotate the product, so the older product gets sold first before the newer stuff. So products don't expire. I do just that. But other associates have other ideas. They change the POG around to what they believe looks better, and just put the product they took off the shelf in the stockroom to collect dust. I go back out and arrange the product to be sold before it expires. But they complain about me doing this and then later I get told that I'm not stocking the product. So it is a constant conflict. I have literal a 18wheeler trailer full of my product that needs to be gone. I put it out, some one else gets a different idea, and put the product that I put out back in the stockroom.
Why, that was a lot to type. But at least its off my mind. So please share your stories too.
Ex 1:
My house has had a complete new A/C & furance installed last year. First problem was they wired the heat pump wrong. So the heat pump and furance would both try to heat the house. Thats not a good thing. Only one should be working at a time. They fixed it with a remote sensor so the thermostat would control which one would come on depending on the outside temperature. Second problem that I had is the 1st stage of cooling wouldn't work. They told me that it is working properly. Well, today I took the diagrams and looked at their wiring. I found that they forgot 1x jumper wire to install, everything else was correct. Installed the missing jumper wire, now 1st stage cooling comes on correctly and 2nd stage cooling comes on if the house temperature conitunes to raise.
Ex 2:
We have 2x gas meters in our backyard. Both meters have been replaced with their new meters. Later on, we could smell the gas leaking. They come over to look and can't detect the gas. But a work order has been placed in to reseal the pipes. Well today, I could smell the gas leak when I was mowing the yard. I took the garden hose and sprayed the cracked dry dirt around the pipe. I could visual see the gas leaking from the pipe threads. It has been months, and still no fix.
Ex 3:
This from a co-worker. She drives a GMC Jimmy. Well, her brake booster went out. I could tell that from her story that her vehicle brake pedal is hard to push, she has to push hard on the pedal to stop, the engine runs rough at idle (vaccum leak), and that there is whoosh noise everytime she pushes the pedal (vaccum leak sound). She takes it in to have it serviced. The dealership replace the brake booster according to their diagnostic. And charged her over $700 for the fix. Something was wrong with that price. So she showed me the quote. They charged her 5.2 hours for the labor at $100/hr. $120 for the brake booster (aftermarket) and another $120 for a brake system flush. If she would have gone with GM parts, it would have been over $1200. But seriously, 5.2 hrs to replace a brake boost. Last time I replaced one, it took only 1 to 2 hours. Makes me very glad that I do my own repairs.
Ex 4:
This is very common at my work. Quite simply, products need to be stocked on the shelves. Rotate the product, so the older product gets sold first before the newer stuff. So products don't expire. I do just that. But other associates have other ideas. They change the POG around to what they believe looks better, and just put the product they took off the shelf in the stockroom to collect dust. I go back out and arrange the product to be sold before it expires. But they complain about me doing this and then later I get told that I'm not stocking the product. So it is a constant conflict. I have literal a 18wheeler trailer full of my product that needs to be gone. I put it out, some one else gets a different idea, and put the product that I put out back in the stockroom.
Why, that was a lot to type. But at least its off my mind. So please share your stories too.
because I'm apparently too picky when it comes to CNC programs. Some seem to think +/-.0006" is okay when the tolerance is +/-.0002"
