When a carpenter tells you he can do everything, he’s lying. Or, and this one is the most likely of the two, he’s fucking delusional. Everytime in his life he made a mistake? Someone else’s fault. All I ever get matched up with are these mother fuckers. Why can’t I ever get to work with somebody with just a bit of humility? I’ve paid my metaphorical dues long enough, I shouldn’t have to work with the greatest carpenter ever to not know how to read a tape measure. I guess I’m doomed to listen to these fools the rest of my career. Seems like there are more of them, than there are of guys who understand and realize that having the odd limitation is not so bad. If someone came a long who was as good as he said, I wouldn’t care how much of a braggerd he was. Haven’t seen it yet though. I hate to generalize but Cape Bretoners and Newfies are the worst offenders. —Stuck in work purgatory
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2016.
After my father passed away, the Cape Breton relatives (on my mother’s side & who’d fit the bill of your lying scumbag carpenter perfectly) swarmed to my mother’s property when they heard she wanted to add an upstairs apartment. All talk, lazy as shit and only too ready to get paid before the work was done. They left her broke, did a shitty cheapass job (to pocket the difference, I’ll wager) that she later had to have professional carpenters fix. Lesson learned.
Jesus was the best carpenter and look what happened to him.
I’ve always found it fascinating that so many rubes follow a carpenter who got himself nailed to a couple of pieces of wood. Must have been from Louisdale.
Unfortunately, OP is dead on. I’ve been working with those jackoffs for way too long. I can’t count how many men in their 40’s with 35 years of experience I’ve worked with. Who, i might add, sucked. They get paid more, and I end up babysitting.
It’s not only skill and talent that makes a good carpenter, either; they need to have a good knowledge of building codes. I know this old blowhard who had a friend do some work on their house. They were happy with the work, but sadly, it’s obvious the work isn’t up to code so when they go to sell their house, it’s probably going to come back to bite them in the butt.
‘…I can’t count how many men in their 40’s with 35 years of experience..’
That line was worth spitting out a mouthful of coffee like a lawn sprinkler. Spot on, Willie!
And they wonder why those areas are economically depressed…
You’re a carpenter working with carpenters.
It’s like arguing who cooks the best fries @ McD’s!!
You guys aren’t landing 747’s or curing cancer FFS!
Hammer, nail, wood………how hard can it be???
My experience is that anyone who spends a lot of time trying to convince you how great they are is deeply, deeply insecure. They are looking for reassurance that they are competent despite knowing themselves that there are gaping holes in their knowledge and ability.
The days of the hammer and nail carpenter with rudimentary measuring skills are quickly evaporating. There are all kinds of modern building technologies that require greater technical knowledge and mathematical ability.I pass by a building site where they used styrofoam forms for the foundation, cement board siding and all sorts of newer technologies. It’s getting so that the best carpenters are ones who went (or could have gone if they chose to) to university and studied math and science before becoming carpenters.
Hahah. I’m going with delusional.
Seems like a common theme here 🙂