• woop_woop@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Who notices that someone is better at mounting tvs? How does one notice this? What is this made up scenario?

    • DasAlbatross@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Better work with the cabling, perhaps. In this picture you can see that there’s a new work box in the drywall so he’s running hidden cables. There could be drywall patching or he’s really good at making the holes so there doesn’t need to be patching.

      He could do more types of mounts than this guy is used to.

      He could be faster.

      Is that you’re completely unimaginative so you can’t come up with ways someone might be better or do you have so little respect for trades that you think there can’t be skill involved?

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    9 months ago

    I had a plumber once, older guy, who was really eager to teach somebody the trade. He “made” me do half the work and I didn’t even mind because I learned how to do a lot of shit I didn’t know how to do before.

    Be coachable in life and you will be surprised the info you can get from qualified people for free.

    Also if you are handy you always have a fallback job if your 9 to 5 shitcans you unexpectedly.

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      9 months ago

      Anytime I need to seek something outside my skillset, I basically offer myself as “apprentice for the day” and you’d be surprised how many will take you up on it.

  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOP
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    9 months ago

    My step-brother and I weren’t family until a decade ago. He goes into incel mode and projects his insecurity by hating on everybody.

    But today, he shared this with me about something he wants to get better at as he was getting tired of being angry all the time.

    So hopefully this message gets across to more people.