tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post4231294385268610563..comments2024-03-18T03:14:01.268-04:00Comments on surface fragments: 10 questions: Are you a Professional or a Prima Donna?Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-44900512093471581632011-01-26T09:30:50.969-05:002011-01-26T09:30:50.969-05:00Uhm. How did I miss this post? I'm not even go...Uhm. How did I miss this post? I'm not even going to tell you how many I related to. ;) You gave very good points to think about, Alan. I'll have to share this. I do have to say, though, that my pants are messy...very messy. I just can't seem to use my rag often enough. (head hanging)Regina at Fauxologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760168237026772577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-47601901339529741322010-12-18T23:24:36.300-05:002010-12-18T23:24:36.300-05:00...btw I meant "expediance wins out over prof......btw I meant "expediance wins out over professionalism". I can't even edit my own comments on blogger :pAlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-74918782542815282272010-12-18T23:21:58.543-05:002010-12-18T23:21:58.543-05:00I wish I wasn't such a 'yes man' somet...I wish I wasn't such a 'yes man' sometimes. If I showed you a photo of this jobsite you'd laugh. I'm supposed to gild a very low ceiling while there is a chop saw and literally two inches of sawdust on the floor directly underneath. Am I going to complain? I thought about it.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-30825090608835548772010-12-18T21:55:44.820-05:002010-12-18T21:55:44.820-05:00i don't think the two labels are mutually excl...i don't think the two labels are mutually exclusive. if the site messy or otherwise isn't ready rather than complain, or other trades are making my life hell, i just leave and come back when they are out of my way.sometimes that involved a complaint to the GC or designer, but NEVER the client. i take long lunches but i never eat in the workspace or on the scaffold nor do i leave open paint unattended. <br />i used to have velvet slipcover on the scaffold with gold fringe on it, so no one would look at my mess (or my butt) when i was working. that's an idea i got from larry boyce. (now HE was a prima donna.)Lynne Rutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861049506323014982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-85766934843544493172010-12-18T20:41:07.380-05:002010-12-18T20:41:07.380-05:00Ye-ouch!!! Guilty of six....(left two brushes toda...Ye-ouch!!! Guilty of six....(left two brushes today in a cup of water) I do know how to eat on a bucket though :) Thanks for the perspective.Theresa Cheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429069123185290732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-17108405495890458502010-12-18T16:15:19.836-05:002010-12-18T16:15:19.836-05:00Everything I own has paint on it. Sometimes experi...Everything I own has paint on it. Sometimes experience wins out over professionalism. It gives me something to think about when I'm unemployed!Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-81095704099956354702010-12-18T15:36:43.779-05:002010-12-18T15:36:43.779-05:00Excellent , I really like that. After years of exp...Excellent , I really like that. After years of experience I have built up the same kind of "to do" list .The one thing I still sometimes do is to use my pants as rags, I know it is wrong but fast and convenient. I do not do it when I wear working pants I like though , like the ones my swedish friends offered me last year :-)PA74https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342796008081342481noreply@blogger.com