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Thursday, January 26, 2012

COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

    I am at the point again where I am frustrated.  Frustrated at dealing with the bosses or managers in the contracting  business.  Let me speak directly with the guy who is "wielding the hammer" and things go much more smoothly.  It seems time and again that most project managers or bosses do 2 things well...make bids on projects and sign contracts.  The thing that many "bosses" seem to be terrible at is telling their crews what they are expected to do according to the contract.  Consequently, on NUMEROUS occasions, there is total communication breakdown which leads to work being done incorrectly and work having to be torn down and done over.

(Here... insert a mental picture of Wallace and me pulling our hair out.)

We have now had 2 such hair-pulling days in a row.   Is it that Wallace and I are such control freaks or that we are such perfectionists when it comes to this house?  Is it that we have so much emotionally invested in the project?  Whatever it is, what is going on now is not matching up with our expectations or vision of what SHOULD be happening.

(Deep breath.  "One...two...three...four...five...six...seven...eight...nine...ten."  Sigh.)





    


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