Your Universal Remote Control Center
RemoteCentral.com
Custom Installers' Lounge Forum - View Post
Previous section Next section Up level
Up level
The following page was printed from RemoteCentral.com:

Login:
Pass:
 
 

Topic:
Ever notice money doesn’t make people smarter?
This thread has 8 replies. Displaying all posts.
Post 1 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 08:58
Fins
Elite Member
Joined:
Posts:
June 2007
11,627
I’m on a project trying to finish up some guest cottages at a golf course. For these cottages they bought real oil rubbed bronze locks and door knobs. All the doors, interior and exterior. They have been really rubbed down with oil. So, when you touch them, you get a little oil on your hands. You can’t help it. All of the walls and doors are painted white. If you look at every door about shoulder height there are smudge finger prints where people everyone grabs the doors. All I did yesterday was yell at the guys to not touch the doors or walls
Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.

Post 2 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 09:20
FreddyFreeloader
Super Member
Joined:
Posts:
April 2004
3,243
Money makes people stupid. See it almost every day.
Post 3 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 09:37
Mac Burks (39)
Elite Member
Joined:
Posts:
May 2007
17,515
I will trade you the staircase from h&ll. At a project years ago we had this weird control room that spanned floor 2.5 through 3.5. there was like a half door to get into it. Ten foot ceiling with the door at the ceiling so you needed a staircase or ladder to get in.

Fancy wood so fancy woof guys there staining the stairs...for like a month. Seriously ever day they would put a coat of something on it and tape it off so you couldn't use it. There were about 15 technicians from different companies all trying to climb over the tape. Dangerous as hell because the staircase slid out for use and back in place when not in use. The mechanism that locked the stairs in place wasn't working properly.

So every day for a month the day would start out with an argument with the stain guys...a heated exchange with the GC and then people risking their lives trying to climb over until someone got hurt or stepped on the wet finish...you would hear some yelled profanity and then they would rip the caution tape down and everyone would just start walking on the stairs.

Then the ground hog day alarm would go off the next morning and we would start the madness all over again.
Avid Stamp Collector - I really love 39 Cent Stamps
Post 4 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 10:22
Trunk-Slammer -Supreme
Loyal Member
Joined:
Posts:
November 2003
7,454
Comparable thing to the staircase on a HUGE home.

Brick mason decides to install the brick entries on ALL the entries at the same time.

Many guys were already inside the place working.

Jackhammers were busy the next day...
Post 5 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 11:05
thecapnredfish
Senior Member
Joined:
Posts:
February 2008
1,397
Don’t know if person was wealthy. Yesterday I was having lunch in van under canopy of closed down gas station. All pumps wrapped up. No vehicles. Garages empty, no lights. Overgrown shrubs. Women tries to get in, looks around. Comes over to me and ask if they are open. I said they appear to be closed down, out of business. She responds with. Why don’t the have a sign? I shook my head. I thought, please go back up north where it is cold, the cold might slow down the loss of what few brain cells you have left.
Post 6 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 11:08
Ernie Gilman
Yes, That Ernie!
Joined:
Posts:
December 2001
30,104
All these examples involve construction people. Are you saying they're all rich?
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
OP | Post 7 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 12:20
Fins
Elite Member
Joined:
Posts:
June 2007
11,627
On December 13, 2018 at 11:08, Ernie Gilman said...
All these examples involve construction people. Are you saying they're all rich?

In the case I mentioned, I blame the owners that picked the hardware out.
Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.

Post 8 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 12:55
Mac Burks (39)
Elite Member
Joined:
Posts:
May 2007
17,515
On December 13, 2018 at 12:20, Fins said...
In the case I mentioned, I blame the owners that picked the hardware out.

And the owners who hired the designer/builder that choose the equipment room location and the weird door and staircase.
Avid Stamp Collector - I really love 39 Cent Stamps
Post 9 made on Thursday December 13, 2018 at 18:40
Hi-FiGuy
Super Member
Joined:
Posts:
January 2004
2,836
Sure gives them more choices in life though...


Jump to


Protected Feature Before you can reply to a message...
You must first register for a Remote Central user account - it's fast and free! Or, if you already have an account, please login now.

Please read the following: Unsolicited commercial advertisements are absolutely not permitted on this forum. Other private buy & sell messages should be posted to our Marketplace. For information on how to advertise your service or product click here. Remote Central reserves the right to remove or modify any post that is deemed inappropriate.

Hosting Services by ipHouse