What Grinds Your Gears?

[The Heretic]

People who request a technician to solve a problem and when I the technician tells them what the problem is, in short, I'm told im wrong.

Devolved to the point where I said a device that supplied power had failed, they disagreed, they turned on a device that was believed to use that particular power supply, I unplugged that power supply from the outlet and the device that was turned on, stayed on...

Am I the A$$hole?

S/W devs have much the same issue; we get asked about a defect, or some other issue, so we tell the truth, give an estimate as to how much time/effort it will take to fix/do something, then get told "oh no, that is too long/too much".

Management hired us because we are the experts, but they never believe us about what it takes to fix a problem or do some task - they are the experts on that.

I am so glad I am retired and I don't have to deal with that BS anymore.

 

[The Heretic]

There is still a Kubota side by side stuck in a muddy, gently sloping hillside near here (Monmouth, wet side of the Cascades) that could have used a Pull Pal

I am keeping my eyes open, but I am resigned to the fact that I will probably have to pay as much for the anchor as I would for a cheap winch.

 

[gearhead]

I am keeping my eyes open, but I am resigned to the fact that I will probably have to pay as much for the anchor as I would for a cheap winch.

Pardon my ignorance, but from looking at the design, would a large fluke anchor work the same way? I've seen them at yard sales for $20.

 

[The Heretic]

Pardon my ignorance, but from looking at the design, would a large fluke anchor work the same way? I've seen them at yard sales for $20.

I was just looking at them too. But the angle of the pull is different.

That said, I may just have to resort to making my own from a boat anchor.

 

[Ura-Ki]

I was just looking at them too. But the angle of the pull is different.

That said, I may just have to resort to making my own from a boat anchor.

Won't work, the whole idea behind a Pull-Pal is the digging action of the lever, the more you pull, the deeper it digs, and the spade doesn't really need to be all that big for it to do what it does, pure genius and simplicity!

 

[made in china]

S/W devs have much the same issue; we get asked about a defect, or some other issue, so we tell the truth, give an estimate as to how much time/effort it will take to fix/do something, then get told "oh no, that is too long/too much".

Management hired us because we are the experts, but they never believe us about what it takes to fix a problem or do some task - they are the experts on that.

I am so glad I am retired and I don't have to deal with that BS anymore.

Don't you guys have one of these?

 

[The Heretic]

Don't you guys have one of these?
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My first dev gig was for a doctor, and he had a saying; "How hard can it be?"

 

[The Heretic]

Won't work, the whole idea behind a Pull-Pal is the digging action of the lever, the more you pull, the deeper it digs, and the spade doesn't really need to be all that big for it to do what it does, pure genius and simplicity!

Yes - it would take some mods.

 

[Camelfilter]

Don't you guys have one of these?
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Have one on my truck dashboard...

 

[sobo]

I was just looking at them too. But the angle of the pull is different.

That said, I may just have to resort to making my own from a boat anchor.

I have a laptop you can use for that...

 

[CountryGent]

Anyone behind an unnecessary meeting should be hanged, drawn and quartered. That is all.

 

[bionic knees]

Anyone behind an unnecessary meeting should be hanged, drawn and quartered. That is all.

like this?

 

[Mikej]

like this?

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OH OUCH!!

 

[Lilhigbee]

like this?

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Close, but where's the fire?? There really ought to be fire!!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Yes - it would take some mods.

Mods...
Hmmm....unless it it involves firearms...I try not to work on my time off.....
Andy

 

[sobo]

When someone posts a YouTube/video with an intriguing headline, like something that I'd really like to see, but the video is 15+ minutes long, and they don't give a timestamp where the relevant part begins. Basically, they just lead me to make the classic "TL; DW" response...

@ma96782 and @HiFi Magnetics, I'm lookin' at you...

As Sweet Brown would say...

 

[made in china]

When someone posts a YouTube/video with an intriguing headline, like something that I'd really like to see, but the video is 15+ minutes long, and they don't give a timestamp where the relevant part begins. Basically, they just lead me to make the classic "TL; DW" response...

@ma96782 and @HiFi Magnetics, I'm lookin' at you...

Shriveled attention span!

 

[sobo]

Shriveled attention span!

Some of us have jobs... and girlfriends... and no time to waste endlessly plowing through videos looking for a single tidbit of relevance as a result...

 

[gearhead]

Shriveled attention span!

More like I have bubblegum to do.

 

[TTSX]

@tychsy89 what grinds your gears? I bet it's that a certain shop isn't doing 3 day rule stuff anymore, isn't it?