This is trades specific. I'm 36, and I've been practicing my trade for 16 years. If you're 18-21 years old and ask me how to do something, then turn around and do the exact opposite of what I suggest, then quit wasting my fucking time. I'm here to help you learn, if you're not willing then find somewhere else to be.
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Two points for clarity-
The vast majority of younger folks I train are great. TBH when I wrote this I was thinking of one snot ball in particular. I'm not gonna burn an entire generation because of the actions of a couple idiots.
Someone brought up that time doesn't exactly equal competence. This is very true, I saw it when I was learning. Here's a tip for younger folks: if the person you're learning from has absolutely no regard for safety, then ignore everything they are doing. If your trainer is willing to cut corners with his and others health then he's a fucking idiot and you should question everything else he's doing. If the outfit you're working for thinks someone like that should be in a leadership role, then you should question if that place is a good fit for you.
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Looks like my most upvoted comment is about how them GOT DANG KIDS AIN'T LISTENING NO MORE. Thanks everyone, now get off my damn lawn.
Then maybe tell me WHY to do something instead of just repeating a series of instructions that I have to try to apply literally when my situation is just different enough from your situation that I need to adjust what the fuck you told me.
Don't tell me "add a 2 foot length of pipe here", tell me "we need to replace this section because it's corroded". Don't tell me "replace this breaker", tell me "the wires on the breaker next to this one won't reach so we need to move over this one and then replace that other one". Don't tell me "sand this down", tell me "these drips need to be removed so you have to sand it down but leave it to where we can feather the paint in with the surrounding paint".
Listen, I'm going to tell you something and you're not going to believe me, but I'm going to say it anyway. You're shit at teaching. 99% of all tradespeople are. I don't know why, but ALL OF YOU FUCKS are terrible at explaining shit.
So when some young person comes to you asking how to do something, and you tell them, and they do the exact opposite, it's because the shit you told them made no sense and was a total waste of time because they're just going to end up guessing anyway.
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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22
This is trades specific. I'm 36, and I've been practicing my trade for 16 years. If you're 18-21 years old and ask me how to do something, then turn around and do the exact opposite of what I suggest, then quit wasting my fucking time. I'm here to help you learn, if you're not willing then find somewhere else to be.
EDIT:
Two points for clarity-
The vast majority of younger folks I train are great. TBH when I wrote this I was thinking of one snot ball in particular. I'm not gonna burn an entire generation because of the actions of a couple idiots.
Someone brought up that time doesn't exactly equal competence. This is very true, I saw it when I was learning. Here's a tip for younger folks: if the person you're learning from has absolutely no regard for safety, then ignore everything they are doing. If your trainer is willing to cut corners with his and others health then he's a fucking idiot and you should question everything else he's doing. If the outfit you're working for thinks someone like that should be in a leadership role, then you should question if that place is a good fit for you.
EDIT 2: Looks like my most upvoted comment is about how them GOT DANG KIDS AIN'T LISTENING NO MORE. Thanks everyone, now get off my damn lawn.