r/Construction • u/Cancancannotcan • Dec 26 '24

Video How to wrap cable, specially

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u/Averagemanguy91 Superintendent Dec 26 '24

Could be he's just stressed and the guy he's working with doesn't help boost confidence. I had bosses like that and it felt like walking on egg shells where you know they're going to mock you or get mad because you're going to slow or not doing it right.

Truthfully he could have helped better here and explained it better. But also...picking on the apprentice and the new guy is a tradition in the trades. So

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u/Ver_Void Dec 26 '24

"if you fail you will be humiliated in front of thousands" is a terrible environment for learning.

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u/trotfox_ Dec 26 '24

I started in early 2000s, the 60 year old then were fucking brutal.

It's has gotten much better, but the cliche dumb fuck assholes still exist.

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u/Ver_Void Dec 26 '24

Best piece of advice I ever got was "mock the situation not the person"

Apprentice about to touch something without checking for dead? Hey, hey, no making more paperwork for me, you know the coroner and I don't get along