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Training with hand tools left a mark on my approach
When I was new, we used knee kickers for every install. My boss said it built character. Now, power stretchers are standard equipment. Jobs finish quicker, but something is lost. The hands-on touch is gone from the process.
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stone.daniel6d ago
Wait, they made you use your actual knees as part of the tool? That's wild. You just had to slam your body into the carpet over and over? I can feel my back hurting just picturing it. Calling that "character" is a nice way to say "permanent joint damage." Sounds less like training and more like a punishment.
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thea6026d ago
Does building character just mean ruining your knees? Sounds like your boss got free physical therapy out of the deal while you got the arthritis. Progress is just trading one kind of pain for another, but now it's the quiet ache of not feeling the work under your hands. We just call that growth so it hurts less to think about.
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