My boss made me re-draw a whole floor plan because of a single misplaced door swing

This happened last Monday. I was finishing up a commercial building layout for a client in Portland. Sent it over, thought it was perfect. Boss calls me in, points at a door swing that overlaps a light switch by 3 inches. Had to adjust the whole corridor because of that one tiny thing. Took me 4 hours to fix and recheck. Anyone else had a tiny detail blow up your whole day?

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holly70911d agoMost Upvoted

Does your boss have a stamp? I'm guessing not, but here's something nobody's bringing up - that door swing overlap could actually be a code violation depending on your jurisdiction. I've seen plans rejected by building departments for less. Four hours sucks but a rejected permit that delays the whole project for weeks is way worse. Just saying, sometimes the annoying boss is actually saving your ass from the real nightmare down the line.

hugotaylor12d ago

Wait, do you feel like that's actually a fair callout from your boss though? I used to think stuff like that was just petty micromanaging, but after dealing with a contractor last year who had to tear out a whole wall because the light switch was behind the door swing, I totally get it now. That 3 inch overlap would've been a nightmare for whoever installed the switch. It's annoying as hell to redo, but way better than getting a call from an angry electrician charging you for a change order later.

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davis.olivia11d agoMost Upvoted

@hugotaylor exactly, those tiny details always snowball into huge problems later.