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Rant: Saw a guy at the supply house price a job by feel and not measurement
I was picking up some pickets this morning and overheard this older fencer telling a new guy he just 'knows' what a 200 foot run costs. No tape, no calculator, no nothing. The kid walks away looking like he just got a secret handshake. That stuff drives me crazy. I spent 20 minutes at the truck last week double checking my numbers for a 150 foot yard in Austin. How do you trust a gut feeling on a $3,500 job? Anyone else run into old timers who just eyeball everything?
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hannah_west394mo ago
Exactly. Get yourself a quick reference card for common panel lengths and material costs, tuck it in your glove box. That way you can still be fast but you're not guessing on the dollars.
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matthew3714mo ago
Stop right there because this is EXACTLY the same thing I see at the grocery store checkout. You got people who just grab items and guess the total, then act all surprised when their card gets declined. I watched a guy stack a cart full of steaks and craft beer, walk to self checkout, and just stare at the screen like the price was a personal attack. It's this weird confidence thing where people think years of doing something means you don't need to verify ANYTHING anymore. But numbers don't care about your gut feeling, they're just math. And the worst part is when these old timers pass that bad habit along to someone new, like it's some kind of sacred knowledge instead of just being lazy with measurements.
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