Dealing with problem staff that don't listen

[Joe Newton]

16 minutes ago, jfc said:

Fair enough , but at 16 doing my A levels I had more hands on skills than this guy at 21. Partly my fault for assuming he would know how to put a bit in a keyless chuck, I'm pretty sure my 17yr daughter could do it, and she has no interest in doing a manual job. But she has used drills when younger, helping me do DIY. Just asked my 13yr old son. who described it perfectly - but he did say not many other kids his age would know that, as I have had him using drills before.

This guys dad is a tradesman as well though,  but not shown his son who is in a manual job, how to use tools.

Fair enough. He might just be genuinely thick.

[jfc]

3 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Fair enough. He might just be genuinely thick.

I'm afraid that might be the case... as said there have been a number of other similar instances.

[Doug Tait]

1 minute ago, jfc said:

I'm afraid that might be the case... as said there have been a number of other similar instances.

 

Do tell...

[Mark Bolam]

Well, there was this time I sent him off for a long weight….

[jfc]

2 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

 

Do tell...

Me "Is that fuel cap on the combi can properly, it looks cross-threaded"

"what's cross threaded mean".

 

Me " dont put that ivy (we just pulled off a wall) through the chipper, it's got mortar on it". He gives me a confused look - Me  "Mortar as in sand and Mortar", He's still confused. Me "mortar for laying bricks and pointing" - Oh I've never heard it called that. (he worked for a hard landscaper before me).

 

My wife rolls her eyes when I come home each day with another one.

[Joe Newton]

8 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Well, there was this time I sent him off for a long weight….

Least to didn't tell him to ask for a "reacharound"

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

7 minutes ago, jfc said:

Me "Is that fuel cap on the combi can properly, it looks cross-threaded"

"what's cross threaded mean".

 

Me " dont put that ivy (we just pulled off a wall) through the chipper, it's got mortar on it". He gives me a confused look - Me  "Mortar as in sand and Mortar", He's still confused. Me "mortar for laying bricks and pointing" - Oh I've never heard it called that. (he worked for a hard landscaper before me).

 

My wife rolls her eyes when I come home each day with another one.

I had a lad running up and down the road trying to bump start a stihl saw? 😂 best part it was my Mrs father 😂🤣🤦‍♂️ 

 

Jack

[Doug Tait]

4 minutes ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

I had a lad running up and down the road trying to bump start a stihl saw? 😂 best part it was my Mrs father 😂🤣🤦‍♂️ 

 

Jack

Brave

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

Just now, Doug Tait said:

Brave

Can’t put brains where there’s no foundations 😂😂

 

Jack

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, jfc said:

Fair enough , but at 16 doing my A levels I had more hands on skills than this guy at 21. Partly my fault for assuming he would know how to put a bit in a keyless chuck, I'm pretty sure my 17yr daughter could do it, and she has no interest in doing a manual job. But she has used drills when younger, helping me do DIY. Just asked my 13yr old son. who described it perfectly - but he did say not many other kids his age would know that, as I have had him using drills before.

This guys dad is a tradesman as well though,  but not shown his son who is in a manual job, how to use tools.

Tradesmen who buy their children GAP outfits and playstations but don’t pass on practical skills absolutely appall me. Raising generations of poofters.