Dealing with problem staff that don't listen

[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. 

[Haironyourchest]

5 hours ago, jfc said:

Slight derail but gotta post this...

So the young guy (21) who started in Aug was asked to drill and Eco plug a couple of small stumps. 15 mins later he comes back with drill,bit and plugs and asks "Can someone show me how to put the bit in the drill, i've never done it before?". I'm up a tree and can't believe he's asking this, it's just putting a drill bit into the chuck. I say for him to try working it out, and all you need is to undo, put it in and tighten it."

"which way do I undo it?" he asks.

FFS, really - I think.

"Please don't ask me which way you need to undo something!".

"have you never used a drill before?"

No he says.

21 and he has never used a drill. This guy is really testing my patience and I'm not sure he's cut out for Arb.

There have been a number of other similar issues!

 

 

 

Well, for starters you should have told him the "bit" is technically the "drill". Specifically, the sharp bit on the end. And the "Drill" is actually the "driver"...

 

... I'll get my coat...