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Tacoma Mike · Nov 19, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

nothing I or any of my coworkers did wrong...thankfully. And there were several opportunities before anything was cut or installed that someone could have taken notice and stopped us.
Year end bonuses usually come out first half of December...this would have wiped those out for all of us!
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WTF is a bonus?

They needed to have assigned one person the duty of relaying all changes.
They didn’t.

Oh

Still no PM phone number.
What’s the hold up?

jwctaco · Nov 19, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

Geez...you boys are going to ruin your dinner with all that popcorn!

Ok, so moron report...
Stone countertops (what I do) are one of the last things to go into most of the houses we work on so there's not a lot to be done after us except maybe some tile, plaster, and paint.
We've been working on a project since about mid-August. Almost done as of this week, just a few odds and ends for us to fix. The ski resort opens Thanksgiving weekend so there's usually a big push to make that our deadline for a lot of houses. Great, we're on schedule.

Contractor calls today and says he just got done doing a walk through with the interior designer. The designer says all of the materials that we used on the countertops are wrong. The contractor asks us whats up. Don't know...the designer signed the contract that lists everything out by name and they also approved the drawings and layouts that I work on (we photo every slab we use so there could have been no mistaking things at that point, they had a picture showing exactly what the finished product was going to look like). The contractor then gets the designer on the phone. Turns out they decided to change up a bunch of things at some point this summer BUT THEY NEVER TOLD ANYONE!!! Also, keep in mind that we order things months in advance so these slabs have been sitting around since April or May. Then they decided to change things in July or August and sold the house so the owner is expecting something totally different than what's up there now.

Now we are looking at replacing an entire house-worth of countertops...7 bathrooms, a kitchen, pantry, 2 bars...that we just installed a week ago. That's going to be a minimum $50k-60K.

What is yet to be known is if the cabinets, flooring, tile, paint and plumbing hardware also need to change. Not my department but thats big money also.

So...
the house will NOT be ready for ski season.
At best we're talking a $50k mistake.
If other trades and items need to be replaced that could hit $150k easy.
Someone's getting fired over this guaranteed. If it was a principal partner at the design firm maybe not but I'm sure some junior partner is going to be packing up their desk by the end of the week.
Somebody screwed up big time.
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Don’t those nimrods know what a “change order “ is? I feel bad for you Weesa.

ImpulseRed008 · Nov 19, 2019

robssol said: ↑

Thanks
Yup, still have three weeks of eye drops to go. Vision improved immediately I’ll still need glasses but having both eyes working in well lit rooms is nice. Colors are brighter as well.
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What'd you have done?

MTgirl said: ↑

Geez...you boys are going to ruin your dinner with all that popcorn!

Ok, so moron report...
Stone countertops (what I do) are one of the last things to go into most of the houses we work on so there's not a lot to be done after us except maybe some tile, plaster, and paint.
We've been working on a project since about mid-August. Almost done as of this week, just a few odds and ends for us to fix. The ski resort opens Thanksgiving weekend so there's usually a big push to make that our deadline for a lot of houses. Great, we're on schedule.

Contractor calls today and says he just got done doing a walk through with the interior designer. The designer says all of the materials that we used on the countertops are wrong. The contractor asks us whats up. Don't know...the designer signed the contract that lists everything out by name and they also approved the drawings and layouts that I work on (we photo every slab we use so there could have been no mistaking things at that point, they had a picture showing exactly what the finished product was going to look like). The contractor then gets the designer on the phone. Turns out they decided to change up a bunch of things at some point this summer BUT THEY NEVER TOLD ANYONE!!! Also, keep in mind that we order things months in advance so these slabs have been sitting around since April or May. Then they decided to change things in July or August and sold the house so the owner is expecting something totally different than what's up there now.

Now we are looking at replacing an entire house-worth of countertops...7 bathrooms, a kitchen, pantry, 2 bars...that we just installed a week ago. That's going to be a minimum $50k-60K.

What is yet to be known is if the cabinets, flooring, tile, paint and plumbing hardware also need to change. Not my department but thats big money also.

So...
the house will NOT be ready for ski season.
At best we're talking a $50k mistake.
If other trades and items need to be replaced that could hit $150k easy.
Someone's getting fired over this guaranteed. If it was a principal partner at the design firm maybe not but I'm sure some junior partner is going to be packing up their desk by the end of the week.
Somebody screwed up big time.
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as long as you/your company didn't mess up...

evening all

MTgirl · Nov 19, 2019

floodedkiwi said: ↑

Man, I hope you don’t get your bonus jacked because of it...
That would sux
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not our mistake, the designer openly admitted and took the blame.

Tacoma Mike said: ↑

WTF is a bonus?

They needed to have assigned one person the duty of relaying all changes.
They didn’t.

Oh

Still no PM phone number.
What’s the hold up?
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a bonus is a nice little surprise that we get at the end of the year for our hard work....i know i'm lucky to get whatever i get.

and there was one person...who dropped the ball. big time.

jwctaco said: ↑

Don’t those nimrods know what a “change order “ is? I feel bad for you Weesa.
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not my fault so thats all i care about. its gonna sick to have to do it all over again but that won't be happening until after the first of the year.

ImpulseRed008 said: ↑

What'd you have done?

as long as you/your company didn't mess up...

evening all
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yep, not us.

Tacoma Mike · Nov 19, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

not our mistake, the designer openly admitted and took the blame.

a bonus is a nice little surprise that we get at the end of the year for our hard work....i know i'm lucky to get whatever i get.

and there was one person...who dropped the ball. big time.
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I’m sure procedures are going to changed after this.

US Marine · Nov 19, 2019

robssol said: ↑

Thanks
Yup, still have three weeks of eye drops to go. Vision improved immediately I’ll still need glasses but having both eyes working in well lit rooms is nice. Colors are brighter as well.
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Glad to hear your eye is getting better !!!

I've got a pterygium growth on the edge of my iris very close to my pupil on my r/eye . The eye doctor at the VA said it needs to be removed but I'm scared of any type of surgery performed on my eyes

US Marine · Nov 19, 2019

ImpulseRed008 said: ↑

What'd you have done?

as long as you/your company didn't mess up...

evening all
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Evening Sue !!!!!

US Marine · Nov 19, 2019

Evening Everyone !!!!

Winds picking up , temps dropping and rain starting to fall

CVYota · Nov 19, 2019

Evening all

MTgirl said: ↑

Geez...you boys are going to ruin your dinner with all that popcorn!

Ok, so moron report...
Stone countertops (what I do) are one of the last things to go into most of the houses we work on so there's not a lot to be done after us except maybe some tile, plaster, and paint.
We've been working on a project since about mid-August. Almost done as of this week, just a few odds and ends for us to fix. The ski resort opens Thanksgiving weekend so there's usually a big push to make that our deadline for a lot of houses. Great, we're on schedule.

Contractor calls today and says he just got done doing a walk through with the interior designer. The designer says all of the materials that we used on the countertops are wrong. The contractor asks us whats up. Don't know...the designer signed the contract that lists everything out by name and they also approved the drawings and layouts that I work on (we photo every slab we use so there could have been no mistaking things at that point, they had a picture showing exactly what the finished product was going to look like). The contractor then gets the designer on the phone. Turns out they decided to change up a bunch of things at some point this summer BUT THEY NEVER TOLD ANYONE!!! Also, keep in mind that we order things months in advance so these slabs have been sitting around since April or May. Then they decided to change things in July or August and sold the house so the owner is expecting something totally different than what's up there now.

Now we are looking at replacing an entire house-worth of countertops...7 bathrooms, a kitchen, pantry, 2 bars...that we just installed a week ago. That's going to be a minimum $50k-60K.

What is yet to be known is if the cabinets, flooring, tile, paint and plumbing hardware also need to change. Not my department but thats big money also.

So...
the house will NOT be ready for ski season.
At best we're talking a $50k mistake.
If other trades and items need to be replaced that could hit $150k easy.
Someone's getting fired over this guaranteed. If it was a principal partner at the design firm maybe not but I'm sure some junior partner is going to be packing up their desk by the end of the week.
Somebody screwed up big time.
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Morons

ImpulseRed008 said: ↑

What'd you have done?

as long as you/your company didn't mess up...

evening all
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Hello Miss Susan, how are you?

US Marine said: ↑

pterygium
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That's a dinosaur, right?

US Marine · Nov 19, 2019

CVYota[OP] said: ↑

Evening all

Morons

Hello Miss Susan, how are you?

That's a dinosaur, right?
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Also called Surfers eye , A growth that starts on the clear tissue of the eye that can spread to the cornea.
The noncancerous, triangular growth may occur on one or both eyes. It's more common in people who spend a lot of time in the sun, such as those who work outdoors.

MTgirl · Nov 19, 2019

CVYota[OP] said: ↑

That's a dinosaur, right?
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i think it was one of the flying ones

MTgirl · Nov 19, 2019

CVYota[OP] said: ↑

That's a dinosaur, right?
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you had one as a pet didn't you?

ImpulseRed008 · Nov 19, 2019

CVYota[OP] said: ↑

Evening all

Morons

Hello Miss Susan, how are you?

That's a dinosaur, right?
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Evening Andy. I'm good. How are you? When is your addition going to be done?

kamakazie_1 · Nov 19, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

you had one as a pet didn't you?
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DOH!

RJ

CVYota · Nov 19, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

you had one as a pet didn't you?
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Yabba dabba do

ImpulseRed008 said: ↑

Evening Andy. I'm good. How are you? When is your addition going to be done?
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Never at this rate

Kolunatic · Nov 19, 2019

ImpulseRed008 said: ↑

Evening Andy. I'm good. How are you? When is your addition going to be done?
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2 weeks

Bluegrass Taco · Nov 20, 2019

So....I FINALLY have a night where I can sleep. Sinus infection settling down, so I'm able to rest. Then, around 3am, something wakes me up. Something touched my left ear....As soon as I woke up, I realized WHAT it was..

I must have failed to latch the cage door on my #1 parrots cage. Jeni got out, flew to where I was at, landed on my pillow, and snuggled up against my head.

Surprise!

These birds are so devoted to their "Humans".

MQQSE · Nov 20, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

also...been raining for a couple hours now. overnight low is supposed to be 26*. my drive in tomorrow is gonna be fuuuun...
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Too warm here too ... messy.

Bigdaddy4760 · Nov 20, 2019

Good Morning Folks

MQQSE · Nov 20, 2019

Bigdaddy4760 said: ↑

Good Morning Folks
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Good Morning Maner

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