Hi Rick,
On Sunday 10 April 2005 2:13 am, you wrote:
> I always looked at it the other way around... 90% good, 10% bad...
> (Rhetorical: If 90% of ALL white box jobs were bad, nobody in their
> right mind would "go" that route... This is not meant to question
> that they are NOT really "all" that bad around where you are...
> There "should" be a high turn-over in those shops though...
> YMMV...
>
> You only SEE the butcher jobs, (or at least they have a much better
> chance of showing up), so most of the "good" White Boxes go "unseen
> and un-heard"...
Yes I can only agree with you. People like us, that are in the
service industries tend to see only the bad or poor workmanship. It
does lead us to speculate about the industry in general, probably
more than we should !
The old adage "Give a dog a bad name" is very true.........
> I make a large part of my living following "people" around that did
> a shoddy job... Sure, the owners get to pay twice or three times to
> have things done right (once), but that is their fault, not mine...
>
> Rick Glazier
>
> From: "Chuck Andrews" Some clipped...
>
> > My guess is only 10% of workers truly take pride in their jobs.
> > The assembly line products do not show this because of the high
> > level of control in the manufacturing process.
> >
> > (Gaffer) did a fine job and gave them some variety in the
> > explanation as to why most white box jobs are butcher jobs. The
> > problem most white box lovers have is finding that 10% or so of
> > white box manufacturers that take pride in their work.
This comment is very true. There are are certainly more cowboys that
are prepared to cut all the corners, to make a fast buck, than those
of us that take great pride in getting it right, first time !!!
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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