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sometimes your the cow... sometimes the cow pie

peach

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What we do is alot like that... nothing is going right - staff is being a pain, clients are being a pain, it's hot...

Then you get the nicest compliment and you have to say.. wow, maybe my job is worth it.
 
Unfortunatelly, despite the hardest efforts, those compliments are few and friggen far between. But, we rise to the battle each day, right?
 
"It is. We surly didn't get into this for the compliments or the money. It's a passion."
Most days, I would say it is an "affliction" rather than a passion! :D .
 
staff is being a pain, Remind them that everybody is replaceable

clients are being a pain, They will change

it's hot.. Move to Montana

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Peach ( and everyone else)

Whenever this job seems miserable and thankless I remember my best inspection ever. It was late December and I arrived to do a final inspection of a house that had a bad fire and had been repaired. The owner was there to see how things went. This project had taken months and I don't even know where the family had been living. Anyway, when I signed the permit and told her she could move back in she burst into tears and grabbed me in a big hug. She sobbed out "now we can have a real Christmas".

Darn right my job is worth it!

Joe
 
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