If you want something done right...

@TheHorse (238270)
Walnut Creek, California
May 9, 2016 2:43pm CST
One of the people I do wood restoration for has a hard time getting things done right now and then. I'm being too kind. He can muck up just about anything. Recently, I refinished a pair of loudspeakers and gave him some frames and fabric, so he could make some pretty grilles for the speakers. The frames I have him were slightly oversized, so I gave him very specific instructions concerning how to trim the frames to size. Of course, he didn't follow those instructions, meaning that one "edge" is only 1/4" wide and vulnerable to breaking. In fact, one part of it IS already broken. So now, I've brought the frames home and am reinforcing the frames, as well as gluing the fabric tighter than he made it with staples. Have you ever delegated something and then later wished you'd done it yourself in the first place?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502194)
• Italy
10 May 16
Every time that I have delegated something I have been unhappy by the result. As I am not ready to lower my expectation, I do myself.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502194)
• Italy
11 May 16
@TheHorse This is what I do now, if the final result is not so much important I delegate.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238270)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May 16
I reckon that's how I should view it. If I don't care about the end result, delegate. If it's something I care about, do it myself.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 May 16
Many times. I think that' a mother's lot. Sorry he couldn't follow simple directions.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238270)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May 16
I seek that feeling of "collaboration." But it can be hard to find.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 May 16
@TheHorse It often is.
Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
10 May 16
Oh yes! I can relate to that situation.. sometimes it would be faster if I did it myself and it'd be right too!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238270)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May 16
Live and learn. But it worth it to give it a try.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 May 16
No!I am not handy.Leave it up to Mike
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238270)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 May 16
Oh oh. What is payback? Do you have to cook dinner and do the dishes after?
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 May 16
@TheHorse I bake.Yes,I do dishes.Mike loves to cook.This is his therapy
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ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
10 May 16
In the past I realized that if I was going to delegate an activity, I had to lower my expectations for the results. If I was unwilling, then I did it myself.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238270)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May 16
Yep. I feel the same way. It's a bit frustrating in the stereo world. I'm yet to find an "equal partner."
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ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
10 May 16
@TheHorse Good luck with that. It's hard to find people with similar interests, let alone the same standards.
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
9 May 16
That's happened a few times. I'm very thankful now that I'm in an apartment where we have someone designated to fix things for us.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238270)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 May 16
Me too. I don't deal well with things like disposals, broken refrigerators, leaky roofs, etc.
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
10 May 16
@TheHorse Yes, it's nice to have someone around for the heavy lifting :)
vanny
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
11 Oct 16
Yeah...kinda printing of memorandum and articles of association was allowed under new rules..so we printed entire thing in dot matrix, but the cover being harder cardboard, we sent it outside for printing..you know lateral inversion thing..I explained it to office boy, the boy could not explain it to the person printing...and he returned with company name on the wrong side of the thicker colored cover paper.
Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 May 16
yes indeedy I have. lol. I hate being all the, I have to do it myself, but sometimes I swear, it is less work that way!
crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
9 May 16
yes sir, i encounter such quite oft.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238270)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 May 16
Heh. I even write my own exam questions. No test bank for me. I'm off to get an exam printed for Wednesday.
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
9 May 16
No, I'm the guy not following directions.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238270)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May 16
I've been known to be that guy too. Sometime instructions translated from Chinese into English by someone who speakers mostly Korean can be hard to follow.
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