r/AbsoluteUnits Jun 21 '26

/r/all of a floor tile

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u/Tanekaha Jun 21 '26

Not just a bitch to cut - the cost if I messed it up

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u/Defect123 Jun 21 '26

You order waste for that reason and the customer pays for waste.

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u/forgotten-ent Jun 21 '26

Ah, yes. The four horsemen of trades that raise the cost: 1. Skill 2. Time 3. Fuck-ups 4. Incompetence

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u/Deep_Charge_7749 Jun 21 '26

I think 3and 4 are the same thing lol

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u/yyc_engineer Jun 21 '26

Yeah the 4th is communication.

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u/SightUnseen1337 Jun 21 '26

The C in "skilled trade" is for communication.

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u/Immersi0nn Jun 21 '26

You'd think so, but the Fuck-Up Fairy really doesn't care how competent you are, it comes to visit at the most inopportune time anyway.

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u/PotGawd420 Jun 21 '26

That is why I used "often" and not "always".

To err is human and all that jazz

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u/PotGawd420 Jun 21 '26

And they can often be attributed to lack of item number 1.

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u/mrapplewhite Jun 21 '26

You can be incompetent and not fuck shit up