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My boss told me to always double-check my decimal places on a big set of plans.
He said it after I sent out a drawing for a warehouse in Denver with a beam length off by a factor of ten. I had to call the fabricator the next morning and fix it, which took two hours. That one wrong decimal point could have cost us a lot of money. How do you guys make sure your numbers are right before sending things out?
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jamesc797mo ago
Cost a lot of money" seems a bit dramatic.
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laurablack7mo ago
My neighbor's bill was over eight hundred dollars last month. That's more than my car payment. How is that not a lot of money.
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dianawilson5mo ago
Gotta say, I used to roll my eyes at people complaining about electric bills (figured they just left the AC on full blast), but @laurablack your neighbor's situation really put it in perspective for me. Eight hundred dollars is insane, like that's a whole mortgage payment for some folks. I saw my own bill jump from $180 to $350 last month with no change in usage, and that alone made me rethink everything. So yeah, that's definitely a lot of money, and it's easy to judge until it happens to you or someone close to you.
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kevinw947mo ago
Tell me you're out of touch without telling me you're out of touch.
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