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Who notices that someone is better at mounting tvs? How does one notice this? What is this made up scenario?
this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2024
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Besides watching someone to try to learn, craftsmen can just goon over other's works.
At a job once updating some central lighting control there were some awesome rooms some (probably long retired) electrician had planned and installed. man that shit was so clean. Another time me n another guy were 'mirin this single ¾ conduit bend for 5 minutes.
This isn't exactly 100% relevant to your story, but it is related and an anecdote I enjoy sharing.
I recently moved to a small town and hired an electrician to make some changes to my house. After showing him around the house, we went to look at the fuse box to determine what changes could be made.
As we were looking, he said "I know those fuses are original." When I asked how, he pointed at the labels and said "because that's my father's handwriting."
Kinda cool to have a legacy like that. The electrician did do good work, so far as I can tell, so it was likely earned as well.
"because they're fuses instead of breakers"
Ah yes, that's my fault; my house isn't new, but it's not old enough to use fuses, original or otherwise.
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Another similar example would be guys who look at a picture of a server rack and go "Hnnnng, look at that cable management ohmygod how!?"
I've been contemplating sending a business rival a bottle of whiskey for proper capatilization on the word "FastLane" as well as strict adherence to correct PLU usage in the face of absurd custom store-level PLUs, 100% get it.
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Professional handymen, electronics installers, contractors, people who do this kind of thing for a living.
I'm one of those. Anyone else think it looks a tiny bit higher on the right hand side? Lol
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Better work with the cabling, perhaps. In this picture you can see that there's a new work box in the drywall so he's running hidden cables. There could be drywall patching or he's really good at making the holes so there doesn't need to be patching.
He could do more types of mounts than this guy is used to.
He could be faster.
Is that you're completely unimaginative so you can't come up with ways someone might be better or do you have so little respect for trades that you think there can't be skill involved?
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Pros notice tiny details that most people don't even think of.
Maybe they did the job 5 minutes faster or the mount job just looks cleaner than yours.
One example: Check the screws on your electric outlet/light switch faceplates. If the screws are aligned, your electrician gave a shit about their work
Faceplate screws in places I've worked: | | | | |
Faceplate screws in my own house: | / \ X = √
I see it all the time.
Like someone shares a photo their desk and their setup is so slick. Or someone shows off their kitchen. Those are things I like a lot and want to improve. So rather than scroll past, or leave a hater response, I ask questions to pick up what they're dropping. You can try that.
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My step-brother and I weren't family until a decade ago. He goes into incel mode and projects his insecurity by hating on everybody.
But today, he shared this with me about something he wants to get better at as he was getting tired of being angry all the time.
So hopefully this message gets across to more people.
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True kings fix each other's crowns.
I like this a lot. Thank you king.
It's a sign of the times that this is upvoted so much. When I was growing up, this was called normal behavior and was boring and nobody talked about it.
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I had a plumber once, older guy, who was really eager to teach somebody the trade. He "made" me do half the work and I didn't even mind because I learned how to do a lot of shit I didn't know how to do before.
Be coachable in life and you will be surprised the info you can get from qualified people for free.
Also if you are handy you always have a fallback job if your 9 to 5 shitcans you unexpectedly.
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Nice message, but the thought of the existence of a competitive scene of contractors specializing in mounting TVs is hilarious. Also, that mounting plate is crooked af.
He didn't say he was any good, just better
My workplace has been going through some remodeling and I've been spending time shooting the breeze with the electricians especially, and they will spend countless hours giving their opinions on the work of the previous contractors!
The type of conduit used vs what they would have run, the number of cuts and fittings used, etc. They tell me about going into the local Walmart and judging the wire runs there. I have no doubt the residential ones are judging people's TV installs when they're in someone's house! 😆
It seems like healthy fun though, I've never seen anyone actually say anything real negative. Now when they mention the carpenters paying no mind to how the electrical will need to go, then that's where it gets dirty!
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All these people in the comments complaining that the bar isn't level when the picture is just taken from a slight side angle? 🤦♂️🤦♂️ literal perspective problem 😂
Also people being like "lol no such thing as a TV-bar-hanger-contractor"..... Audio/video contractors of course do this??? Like, who said its the only thing their job entails?? 😂
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That bar is not straight i hate it.
Or if it's anything like some of the places I've lived, it's straight but the walls aren't...
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Poss optical illusion from camera angle, also poss irrelevant once the display is in front of it.
Imagine how much more common this positive vibe would be if people wouldn’t need to spend at least 1/3 of their life trying to meet ends in competitive environment
I think asking is the part that's hard to work on. Most people love to help eachother out, but the "self sufficiency" mindset holds is back from asking eachother.
Two Kings in that post!
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Weird that someone could see someone being better than them at something so their first thought is to "hate on them" rather than respecting them
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r/tvtoohigh
Can't tell if that mount is way off-level or not. Based on the floor moulding, it looks like it's lower on the left than right. OCD = triggered
He's calculated the precise amount the house will settle so that the TV is level in the end. THAT's how good he is.
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