All during the building of our house, RT had a favorite saying that he repeated often. And I DO mean often. I HAVE to put this down for posterity because I’ve heard RT say this literally hundreds, if not thousands, of times. It became a standing joke for our entire family (except for the grandgirls - our daughter wouldn’t let him say it in front of them - and he wouldn’t have anyway).
RT was the general contractor for our house, and thanks to his careful supervision and management, we ended up with a superbly built home. As he would leave the house each day - or any time that he was talking to us about the various sub-contractors on the job - he would say the following:
Each sub brings to the workplace their skills, their shortcuts, and their bullshit.
It is the job of the general contractor to sharpen their skills, eliminate their shortcuts, and outdo their bullshit.
We would always laugh, and my favorite rejoinder was: “And YOU are the man for the job!”
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