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Originally Posted by fastfredracing
You are working . Everything is just fine. Along comes joe jack know it all , know nothing. Starts to question why you are doing it a certain way. Tells you how he would do it,
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I worked in a lab full of engineers for 10 years, so yeah, I know that guy, and several brothers and cousins.
There is that, plus the , "nooOO!" As in:
Me - "What time is it?"
Engineer 1 - "Noon."
Engineer 2 - "NooOO! It's 11:59:32"
Engineer 3 - "NooOO! It's 11:59:35"
And on and on...
Or:
"What time is it?"
They start in. By the time they finish they have told me when and who invented the clock, how to build a clock out of wood, how to built a clock out of garbage, how to change batteries on
their new watch - but they CANNOT tell me the frikken current time.
Or,
Me - "I'm going to paint my house green, anybody recommend a good brand of paint?"
Engineer 1 - "You should paint it red."
Engineer 2 - "Install aluminum siding and be done with it."
Engineer 3 - "No, vinyl siding!"
Me - walking out the door, with NO useful information.
I have only worked with a few engineers that acted like normal humans. I tried to be one of them, and it finally drove me out of the profession.