holy crap. (disclaimer: i know i suck at spelling and grammar)
i work with heavy construction. the companies tend to hire young-brand-new-straight-out-of-college-inexpensive engineers and work them to death. i get it. i see the quality of work going downhill. it's crazy!
for example:
i review a lot of __________ plans. Lifting plans, Safety plans, etc. our contracts tell the Contractors; before performing certain parts of the project, they must submit a plan for approval. the plan must contain
(usually a table contents first)..and then lists, A. B. C. it lists what they need to provide. my current project. i am like 0/50. i have not seen a single document that is done correctly. NONE! i haven't seen a single table of contents. EVER! hell, i thought that would be the easiest damn part. i would simply copy/paste the damn specs.
this is depressing. a coworker and i kicked around the idea of opening up a consulting firm doing nothing but assembling shop drawings and work plans for construction companies. they have the info. they all do. i know this because we eventually drag it out of them.
i'm clearly not the best writer. my grammar and spelling, suspect. but i run important things thru spell checkers and i double-triple check things. things i get paid for. even my work emails i type out in WORD first to filter out my crap skills. i know that English was not my first language.
to be honest, the first fumble (from the Contractor) is ALWAYS. "Hey, Mr Contractor..before you do that, where is your plan?
"what plan? we need a plan?"
then i have to read some crap they toss together.
gotta go. i have to reject something.
i wish that just once, i could start a letter with "HTF did you get out of college?"