Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Thomas Shey]

If I ask for a Wrench, and you hand me a Hammer, the fault is not mine.

Some people are either incapable or unwilling to accept the concept of "appropriate tool for the job".

 

[Scribe]

Some people are either incapable or unwilling to accept the concept of "appropriate tool for the job".

Yeah I've got more then a few examples today of proof that our society is circling the drain.

 

[CleverNickName]

If I ask for a Wrench, and you hand me a Hammer, the fault is not mine.

I get what you're saying and I agree, but the timing was just too perfect. You're going to think I'm pulling your leg, but this really did just happen on my construction site.

The contractor is installing a hand rail over an excavation, using 2x4 timber. He asked me for a hammer, and instead I handed him a cordless drill with a screwdriver bit attachment. He was going to pound the screws into the wood because its faster, but as the engineer, I couldn't allow it because it violated the installation spec.

So he asked me for a hammer, and I gave him a screwdriver, and it was entirely his fault.

 

[Scribe]

I get what you're saying and I agree, but the timing was just too perfect. You're going to think I'm pulling your leg, but this really did just happen on my construction site.

The contractor is installing a hand rail over an excavation, using 2x4 timber. He asked me for a hammer, and instead I handed him a cordless drill with a screwdriver bit attachment. He was going to pound the screws into the wood because its faster, but as the safety engineer, I couldn't allow it because it violated the installation spec.

So he asked me for a hammer, and I gave him a screwdriver, and it was entirely his fault.

There is something to be said for the right tool for the job, and also for cowboy work antics, but I'm not sure either is productive.

 

[CleverNickName]

There is something to be said for the right tool for the job, and also for cowboy work antics, but I'm not sure either is productive.

The lesson I hope he learned is that "productivity" isn't always the objective.

 

[Scribe]

The lesson I hope he learned is that "productivity" isn't always the objective.

I've worked with more then one guy who would.

1. Cuss you out.
2. Turn it around and use it as a hammer.
3. Threaten violence or actually follow through.

Hopefully you work in a more professional setting than some of my work camps.

 

[Ryujin]

I get what you're saying and I agree, but the timing was just too perfect. You're going to think I'm pulling your leg, but this really did just happen on my construction site.

The contractor is installing a hand rail over an excavation, using 2x4 timber. He asked me for a hammer, and instead I handed him a cordless drill with a screwdriver bit attachment. He was going to pound the screws into the wood because its faster, but as the engineer, I couldn't allow it because it violated the installation spec.

So he asked me for a hammer, and I gave him a screwdriver, and it was entirely his fault.

Hitting a deck screw with a hammer is a great way to get a broken deck screw.

 

[dragoner]

When I got my scaffolding cert, common fastener was the duplex 16, as they say screw threads in wood do not hold as strong; of course you also want to be working against shear, and not directly pulling.

 

[CleverNickName]

I've worked with more then one guy who would.

1. Cuss you out.
2. Turn it around and use it as a hammer.
3. Threaten violence or actually follow through.

Hopefully you work in a more professional setting than some of my work camps.

Ah. Those guys. Yeah, I've butted heads with one or two of those over the years. I had one guy who continued to install a concrete retaining wall incorrectly, even after I told him it didn't meet the design requirements. "Don't tell me how to do my job!" and so forth. The next day I got to watch him tear out almost a hundred feet of incorrectly-installed retaining wall and start over, on his own dime. (smh) He never spoke to me again for the rest of the project.

There are dozens of contractors on a site, but only one engineer of record. And nobody gets paid until the EOR is satisfied.

 

[payn]

Hmmm. This seems to suggest its impossible for game balance to be a "problem". That seems a bit of an idiosyncratic usage. I agree that there are matters of scale, but I'm not sure I'd consider something not a problem just because it can be repaired with a house rule. A leaky pipe can be patched too, but I think most people would still consider it a problem.

Yeah, I believe thats what they call the Oberoni. It isnt broken or bad because the GM can just fix it.

I am sympathetic to choosing to remove some game mechanics for preference sake, but sometimes the mechanics are too far into the machine to be removed without breaking everything.