It's Complicated

[MrMonkey]

Agree with BB and his daughter along with MF and Kato!

Wally #1
Everyone else #2

In this day and age doing the right thing seems to be the wrong thing for the person that did the right thing!

 

[reno cool]

Agree with BB and his daughter along with MF and Kato!

Wally #1
Everyone else #2

In this day and age doing the right thing seems to be the wrong thing for the person that did the right thing!

maybe so, but it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

I'm not sure what he would hope to gain by telling him. The only thing that can come from it is a shitstorm.

 

[mcbaseball10]

Wally stop being so selfish. Just think about how this opportunity will affect your free time to post here with us.

 

[roguejuror]

And money he can stash away to help take care of his parents down the line.

 

[Polaroid]

Do it, Wakky - just like Star Wars when Darth Vader slays Obi Wan to become the #1. Just be careful you haven't fathered a son who might do the same thing to you a few years down the line.

 

[wal66]

The was a Florida Rural Water rep that we called last week to get information about the job in question that is in attendance here at training. The guy who we were told was retiring talked to him yesterday after classes and so now the guy knows everything.

At least he knows and he knows in a way that can't be a problem.

Now obviously he is pissed with his city manager and the shit will hit the fan when he gets home Thursday.

His city is trying to cut cost and no doubt contract operations on the surface appears to do just that but what these idiots don't understand is even with myself a contract job doesn't give you the benefit of having a full-time operator and when there is ANYTHING outside the guidelines of the contract it will cost the utility way more than they would be paying an operator.

On paper we could cut their cost by $20,000 a year but in truth it would probably cost them more in the long run.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

Does all of that have to be approved by their city council? If so, he should put together some sort of presentation of risk and cost/savings analysis to them.

 

[wal66]

Yeah. I mean a city manager can hire and fire but something like contract operations would need approval by the commissioners. Now in most cases the commission will defer to the manager.

These small town commissioners can be pretty nearsighted though.

 

[senco78]

The was a Florida Rural Water rep that we called last week to get information about the job in question that is in attendance here at training. The guy who we were told was retiring talked to him yesterday after classes and so now the guy knows everything.

At least he knows and he knows in a way that can't be a problem.

Now obviously he is pissed with his city manager and the shit will hit the fan when he gets home Thursday.

His city is trying to cut cost and no doubt contract operations on the surface appears to do just that but what these idiots don't understand is even with myself a contract job doesn't give you the benefit of having a full-time operator and when there is ANYTHING outside the guidelines of the contract it will cost the utility way more than they would be paying an operator.On paper we could cut their cost by $20,000 a year but in truth it would probably cost them more in the long run.

:thumbsup:
change orders are where the moneys made, anything outside the scope of contract get billed at "hammertime" price