traits of installers

I have always found this to be a little interesting. Installers, no matter where they are from, seem to have some common traits. Just looking for a fun list of what those are. I'll start with a couple: 1)Short attention span/get bored really quickly. You can't keep an installer focused on one thing for more than a couple of minutes at a time, and if they don't have something to do, They will find something to do. Sometimes this is semi-productive, such as trying figure out how to make a crude speaker out of just some wire, tin-foil and a nail. More often it is destructive, like seeing what happens if you plug 10 speakers into a wall outlet at once. 2)They are surprisingly intelligent. If you could get a group of them together they would be able to figure out how to turn an AMC Gremlin into a lunar rover and build a rocket to get it there with nothing more than some sheet metal, ABS, resin, and adhesives. The problem is you can't even organize a group of them long enough to get a head count.

This post is proof of a bored installer! LOL! No offence intended!

Would you please stop taking my character traits in vain, Ispker is wrong about line four, it's the UK so TEA. And as for you t&t what do you expect, another Golf Mk lV, yet another 3 Series, will the Good Lord please send me another Toyota, oh great I've got one tomorrow.

My group of installer friends were the "burning candles at both ends" type of guys. Always looking for mischief. Always disgruntled. Best time managers ever (No matter how much work there is, they always manage to 'just get done' by closing time) Tell the Snap-On guy I'm not here!

I tend to call myself a engineer/fabricator... "Fabrineer"? Because when you have peculiar installs that require peculiar solutions, and you are still aiming for it to look professional when done. So you end up figuring out a solution after considering both burden/benefit in the end result and time needed to achieve it. Then fabricating your design/solution, then installing it. Most hellish install ever, was a 1996 Chevy CorsicaI have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.

1: If an engineer can't be found chances are he is coming up with some way to set up a caffeine or nicotine intravenious. 2: If a job goes too smothly, things will always go wrong in the end. 3: If things go wrong, hilarity will ensue.2004 Ford Focus, Alpine CDE-9871R, Focal Polyglass VR 165 Components, Alpine SWR-1242 Sub, Alpine M500 Monoblock.. Hey it's a work in progress...