Shoutout to the site foreman who told me to slow down

I was working a job in Raleigh last month laying a garden wall, and I was really trying to push hard to get it done fast. The foreman came over and told me my joints were getting sloppy about halfway up the second course. He said I was rushing the bed joints and they were too thick in some spots and too thin in others. I was kind of defensive at first, but then I stepped back and looked at the first couple rows I did when I was taking my time. The difference was obvious. So I slowed down, started checking my levels and lines more often, and actually finished the wall two hours earlier than the day before because I wasn't ripping stuff out and redoing it. Anyone else have a boss or lead that called them out on something small that actually made a big difference in how you work?

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the_cora2d ago

The foreman telling you to slow down? And you finished two hours earlier? That's wild (but makes total sense). I had a boss once tell me my mortar mix was too wet on a chimney cap and I got all huffy until the next day when it cracked like a dry riverbed. Fixed it right, redid it, and that extra ten minutes of mixing saved me four hours of chipping and patching. Little adjustments, man, they sneak up on you.