Quote from: DobZombie on December 08, 2012, 01:08:38 PM

Quote from: crazyearner on December 05, 2012, 12:29:57 AM

The other thing that worries me too is that if people of her age no disrespect to her or anyone of that age but mistakes can be made and would they really be up to the mining challenge..

I run a 14 staff / 4 shop series of bottleshops (Alcohol only retail store in Australia)

I've got a lady about her age (60ish) who is about 5" 6' and wouldn't weigh anymore than most women her age.
But I would trust her to.

-Put away several tonnes of alcohol a day
-work 12 hours straight no problem
-doesn't conflict with other staff
-do accurate till and stock work

I'd trust her to do more work and of better quality than ALL of my staff under the age of 30.

My point?

Don't dismiss somebody because of their age, it makes you look like a retard.

o.0

A while back, I had to load and deliver barn wood beams to a client myself because I couldn't get a hold of anybody else to do it. When I delivered it, a crew was on hand to unload. During the unloading process, they moan and complained as to how heavy the beams were. I informed them that this 52-year-old loaded every single one of those beams single-handedly. They smiled in a disbelief tone, therefore I continue to egg them on. With the truck completely unloaded with the exception of the last largest beam, I ask them if they believed me. Basically, they all said no, whereupon I snatched the last beam forward, found the center of gravity, picked it up, then carried it about thirty feet, gently putting it down so not to bruise it. I asked them if they would like to see it again, but they were too worn out to answer.

In my late twenties in Nashville, I was a drywall superintendent for a Houston based outfit. One day I found myself on a job site when the 12' drywall was being delivered. The guys unloading were also moaning and complaining at the job that they were paid to do. Drywall is package two to a bundle, and they just started peeling off the taps so that they can stock the project one sheet at a time which is not advisable to do as the ends would stack unevenly while laying on the floor, acceptable to breakage. The only time you bring in one-at-a-time is when the task of maneuvering through a maze-like structure warrants it.

To prove to them that the task they were doing was not that difficult, I grabbed two bundles (four sheets) of 4' X 12' drywall and carrying them inside, placing them neatly on the stack that they barely started after over an hour on the site. I told them to not pull off the taps and to have a nice day.

That said, I wonder how the dialogues would have gone if the supplied picture in the OP featured a pimpled-face kid.

~Bruno K~