The Desk.

News from two days of construction work:

It turns out those four guys that are standing around for every one guy doing something really are just standing around. And they are absolutely necessary.

The reason nothing ever actually gets done on construction sites is because they get paid by the hour and not by the job.

Nothing is a toy, but anything can be.

It doesn't matter how old you get, how well you know each other, or the fact that you know all the other guys know what they're doing, guys will always try and impress each other by pointing out the obvious and offering tidbits of advice on how to do whatever the other guy is doing.

You don't all have to speak the same language to get the job done.

Lift from the knees, not from the back.

Get your hours in while there's still a job to be done. Work comes day by day.

The shoddy job that you think was the fault of the guy you hired was actually the fault of unexperienced, slack-ass assistants that guy hired for the summer.

We don't want to be jackhammering your neighbor's driveway at 8 in the morning any more than you want us there.

Those four guys standing around are on the clock, lunch is on the clock, and if I'm driving around for work, drive time is on the clock and the gas is a business expense separate from my paycheck.

I'm going to get an education and a desk job.