Super User slonezp Posted December 19, 2020 Super User Posted December 19, 2020 Kind of a boring story but I think it holds some merit. Some background. I'm a manager of a commercial/industrial hvac/r supply house. There is some carryover into the residential hvac end, but not much. A residential tech ordered some commercial controls from a sister branch based on recommendations from Honeywell, to pick up at my location. Fast forward, Honeywell gave him the incorrect information and now this entire clusterf... has my name on it. I sold him the correct controls which were considerably cheaper for the antiquated system he has been working on. He's been calling everyday trying to figure out how to get the new controls to work with obsolete controls. I've been extremely frustrated. Not with him necessarily, but I have a lot of other things going on and can't dedicate my job to fixing his mess. He calls this afternoon looking for some wiring diagrams for his obsolete controls. I was able to find some info and I asked for his email address. It was ifish.....@..... So I had to ask. He's a tournament walleye fisherman. We talked for 1/2 hour about boats and fishing. He went from a Lund to a Ranger yadda yadda yadda and he says Tritons suck and maybe I should look into a Skeeter if I don't get a Ranger or a Robalo Guess my thing is there is common ground no matter what side you're on Small world 5 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted December 19, 2020 Global Moderator Posted December 19, 2020 So did you sell him your boat? Quote
Super User slonezp Posted December 19, 2020 Author Super User Posted December 19, 2020 10 hours ago, 12poundbass said: So did you sell him your boat? He has a Ranger 620 that he just repowered. He has a friend who's in the market for a Lund so maybe.... Quote
Shimano_1 Posted December 19, 2020 Posted December 19, 2020 Definitely have to disagree with him on the triton sucks part but cool to find common ground with someone like that! I've had that happen a time or 2 with older guys at work who I wasn't a big fan of til we realized we shared and interest in fishing! Good luck with the sale! 1 Quote
cheezyridr Posted December 20, 2020 Posted December 20, 2020 as a sheetmetal guy, i see similar scenarios all the time. i know on your end, it's frustrating as hell. i only wanted to point out that the contractor may not have a choice. he may be dealing with a customer who is pennywise/pound foolish. i see that alot. someone along the way decides that not updating old or obsolete equipment is somehow cheaper. they have no clue the mess they are creating for everyone down stream. hell, they may not even care, for all i know. the stories i could tell you about systems patched together with soup cans and hose clamps (metaphorically speaking) would probably sound pretty familiar to you by now. being the guy who has to repair and make those systems perform to standards expected of newer equipment, drives me up the wall sometimes. often, the equipment was the cheapest available junk when it was new anyway, and the fact it's lasted as long as it has, is a miracle in itself. hang in there, i hope you have lighter days ahead of you soon. (it can't be like this every day, can it? hahahaha) 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted December 20, 2020 Author Super User Posted December 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, cheezyridr said: as a sheetmetal guy, i see similar scenarios all the time. i know on your end, it's frustrating as hell. i only wanted to point out that the contractor may not have a choice. he may be dealing with a customer who is pennywise/pound foolish. i see that alot. someone along the way decides that not updating old or obsolete equipment is somehow cheaper. they have no clue the mess they are creating for everyone down stream. hell, they may not even care, for all i know. the stories i could tell you about systems patched together with soup cans and hose clamps (metaphorically speaking) would probably sound pretty familiar to you by now. being the guy who has to repair and make those systems perform to standards expected of newer equipment, drives me up the wall sometimes. often, the equipment was the cheapest available junk when it was new anyway, and the fact it's lasted as long as it has, is a miracle in itself. hang in there, i hope you have lighter days ahead of you soon. (it can't be like this every day, can it? hahahaha) I was a journeyman refrigeration mechanic for 15 years until I crippled myself. I'm very much aware of what he is dealing with. I don't mind giving technical support, putting together controls, drawing wiring diagrams etc. when I have time. My frustration is I have other things going on. I man the store alone and can't just drop everything. I could have 1/2 a dozen guys at the counter and another 1/2 dozen calls on hold. He called me late Friday afternoon for the wiring diagrams which is the slowest time of the week for me. That's why I had a chance to BS with him about fishing. Quote
Super User Sam Posted December 20, 2020 Super User Posted December 20, 2020 What is interesting about the bass fishing industry is that it does not matter what your career is; what your education level is; where you live; what car/truck/SUV you drive; how you dress; if you have a crew cut or long hair; you have a beard or are clean shaven; love a certain football team while the other guy hates it; and so on. What matters is that we are bass fishermen and we put our differences aside to discuss bass fishing. You can learn from everyone you meet, even Bamasux fans. 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 21, 2020 Global Moderator Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 8:20 AM, Shimano_1 said: Definitely have to disagree with him on the triton sucks part +1! Tritons are awesome. I don’t own one but have pulled many a bass into them Quote
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