Why is it.................?

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Dunno why, but it reminds me of the time over the christmas break a few years back i was out on my boat fishing with my mate waza. Waza was my manager at work but out of work a good mate. The boss calls my mate about an emergency call out (he put his phone on loudspeaker) and waz says he cant because he is on a boat. The boss then tells him to call me. The short answer was there is no point, as he was on my boat. The boss wasnt happy that he had to try find someone to attend. Later on i found out no one said yes and the boss begrudgingly had to make a 20 minute drive to reset a circuit.
One thing i pointed out when i worked at that mob was they did not make people familiar with all the sites we were encumbant contractors to. Some blokes would only really know 1 or 2 buildings. I was the only person who knew the ins and outs of all the sites. I left on good terms, but for 2 years after that, every couple days id get calls from prior co workers. Id only answer to my old apprentice, the bloke under me on my team and waza. Only because my old apprenti and team mate knew i wont tell them how to do their jobs, they'd have to tell me what they'd tested and checked and even if i knew exactly the fix, I'd just point them in the right direction. When waza would call it would be because a building manager would be up his **** as to why whoever was on site is taking hours when if i was there it would take 20 minutes. In that case I'd tell waza exactly what to do as he was sitting behind his desk, not on site. But it tell him not to tell whoever is on site that he spoke to me, tell them the answer but make them feel like a dumbarse about it. Sounds harsh i know, but nothing was ever difficult or out of the job description. So if getting told off for incompetence doesnt get people into gear to do better, it makes them resign. A win win for any company.