[Yosemite Sam]

Originally Posted by jmen24

I do not know whether he worked in the state or not, my comment was in regard to running a private business compared to how the state runs. For all I know SAMIAM could be going in a different direction than I am thinking. I should have written "I think" I know where he is coming from!



Your right, The DMV in Concord is a joke, granted the one I use NOW in West Leb is not usually busy.


Why, am I making you, your company or previous work history look bad? A spade is spade and when someone wants you to stop talking about how you perform your job, it typically means you are out performing them. And honestly, other than my ad in the classified section, I have not told anyone that they should use my company, I have mostly offered advice to the folks here that gives them an idea of what to expect when dealing with a contractor or perform a repair on their own property. Call us up, the information is in the ad, do not tell who you are and have us do work for you, don't take my word for it, see for yourself.


I travel up and down 89 to various jobs in the area. Just last week I traveled past a state crew reworking a section of guardrail at 8:30am with four guys standing behind the truck and one guy unbolting a post and the other digging around a broken post. Drive back by (other direction now) at 1:00pm and only half (3-maybe 4) of the broken posts have been replaced. Drive back by the next morning and construction barrels are set in front of the area because they could not finish the replacement of 30 feet of guardrail in one day. That tells me that efficiency is not high on the list. See when you are not working with a fixed quote to perform your work it really does not matter how long it takes you, but when you do, as in the private sector efficiency matters! But again you are right, I do not know what each specific persons task was as I drove by.


How about working from a pool of money that you are going to get, not what you would like to get. Not much in the of competition out there for the state, so why reduce overhead, why reduce burden, why reduce cost, because you will still be in business tomorrow if you are the state.


Well I do not watch TV everyday so you may be right on that one.

By the way, I am enjoying "the new sheriff in town" tone you provide in your posts.

Thank you, I can't find fault with any of your responses.
Good job!