Absolutely agree with Eric on this. No radios allowed in our office or lab - if your head isn't in the work, you need to work somewhere else.
Edison Coatings,
Inc.
Michael P.
Edison
President
3 Northwest
Drive
Plainville, CT
06062
Phone: (860) 747-2220 or
(800)341-6621
Fax:
(860)747-2280
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From: "Hammarberg, Eric"
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Subject: Re: [BP] Our Incredibly Precious Trades Heritage + mobile
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> Agree
absolutely!
>
> I discourage people in my office from iPod listening as I
intentionally
> group my team together so the less experienced can hear how the
senior
> folk work and the senior hear if/when the less experienced make
> mistakes on the phone
etc.
>
> I can't work with music on as I am a 100% engrossed type person. When
I
> worked at Bob Meadows office, there was a great guy there who
listened
> to Charlie Parker etc a lot and I could not get anything done with
that
> on - it requires 100% of my head to listen to it and I could not
focus
> on anything
else.
>
> I know people who ride bikes and ski with iPods. Can't do it! Gotta
> hear the trail under my tires and the gears shift, or when skiing,
> hearing is incredibly important to gauge edge on the
snow.
>
> Wood work is the same nuanced endeavor, actually
more.
>
> Eric Hammarberg, Assoc.
AIA
> Vice
President
> Thornton
Tomasetti
> 51 Madison
Avenue
> New York, NY
10010
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> From: The listserv where the buildings do the
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John
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> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:06
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> To:
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> Subject: [BP] Our Incredibly Precious Trades Heritage + mobile
phones
>
> > On another note
(John?)
> > what is y'alls' thoughts on cell phone activity on the job
site?
>
> Cell phones? Just like iPods and boomboxes, these devices are
> distractions from the work. The obvious distraction is that while
> fiddling with the phone the work is not getting done. But there are
more
>
> important
issues.
>
> I have noticed that some of the best craftspeople and artisans I have
> worked with need and used the audible connection with their work to
make
>
> the work better. If the carpenter can hear and listens to the
> ssssssssnick, ssssssssssnick, sniiiiickKKK of the wood shaving passing
> over the steely edge of his hand plane he can use that connection to
> know more about how the work is going, know perhaps when to shift the
> angle of the plane, or when the edge is getting dull. Subtle but
> definite improvements to craft work can be made through the ears. In
> my own work this has been true since I was a
kid.
>
> Some will say their music gets them in the "zone" with the
"flow".
Their
>
> music may make them feel better while they are doing their work, but
> it is a disconnect from the work. They make get some good work done
> while listening to something else, they could get better work done
> while listening to the
work.
>
> I know of one case where a worker saved his life when he heard a
> subtle creak for the scaffolding just before it failed, while the
> worker right beside him who was wearing an iPod lost his life. Of
> course I do not know that his happened BECAUSE of the iPod, but I do
> know that I will never wear an iPod while up on a
scaffold.
>
> All else equal, I will select a worker who listens to his work rather
> than an iPod or cell phone, and have sometimes actually used this as a
> selection
technique.
>
>
John
>
>
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