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That time a frayed rope in a 1970s building taught me to trust my gut
I was doing a full inspection on a bank's old freight elevator in downtown Tacoma, and my flashlight caught a single broken strand on the main hoist rope that the last report said was fine. I shut it down right there, called the building manager, and we found three more sections starting to go when we pulled the sheave guard. How often do you guys push back on a clean paper trail when something just doesn't look right?
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ivanlewis1mo ago
And that's the thing, it's the same feeling when a used car just doesn't drive right.
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wyatt7713mo ago
Stopped a job once over a wiring splice that felt off.
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the_miles1mo ago
And that's the thing though, a splice that just "feels off" isn't really a guess, it's your gut telling you something's wrong. I'd argue you don't stop a job over a feeling, you stop it over a bad splice. The feel is just the first clue, the real reason is the bad workmanship or the risk it represents. If it was just a feeling, you'd have a hard time explaining it to the customer or your boss. But you knew it was wrong, so you didn't stop it for no reason. You stopped it because you already saw the problem, you just used your hands to confirm it.
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