This may not be totaly jewelery related but I had to imortalize this boneheaded move with a blog. As most of you guys know I make tools for jewelers and metalsmiths, so I have a machine shop at my house and occasionaly I get calls from people needing stuff usually it is just simple jobs that I charge a few bucks for. Well today I get this call from an engineering firm and they want me to quote a job for them he asks for my email and says Ill send you the cad file and you can give me a quote. I am thinkin this guy has no idea who he is dealin with he thinks I am some kinda real shop not just a guy in his garage, any way I tell him Ill come down and check it out. I get to this place and it is pretty snazzy a big glass building with a security system that you have to go through dang I think I am gonna raise my prices. I get to the receptionist and she gives me the once over, I can tell she thinks I am a vagrant since I am wearn work clothes ( no I am not being overly sensitive she almost didnt buzz me in). Anyway I try to explain to her why I am here and she is having none of it and tells me we arent hiring. I stop her mid sentence and say listen up cupcake I am here to see your boss, I didnt really say that but should have I would have gotten to the boss sooner. So I get by the receptionist and am led into this big office full of suits and cubicals, were I am formally introduced to the dude the head engineer the big deal the phd. He shows me the part that they need on his computer and tells me that he has done all the hard work and that all I need to do is make the prototype.\u00a0 Yep thats right he has done all the hard work, I have heard that crap before with what I like to call jewelery cordinators they dont know how to do anything but they can tell you how to do it. I refrain from dope slapping the guy and let him explain what he needs, all the while thinking why in gods name did he call me. I follow him into the back of the building so he can get me some parts that I will need\u00a0 and we walk\u00a0 into a machine shop, I cant contain it any longer I say what the hell do you need me for you got a whole machine shop right here just make them yourself. He looks stuned by my honesty. I stare at him anxiously awaiting his reply. Ok here it is folks the reason for this whole story the thing that got me all in a twist today are you ready. We laid them off we are going to outsource all of our prototype work. You laid off the only people in this place that actually do real work the only truly skilled individuals the ones who can take a drawing and make it real\u00a0 you axed them, why didnt you fire some of those secretaries or some of those suits out their in the cubical farm they wont be missed.\u00a0 When I worked in jewelry stores the jeweler would be the last person that would be let go a good goldsmith is like golden. I bet the owners of some stores would can thier own mother before getting rid of the jeweler, but not here they just figured it would be easy to get someone else to do it. I decided that the part was not for me to make and I hit the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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