I'm a stone mason, and I'm half way convinced that a fair portion of the posts here are at MOST five people. AMA?
I'm a stone mason, and I'm half way convinced that a fair portion of the posts here are at MOST five people. AMA?
The title.
Feel free to ask me stuff. I'm in Scotland, born in Canada. I've been a mason for coming on 15 years. And my favourite dinosaur is....not really a dinosaur.....the Stenopterygius species. because they're tubby not quite dolphin looking (apparently) reptiles.
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Hey friend!
My dad is a master mason and has been working for 30+ years.
I don't have any questions, but I advise you to have a backup plan. My pa is in his 50s and has obliterated all of the tissue padding between the joints in his hands from all of his work. He's freaking out because he doesn't have any apprentices that are willing to work so hard, so he's pretty much out of options and unfortunately too poor to just retire.
So, y'know, have a plan B.
Way ahead of you. I technically work for the government doing conservation on historic monuments. Tidy pension, salary wage, not pressed hard, and possibly moving into a management position soon. I miss the outside world, and the sedentary pace here fucks me off, but it's well easier on my body.
The thing with apprentices is absolutely real. We just had an apprentice who has essentially fired himself. He's got talent, if he wasn't so up his own ass with entitlement and had an actual work ethic, he could be the real McCoy. And that's around half the apprentices I've dealt with. I'd love to blame it on the youth and lack of gumption or whatever, but it's just people not wanting to work hard....