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OCD TEST can you spot what's wrong

cuznjohn

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Yep, that's some UGLY bath tile.:shemademe_smilie:
Oh and 2nd row in 3rd row down the black dot is out of place.
 
So nobody else is at all concerned that the white edging tiles aren't aligned evenly with each other, that the edge they make isn't a straight line & in fact bows along the length of what we can see, or that the grouting & tile spacing across the whole job is very uneven..... should I go on???? :opps:

The one black tile out of place is the least of the issues in the way that floor has been laid!! :yikes:


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So nobody else is at all concerned that the white edging tiles aren't aligned evenly with each other, that the edge they make isn't a straight line & in fact bows along the length of what we can see, or that the grouting & tile spacing across the whole job is very uneven..... should I go on???? :opps:

The one black tile out of place is the least of the issues in the way that floor has been laid!!
Your comment prompts me to share a personal experience from about 30 years ago.

I went with a group of men from our church to help out at another church a couple hundred miles away for a couple of days. We stayed with various families for the night. At the home I stayed at the guy and I got to sharing experiences about woodworking and what kind of tools we have. He took me to his shop and showed me what he had. When we came back into the house he proudly pointed out a small side table he had made that had a checkerboard top. There was putty between most of the blocks, some weren't square, and in general is was not a great job. Then he showed me a picture frame he'd made. The miters weren't tight in the corners and were filled in with putty. I thought to myself, "If that was all the better I could do I sure wouldn't be showing it off and bragging about it!"

Well, later that evening as I was lying in bed the good Lord decided it was time for a chat. "Yes my son, you can do good work. The kitchen cabinets you built in the house in Pittsburgh were quite nice. But tell me, how many tables have you built?"

"Well, none Lord."

"And how many picture frames have you built?"

"None."

"Let me tell you, my son, the imperfect job accomplished is worth far more than the perfect job never begun!" That admonishment could easily end with "... never finished!"

Our goal should not be perfection, but rather usability. Perfection, unless it directly contributes to usability, is an extra. Nice to have but not always justified. After all, Jesus selected some pretty scruffy characters to be his apostles. As far as I know none were "pillars of the community," yet they changed history.
 
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Your comment prompts me to share a personal experience from about 30 years ago.

I went with a group of men from our church to help out at another church a couple hundred miles away for a couple of days. We stayed with various families for the night. At the home I stayed at the guy and I got to sharing experiences about woodworking and what kind of tools we have. He took me to his shop and showed me what he had. When we came back into the house he proudly pointed out a small side table he had made that had a checkerboard top. There was putty between most of the blocks, some weren't square, and in general is was not a great job. Then he showed me a picture frame he'd made. The miters weren't tight in the corners and were filled in with putty. I thought to myself, "If that was all the better I could do I sure wouldn't be showing it off and bragging about it!"

Well, later that evening as I was lying in bed the good Lord decided it was time for a chat. "Yes my son, you can do good work. The kitchen cabinets you built in the house in Pittsburgh were quite nice. But tell me, how many tables have you built?"

"Well, none Lord."

"And how many picture frames have you built?"

"None."

"Let me tell you, my son, the imperfect job accomplished is worth far more than the perfect job never begun!" That admonishment could easily end with "... never finished!"

Our goal should not be perfection, but rather usability. Perfection, unless it directly contributes to usability, is an extra. Nice to have but not always justified. After all, Jesus selected some pretty scruffy characters to be his apostles. As far as I know none were "pillars of the community," yet they changed history.

It's nice that God didn't wait for the perfect human to start mankind.
 
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