re: #144 A Mom Anon

I eventually had to ban cell phones from my job sites, the guys were told to leave them in the car. Repeated lectures about using the phone for personal calls didn’t get through to them. The only ones allowed to have a phone were crew foremen so they could order materials, discuss problems, etc..

Guys raised a howl for the first week or so and then life went on, I advised them to give their foreman’s number to spouses or significant others for contact in emergencies.

I just got sick of walking into sites and seeing guys standing around with phones glued to their ears instead of working. They were making a damn good wage for a non-union shop (highest in town) and I expected them to earn it.