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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted David Magnus

    1/ I'm about 30 minutes in to farmhand season. Lead farm hand, who was variously dismissive and absent back when he had too much work in the fall, is now polite and inquisitive, because he has too little.https://twitter.com/DavidKMagnus/status/983405814034546688 …

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    Time to head over to Costco for bulk popcorn!
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      2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        2/ Given his behavior last fall, I've mostly replaced him with Farmhand Two, who is super polite and nice...but less organized and skilled. This is OK, bc this year has less complicated tasks (e.g. shed construction, pouring concrete) and more mowing / shoveling manure / etc.

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        3/ ...but we do need some fences installed, and this is (a) a 2-man job, (b) something that Deposed Lead Farm Hand was decent at. So I may bring him back for just a few days. This involved negotiating w Newly Promoted Farm Hand...who dislikes Deposed Farm Hand.

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      4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        4/ Many people dislike Deposed Lead Farm Hand, for a variety of reasons: * he's hit on people's wives ("but she's poly, so she CAN'T not be interested in me!!!") * he reduces everything to dollars ("how much for your wedding ring?" [ NOT AN EXAGGERATION ]) * he one-ups people

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      5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        5/ * if he's laughing at one of his jokes at your expense, obviously it's objectively funny, and you should be laughing to * he overstays his welcome * he's gotta be the smartest guy in the room, even when he's the third smartest guy in the room

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      6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        6/ * his approach to every discussion is negotiation, and his approach to every negotiation is wearing you down by refusing to listen * manners are something for other people; he's "efficient"

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      7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        7/ I got angry at him all over again while boiling maple sap yesterday. I told him a dozen times I wanted the sheds framed with nails and sheathed with deck screws. He argued & argued & argued for ... I don't know...some other stance And, of course, he !@#=-ing did it his way

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      8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        8/ Newly Elevated Farm Hand stopped by this morning for 30 minutes to catch up, talk about this season's work. We spent 5 minutes talking about tasks and 25 minutes bitching about Deposed Farm Hand.

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      9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        9/ Believe it or not, Newly Elevated Farm Hand (who's half Asian) did not enjoy being referred to by Deposed Farm Hand as "my Asian slave laborer". Crazy, right? 🤔

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      10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

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        10/ Yes. https://twitter.com/sonyaellenmann/status/983411005433643008 …

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      11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        11/ One interesting thing about Deposed Farm Hand: he actually made me much more sympathetic to that trope you read in a lot of feminist-ish "it happened to me" stories, where the woman gives into sex after hours of being badgered. I used to always think "WTF? Tell him off!" >>

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      12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        12/ ...and then at one point, I realized that Deposed Farm Hand was One Of Those Guys™. Both to women (he's got a TERRIBLE reputation around here, from all the women he's creeped on), but also to other people. >>>

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      13. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        13/ Several times I've given in on some issue after telling him "no" six times. "FH, use nails" oh I think screws are better "no, use nail" why do you want nails? "they're code" you don't care about code, do you? Screws are better "please just use nails" why? Screws hold.

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      14. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        14/ "just use nails; I already bought them" why do you like nails so much? "I assume that code specifies them because they have higher sheer strength." No, they're the same kind of steel. "I have no evidence of that; they might be a different alloy. So, use nails"

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      15. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        15/ him: I think screws are better. me: !@#$ it, look, fine, whatever. 4 hours later: him: I used screws, like we discussed. me: I...I... me (whispers to myself) "I'd kill him, but there are basically no other options. Also, who'd dig the hole for me?"

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      16. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kwashiorkor Nakamoto

        16/ As always, I strongly support your right to run your farm the way that works best for you.https://twitter.com/kwashn/status/983411923604725760 …

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        Kwashiorkor Nakamoto @kwashn
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        You should expand your pool of laborers.
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      17. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

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        17/ Arguably so. Certainly he's got Aspergers and maybe some other issues. I think he's on a local optima - by aggressively ignoring pushback, he gets some decent portion of what he wants. https://twitter.com/GolfNorman/status/983411178645925888 …

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      18. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        18/ Local optima are the root of all evil. If Deposed Farm Hand took steps to behave better, his life would get much WORSE in the short term.

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      19. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

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        19/ Yes. So now I've got decking screws holding structural members together, and nails (which pull out) holding barn siding down, which WILL try to cup as it ages, and which will pull nails out. FFFFFFFFFFFF https://twitter.com/plzbepatient/status/983413273167933440 …

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      20. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Double Secret Mutation

        20/ I have literally (no, LITERALLY) used hobo labor at certain points. (Paid a guy $100 one evening, had to front him $5 for breakfast the next day bc he "got pretty wet" at the bar in between).https://twitter.com/horsewithnonick/status/983413617319178240 …

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        Double Secret Mutation @horsewithnonick
        Replying to @MorlockP
        This is sounding more and more like a "two men walk into the woods, one man walks out" scenario; sure you can't train a hobo to do his job?
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      21. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

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        21/ He has never hit on MY farm wife. He made a joke about it once, and I told him that the nearest AR-15 was in a closet 6 feet from me, and if he looked at her cross eyed no one would find his body. He knew I was dead serious; has been polite to her. https://twitter.com/AuldenGhostley/status/983413812803063808 …

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      22. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

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        22/ This is EXACTLY right. Newly Elevated Farm Hand tells me that Deposed Farm Hand bad mouths me bc I'm "an a-hole who always wants things to go my way". Imagine that - me, the property owner paying cash, wanting things my way. https://twitter.com/KennethCullen14/status/983414177724280832 …

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      23. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

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        23/ "use it for 'the job'" are we talking building structures, or disposing of farm hands? https://twitter.com/plzbepatient/status/983414332821094400 …

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      24. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        24/ if for framing, I've got a variety of Bostitch nail guns. Have had some of them (e.g. the coil framing gun) for almost 20 years. Old enough that the rubber gaskets are starting to go and I have an opinion on rebuild kits.

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      25. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

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        25/ Yeah, Deposed Farm Hand is ALWAYS pushing boundaries, and pushing them hard. I offered him soda once, found him in my kitchen pouring himself soda the next day. etc. Raised by a single mother, no father figure, lots of other issues. https://twitter.com/AuldenGhostley/status/983415261897347072 …

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      26. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        26/ I UNDERSTAND why he is terrible, but I do not TOLERATE it. Most people are not remotely as good about steady forceful pushback as I am, so they get victimized, then they explode at him, and he perceives this as "out of nowhere, they flipped out".

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      27. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        27/ This is why he considers me a huge a-hole: I calmly succeed in stopping him from doing 90% of the bad crap he wants to do at me; this unprecedented push back strikes him as entirely bizarre and unreasonable. (No, you may NOT host a bonfire party for your friends on my land)

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      28. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        28/ No, you may NOT deposit construction debris from your house on my burn pile. No, not even if I gave you permission for the last load - WAIT, WHAT? WHEN DID I DO THAT? GOD DAMN IT...

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      29. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        29/ No, you may not take a shower in my master bath. Yes, if that means that you will be sweaty at the group dinner you're going to in 15 minutes, that IS, IN FACT, ok with me.

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      30. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        30/ No, you may not park your Airstream project trailer here. No, not even if you pay $20 per month. No, not even if I have 56 acres.

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      31. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 9 Apr 2018

        31/ No, we are not going to change the pay scale, which is $10/hr with a $60 bonus if you work 30+ hours per week, to $12/hr. Why not? Well, my system incentivizes you to show up. What does your proposed system incentivize?

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