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If your margins are that tight or you're not getting enough work, you might need to look at your model.

Because, like him or not, Obama could at least string together coherent sentences without a teleprompter? He was very presidential, eloquent, and intelligent. I didn't necessarily like everything he said or did, but at least I wasn't embarrassed every time he opened his mouth or tweeted. Trump...

Quick question: do you have an operations or production manager? Maybe a production supervisor? I hate to say it, but most people will behave exactly as you describe when given autonomy. Very few people are self motivated or proactive. When you find an employee like that, give them a title and...

It is, that's true, but in order to attract and retain valuable employees, you need to be able to at least play close to what other people are paying. Added benefits help, but if the shop down the road is paying $3 an hour more, that's a hard choice for an employee to make. Free pizza on Fridays...

Uh oh, Gino has finally figured out that he's stumbled onto a secret Illumanti website fronting as a sign forum. :rolleyes:

Are they laminated? If so, you should have enough rigidity in the vinyl to just peel back and fold the edge of the backer and go from there. Even without laminate, it shouldn't be too hard. I wouldn't worry about premask on something that small.

Haha! Woosah, Tex! Woooooosaaaaaah!

Nah, haven't you seen Ex Machina or Terminator? That AI is gonna murder the stuffing out of us first chance it gets. (If you haven't seen Ex Machina, it's awesome.)

I get it, I can be abrasive. I also understand that a lot of people on the forums work for themselves and are their own bosses, or at least work in a manner that affords them a significant amount of autonomy in their daily work life. That being said, certain people throwing their...

Or when they walk into their house?! Who leaves their front door open while they put stuff away?

Oooooh, noooo! Pork has to be cooked to 145 degrees internally with a three minute rest! I've never smoked a ham, but I bet it's delicious.

Sounds like you're doing it right. I honestly have no problem with automating certain aspects of a facility. Especially when it's something that can free up an employee to do other things. The good news is that (at least for now) the sign industry is fairly well insulated from automation, as...

I "designed" a business card for someone the other day who "didn't really care" what it looked like. Needless to say, it looked completely different once it was all said and done.

I actually agree with you and I'd buy YOU a beer at the party. [Edit: I'm stubborn and argumentative by nature, it's a bad look and a terrible character flaw, but I'm working on it.]

Automation is only good for a very small portion of the population in the long term. That's an entirely different (and difficult) subject.

I don't doubt this in the slightest. Apparently you need an English lesson. You accused him of intentionally making up aspects of his story. How does "Gino's Number One Best Dictionary Ever" define a lie? Because every dictionary I've ever seen defines a lie as an intentionally false...

I absolutely 100% agree with you. I don't think money is the most important factor, but you have to at least keep up with the other companies around you. At a certain point, everybody has to make the decision between job satisfaction and paying their bills. If you can at least alleviate one of...

HOLD UP. Do you know how the English language works? You called him a liar, don't try to backpedal now. When you accuse someone of making up facts, you're calling them a liar. If you accuse someone of taking something that doesn't belong to them, you don't have to use the words "you're a thief"...

Not to mention that all the time invested in training an employee (even a bad one) is wasted the second they walk out the door. At a certain point, you have to let a bad employee go, but having mediocre employees leave just means you're potentially back in the same boat. You either end up with...

Gino: always the victim. Even if it weren't for the fact that our company is constantly getting jobs because some other sign company screwed up or dropped the ball, there isn't anything about his story that seems implausible. The fact that you came in here stomping around and calling him a liar...