Does anyone remember the days when we all pretty much got along and wanted to work towards the same goal of improving our industry, improve work standards, and increase the quality of customer service? Stand together,lead by example, set the new standard for the rest of the world to follow,learn from and imitate? Regardless of the title we all have something in common- love of the game and what we do to help the sport, a certain amount of pride and a part of ourselves that goes into every table. There isn't one of us who hasn't had a great day and the perfect table, and there isn't one of us that hasn't run into that nitemare job somewhere in the past. Everyone of us has encountered tables that required more work than others, and going into every new job blind we all hope for the best scenario to go in and get it done in a certain amount of time. We do what needs to be done to make the best possible playing and looking table and constantly look for new ways to do it better. Not for someone else, but for ourselves and our customers. That's who we have to prove something to. Ive been called a table mechanic. I reduced myself to an installer after seeing someone with better subrails than mine. I started sending people to mark to have their subrails done. He's the best at it. Until I can do work as good or better than the top echelons, I'm staying right where I'm at. An installer. Granted one who fixes other installer and hacks work, but at the end of the day I can still look at myself and my customers and know that it was another job done right. I can relate to glen- the road is expensive. When everything is going right. Try being 26 hours drive from your house and break down.or get sick. Or in a wreck. Or have a blizzard close the pass in Colorado. Travelling to do tables has a schedule that you try to keep, but life happens. I can also see the otherside and am amazed at anyone having to wait that long for their property to be delivered. Obligating yourself to people in every timezone can get pretty hectic and hard to juggle, and you start moving things around, until you start losing track.you don't admit it and you try to keep everything under control but it still piles up. Nobody can be everywhere and do everything. I tried. I put on more miles than glen. I saw 46 states last year and a lot of them repeatedly. I've had people wait for me, and ive had to wait for people. That was last year. We are in a whole new year. a year that can be stress free and full of advancements. I no longer care about glen opinion or where I am in the food chain. It's irrelevant. Be the absolute best you can be.for yourself and your customers. Isn't that what we are really here for and what we're about? Glen hasn't answered my calls in months- do I get excited? No.I laugh at it. when glen found I was headed to do a room last year and called the room to try taking it I was pissed. especially when he lied to me about it and where he was. Probably a good idea at the time to hide by the way. I'm over it. Nobody controls me or dictates my life or what I do but me or my customers. Stop letting the petty pride and past issues drag us down. Glen this may come as a shock but you won't always be here.you're trying to make your mark while you can. But guess who will be maintaining and continuing everything you're working for? The same guys youre constantly trying to belittle, and a whole lot of guys that will never be even close. I've stayed away working, I've stayed out of the drama and kept my mouth shut. We were a group that was good at what they did and came together to be better.we've all helped each other and referred each other- because we know the job will be done right and the customer will be happy. So someone remind me again- what happened to the mechs of azbilliards?
