Trawlerman v interior designer
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There was an interesting illustration of how one man's crisis is another man's shrug. If you watched the Discovery channel series on World's Most Dangerous jobs, followed by a design reality show, you would know what I mean.
Imagine working 40 hours straight in the coldest, wettest weather imaginable,
Ed the Editor's personal blog corner
There was an interesting illustration of how one man's crisis is another man's shrug. If you watched the Discovery channel series on World's Most Dangerous jobs, followed by a design reality show, you would know what I mean.
Imagine working 40 hours straight in the coldest, wettest weather imaginable, being tossed around in 20 to 80 foot waves, slipping and sliding on metal decks, ice crashing down around your ears. When one of those guys has to stop work, you know he has been hurt. Not even being swept overboard for 1 minute in the Baring Sea could put one lad out of action for long. Admittedly it was a miracle that he survived, but he did, and brushed himself down and got back to it.
It is the captain who drives his employees to those extremes, leading by example of course, with years of experience in the front line under his belt. He pushes his team hard, but they know he would do everything in his power to make sure they get home safe.
Contrast that trawlerman's leadership quality and resilience in difficult times with the anguish experienced by a wannabe designer. His carpenter cut his thumb and had to get 8 stitches. It was faintly ridiculous to hear designer boy beating himself up over the minor incident. How he felt sooooo bad for the guy, that he was responsible for his cut thumb, and if that meant he had to give up the competition, then oh well.
I laughed my head off when the carpenter returned. He was cool with it, as it was clearly a hazard of the job, and not the first or last time he would get hurt, but the designer was almost in tears of relief. He insisted on a big man hug.
If you put him in charge of a trawler, what would his reaction be to a guy who had his arm mangled in a winch? Oooooh, time to go home boys. Sorry, but I'll make sure you all get sessions with my therapist. Come come, let's huddle.
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