Why I fired my brother from our fencing crew after one summer

I brought my brother on to help with a big fencing job. He never took it seriously. While I was leveling rails, he was chatting with neighbors. He used a post hole digger wrong and bent the handle. One day, he forgot to secure a section and wind knocked it over. I had to redo an entire side on my own time. Family or not, sloppy jobs cost you money and rep. Now I stick to hired hands who know what they're doing.

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jamiesingh1mo ago

Sounds like it was his first time doing that kind of work. Everyone messes up a post hole digger when they're new, was it really that bad?

the_nina1mo ago

Spot on, @jamiesingh. Everyone struggles at first. My own digger looked like modern art after I was done.

alex_murphy411mo ago

Watch people beat themselves up over beginner mistakes all the time. It happens with everything from cooking to fixing cars. We see these perfect results online and think we should match them instantly. My first few attempts at anything are always a disaster, lmao. But that's how you build real skill, through all those messy tries. It's a universal thing, not just with diggers.