Once upon a time in a Galaxy far away…

Before my current incantation online, I worked in the real world. One of my jobs entailed working for a conveyor company who was installing systems in a brand new auto manufacturer called Saturn in a remote little place called Springhill, TN, USA. It was fun, innovative, different and very hectic. We were building something NEW and lots of designs and equipment and concepts were unique. It was exciting all the way around.

One day our installation manager, coordinator, a main contract supervisor for Saturn and myself went into one of the buildings under construction to take care of some floor/concrete issues. Floor was not level enough for the installation of the conveyor frame. This was a HUGE facility…miles in fact. All bare floor and walls. Except….

We looked up and there was all this fencing hanging all over the ceiling! Literally miles of it, convoluting, and squaring, and running and then diverting in all sorts of interesting patterns. It fenced nothing in. There was nothing below it. Just endless tracks of wire metal fence. We were like - WHAT IS THAT all about??

If you have ever been in an assembly plant or a line you know safety is a major issue. All conveyors and lines must have fencing and guards and so on to protect workers. Saturn, had contracted a company to come in and place safety fencing around all the assembly lines to ensure they could pass every Osha and other Safety requirement possible. Awesome. Only thing, they company they contracted got greedy and impatient.

You see, their general contractor paid the contracts by performance. So, the safety equipment company, not wanting to wait on the actual EQUIPMENT and wanting their money asap, went in and installed the fencing BEFORE the actual equipment was up, hung, installed and etc according to the original contract specs. (No matter there was no ACTUAL EQUIPMENT to fence in.) Then they billed the general contractor for their work.

Words were exchanged. Documents were traded. Lots of legal haggling ensured. The fencing issue was a major headache for all the equipment Companies as it was in their WAY as they tried to install the overhead conveyors! It was a silly mess. In the end all was resolved. The fencing was removed. Overhead conveyors were installed. Fencing was then installed (by another company), Osha was satisfied, facility passed inspection, cars were and still are being built and rolling off the assembly line into dealerships and buyers driveways.

Point is….stuff happens. Annoying stuff happens no one intended or planned for or wanted or expected, especially when building something new and innovative. Then we deal with it. We deal with it, do what is needful, look back and laugh. When dealing with the new, the being built, the innovative we deal with what comes along. We continue to build that assembly facility, whatever roll we play in it, deal with the inconvenient and even wrong and move on. Hopefully we learn something in the process and grow.

I have taken the lessons learned at my experiences with Saturn and other jobs very much to heart and brought them online within my own venues. Stuff happens all the time. You deal with it, learn, grow, move on. In the process you improve! You are able to offer better sites and venues because of what went on before. You take the long perspective to survive and prosper.

Master Safeadlists encountered some early issues. Debra and her team have dealt with them so we can all move on. Some of it was annoying. We are building something new and innovative and stuff is going to happen. We can throw our hands up and quit, or we can take the long view. We can deal with it, learn, grow, move on. In the process we improve! We are able to offer better sites and venues because of what went on before. You take the long perspective to survive and prosper.

Over the years that is the perspective I have chosen. Hope you join me
- Cherie Halliday
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