First candidate for the mentoring program

llosciale · January 25, 2011, 2:36am

Here’s the first candidate for the mentoring program, he realy needs it!This was just the summary, can you imagine the rest of the report?

mmeeker · January 25, 2011, 2:42am

You never know with the help he may turn out great.
One things for sure he will definitely get plenty of constructive criticism.

I will start by suggesting he leaves out the last line about the structural condition unless he is an engineer. Best of luck to him.

wsiegel · January 25, 2011, 2:42am

Yeah, but the house is in good structural condition.

rhensel · January 25, 2011, 2:43am

Why should he leave that out?

mmeeker · January 25, 2011, 2:53am

I think it opens him up to a problem if it turns out to have a structural problem he missed. Russell that is your job now to help him so I suggest he goes with what you say. I do things different than most.

rhensel · January 25, 2011, 2:54am

I was just asking, why you would or would not say it was OK.

I personally have no problems in telling people I found no structural issues with a house when in fact, I found no structural issues with the house.

Is that not what we do everyday?

mmeeker · January 25, 2011, 2:56am

I normally just mention defects and not all the things that are good with the house. I may say something like that to the client but normally do not write it in the report. Stating that it is in good condition seems a little risky to me the way he put it.

I think he would be safer stating it like you just did.

dokeefe · January 25, 2011, 3:09am

Stating a house is “in good structural condition”, is not the same as starting you found no structural problems.

llosciale · January 25, 2011, 3:24am

See less than an hour of mentoring and this guy would already improve. This by the way was what his entire report looked like, though most of it was not as legable. I wonder if he knows what a computer is.

mmeeker · January 25, 2011, 3:27am

I was thinking that a computer would help as well. I am afraid if I were to write mine would be even worse looking. Thank goodness for spellchecking. The spell checker in the google toolbar is great. I use it on every post.

akahn · January 25, 2011, 5:26am

Now I feel a whole lot better about my reports.

llosciale · January 25, 2011, 11:51pm

I went to the site today, half of what he sited was not so and you should see what he missed!!!

mmeeker · January 26, 2011, 12:10am

Are you actually mentoring him? If so that is a heck of a nice thing to do. Best of luck to him. Tell him he is welcome to contact me anytime if I can be of any help.

jacaron · January 26, 2011, 12:41am

#-oMEEKER for President!!! Obama Out! Meeker in!!:-;;

WE NEED CHANGE!!! 2012 is the year! Go Meeker!! Go!\:D/

mmeeker · January 26, 2011, 12:49am

That is something I would love. I have a clean record.
I do not think I could win as I would take care of the problems in our country before one red cent went anywhere else except in the case of natural disasters and the like.

rhensel · January 26, 2011, 1:23am

Yea what he said…Not one red “sent”!..

dquigley · January 26, 2011, 1:29am

Hmmmm - No Russians were sent?

Guess Google spell check doesn’t pick up on Definitions/ Grammar.

mmeeker · January 26, 2011, 1:35am

I do not have any idea what you guys are talking about. :—)

jshishilla · January 26, 2011, 2:55am

I will be mentoring two more inspectors. One this and one next week.

llosciale · January 27, 2011, 3:03am

Sorry but no. I haven’t been able to find out who he is yet. So in the mean time I guess I’ll have to use his report as an example of what not to accept.