Old foreman told me my brick spacing was 'too perfect' and it messed with my head

I was working a wall in a backyard in Denver and this guy with 30 years in walks up and says I gotta add some slight variation because perfect joints look unnatural on old homes. So I started eyeballing instead of measuring every damn brick and the wall actually looked better when we were done. Any of you guys get told to mess up your work on purpose just to match the style of the building?

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rose_cooper1d ago

Too perfect" messing with your head? That's wild.

abby_wilson511d ago

Oh man, that hit home hard lol. I had a friend who dated this guy who literally never had a single flaw. Like he'd bring her coffee in bed every morning, always had the right thing to say, looked like he stepped out of a magazine. It drove her absolutely crazy after a while because she kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. She'd find herself nitpicking tiny things just to feel like he was human, you know? Eventually she broke it off because she felt like she was dating a robot programmed to be perfect. It's funny how something that sounds amazing can actually feel super unsettling in real life.