Return It in Better Condition Than When You Borrowed It | Etiquette in the Construction Industry

Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

You all rent equipment from construction equipment rental companies, right?

I imagine you’ll lend out your company’s machinery or borrow machinery from other companies.

Power Shovel

How do you go about returning items?

 

The thing is, whether it's our company's equipment or someone else's, I always make sure to clean it up before returning it!

This is the golden rule.

Always return borrowed items in good condition.

Any craftsman who can't do this is no good. Just because it's someone else's work doesn't mean you can cut corners—absolutely not!

 

The other day, a contractor borrowed our machine, and he made it sound like he was going to clean it up really well.

That machine had just come back from an overhaul, so there wasn't a single trace of mortar on it. (Spray machine)

When it came back, there was quite a bit of mortar inside...

Even though there was a pressure washer, they weren't using it...

I'm just so disappointed.

Contractors you don't know very well (even if they were recommended) are really risky, aren't they?

Sparkle

Return it in better condition than when you borrowed it!

We're the ones who have to do the prep work and pay for the repairs.

It's just utterly ridiculous.

That’s why I’m determined to provide thorough training to ensure this doesn’t happen to our employees!

I’d like to do work that leads to the next step.

 

See you later.

  1. 谷本光生 says:

    Good evening! I look forward to your daily updates. Returning something you’ve borrowed in the same condition as when you received it is just common courtesy—or a matter of morality—but there are quite a few people who can’t do that. And it’s practically impossible to return something to someone like that in even better condition than when you borrowed it. They probably don’t even remember what it looked like when they first borrowed it. They probably treat tools and machinery as mere objects, without even considering that those very tools and machines are what put food on their table. If it weren’t for tools and machinery, everything would be done by hand, right? I think very few people actually use them while considering how they work, how to use them, what causes them to break, and how to maintain them. Lately, with people turning away from cars, I think the number of people who enjoy tools and machinery has also been declining. Of course, it’s a problem if you value tools and machinery so much that it gets in the way of your work, but,

    • Entertainment エンタ says:

      Thank you for your hard work.

      We really live in an age where there’s an abundance of stuff.
      The spirit of cherishing things—the idea that it’s a waste—is fading, isn’t it?
      In a consumer society, that’s probably important in its own way, but the craftsmen and directors who make their living from this should take even better care of their tools.
      We always tell our children to take good care of it, but I really hope they get the message.

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