I'm contributing to the down-hole disasters theme this month. I usually try to stay on a lighter note, but this happened to me in 1976, and is a good example of a combination of Murphy's law and human error.
Some of the biggest marketing hustles ever perpetrated on mankind are perfectly legal, yet manage to pull the wool over the eyes of millions of consumers day after day.
In last month's article, I dealt with the white-collar segment of construction industry theft represented by embezzlement. Now, let's turn our attention to the more common problems associated with the theft of tools, equipment and materials, which can be thought of as construction's “blue collar” crime wave.
Men usually don't like to ask directions or pay attention to their wives' directions. For those men, I say, “Get a GPS.” GPS is short for global positioning system. For those who haven't heard of a GPS, it's a worldwide radio-navigation system that was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense. It uses satellite signals to track the location or position of vehicles or vessels on earth.
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