Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Who will own our ponds if the EPA gets its way?

I'll lay it out. When I brought up the idea of customers watching you back in post #421850, I was using that as an example to demonstrate "who's really doing this work anyway?"

By using an example you are familiar with, I was casting you in the role of the contractor, (the trucking company), and your customer, as a customer, (the EPA).

The customer came to you, the contractor, to have a rifle built.
The customer (EPA) came to the contractor, (the trucking firm), to have water hauled.

Your customer stands over your shoulder, advising you (contractor) as to the best way to build his rifle.....like you state, that's pointless as it's your job as contractor to build that rifle, and if your customer could build it him/herself they wouldn't need to contract with you in the first place.

The EPA (customer) enlists the services of the contractor (the trucking firm), because they are unable or unwilling to haul their own water.

So, are you ok with your customer standing over your shoulder, picking up your tools, asking you to explain every detail, offering advice on how you should be doing the job, or do you politely suggest that you are aware of what you're doing, and could they please let you work?

So then, should the EPA (customer) do the same to their contractor, (trucking firm?)Micromanaging every step along the way? Or do they proceed under the assumption that they, like you, know what they are doing and let them get to it without standing over their shoulder?

Then when the rifle doesn't live up to expectations, or the water is contaminated, whose fault is it? You and a few others, are telling me it's the customer's (the EPA), for not being more active in the process, and getting involved at every step. Do you want your customers being that involved while you're building their rifle?

I think the EPA certainly shares in the blame here. SHARES....from the sound of things, the trucking company also has some explaining to do. But why does the media source quoted in this thread fail to make that connection? In my opinion, that's because they, like many, spend a great deal of time looking for something to be wrong, and twist and manipulate, and contort the "facts" in whatever manner best suits their ideals. I don't align myself with any one faction, be it political, economic, religious, whatever. There are good and bad elements to ALL of them. Failing to recognize this, is why I think so many, get so fired up over so little.