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Ray,

I guess it would depend on which adjuster is wearing the State Farm shirt whether it would have a positive or negative impact. Bob Harvey wearing a State Farm shirt while climbing a roof....that seems like excellent advertisement to me.  Hoober Goober, 3 Day Wonder Texas Adjuster, wearing a State Farm shirt while guzzling swill in the local dive bar and trying to pick up the bartender.....that would be a problem.

I believe that's strike three, Racko.

On a more serious note, there is a lot of good information in this thread.  Thanks to all the real professionals (you know who you are) that have been willing to share what amounts to their trade secrets.  May your footing continue to hold and may you stay with us for a very long time.

Well, it all depends if the act is done in a professional manner. If say, the folks on skid row in return send a complimentery 'Sunshine' letter to the president of the shirts company, it might make it sort of allright. And if the files were securely tied to a couple of bricks so they could become the beginnings of an artificial reef for the benefit of the nautical wildlife, and not just more floating litter, I guess it might be kinda okay.

But, if a snarky, back stabbing claims manager's feet are set in concrete and deposited in the shark infested sparkling waters off beautiful Miami Beach, many may see that as a honorable, justifible, and joyous act.

Other people may have differing opinions.

Ol' Ghost

Steve, I was being facetious, you know that. I got the inspiration from an old Frank Sinatra movie from 1968, 'Lady In Cement', that was on TCM recently. By the way, I thought Miami Metro was the Bus Company.
 

I always keep a civilian shirt in the truck and change into it  in office parking lot when I leave in the evening. I wouldn't even imbibe a glass of pure, wholesome milk in public in a company shirt. I wear the company colors in the course and scope of my sacred duties, but never on my own time.

Ol' Ghost

Jim-

Given the nature of your posts, would you want to change your last comment from a "USAA Cat shirt" to an XYZ Cat shirt?

RJ

Posted By JAustin on 10 Dec 2009 09:42 AM
...NOT LIKE YOU TO PUT THEIR LOGO ON WEB SITES 

Hi Jim, as you know 99.9 % of my focus was to put some info on the thread to possibly help others from taking an unplanned ride down the slope to the dirt.  I really didn't consider what shirt I was wearing.

Rather than argue about that (you could have a point), I will edit out the logo when I get a chance and re-upload the photo.  It will likely be at least several weeks til I can pull up photoshop and edit the photo cuz I am fortunate to be working at a new site and have to get over the wall of the first inspections.

Just trying to help.

Gotcha, and that's what I thought.
You have pointed out something that we had not thought of.
I would like to point out something for you as well. I'm not sure how long you have been adjusting, maybe I am preaching to the choir if you have been doing this for a long time. More important than my ability to measure a roof is my ability to encounter people who are upset, maybe say things that "stir up the pot" - and just let it go.

The ability to get along with people (regardless of the circumstance) is very important in this biz. When you are working, likely you do the same thing I do and "be a nice guy" no matter what. I try to do the same thing in all areas of life (even on a forum) unless I am defending myself or family.

I fully expected smart A answers from the likes of claims_ray and RJortberg

Rich Jortberg has been active on this thread for months, has climbing experience. Maybe he doesn't place the degree of importance you do on the shirt issue.  From HIS perspective, you may be nuts for making a big deal about it.  At the end of the day, we all learn.

I don't consider Claims_Ray a smart *ss either, but if I did I wouldn't put it that way.  It's amazing how small this world is.  I just drove 9 hours to a new site Thursday, very small storm with 5 adjusters.  The claims mgr arrived, and knew 2 of the other adjusters.  The support people arrived, and I had just worked with one of them earlier this year. 

My point:  even if you need to bash someone, do it in a way that you could share a room with them next year on a future deployment.

Hey all I said was I failed to see any harm to the companies from photos of an IA on a roof and what someone states is a company's agenda.
Now I do agree that we should not state information that could be considered a "Trade Secret" however I did not see any harm in what was stated. If someone choses to cut their own throat then more power to them and more work for the rest of us.
I also pointed out that "Anonymous Jim" (I didn't know that this was Cat Adjusters Anonymous or CAA) could cause harm to himself and the company that he named in a hypothetical posting.

I have been an A** in some of my postings however not in this case. In the cases where I have been an A** I have usually done in an attempt to be humorous and/or informative.

 

More important than my ability to measure a roof is my ability to encounter people who are upset, maybe say things that "stir up the pot" - and just let it go.  The ability to get along with people (regardless of the circumstance) is very important in this biz.

This is a critical skill for a catadjuster because you WILL encounter angry and upset people, and you have to work with them in a positive manner, if at all possible.  Failure to do this will get you taken off a storm long before bad photos or roof measurements.

Can I say constructively that I think its most irritating when you copy peoples text on your replies.

I agree completely!  Just kidding, of course.  It clarifies exactly what and who is being responded to.