The Domestic Sparkies Who Left My Ceiling A Spider Web

Alex climbs into his roof cavity for the first time and finds out exactly what eight grand of domestic rewiring actually bought him. Spaghetti cables, insulation ripped up and left in a pile, and a condensation tube shoved together by some dodgy cunt that slowly rotted a hole through the heater. Then Troy gets into the thing eating him alive at the new mine: a leaderboard on every wall that turns machine maintenance into a game you can never actually win.

In this episode:
- The roof cavity horror show and what industrial standards look like next to domestic work
- Why the building inspector sees ten times what a sparky can
- An investing conference full of true blue Aussies and the first humanoid robot Alex has seen in the flesh
- The card surcharge ban that doesn't remove the fees, just makes them invisible
- What makes you a bitch at work: the sad cunt who whinges about his cross shift for five years
- The brutal mining hierarchy from nipper to jumbo operator and who gets leapfrogged
- Goodhart's Law on a mine site: when the board goes green, the actual work stops mattering
- KPIs, bean counters, and getting chased up 15 seconds after fixing a machine

Timestamps:
(00:13) 3K on Instagram and the substation reel blowing up
(02:22) The rewire job Alex found in his roof cavity
(05:10) Eight grand, backpacking on a shoestring, and the rewire that ate the trip
(09:59) Insulation ripped up and left in a pile, HVAC rubbish never removed
(12:10) Why a leaking roof isn't the worst thing that can happen
(16:40) The investing conference and the safest room in Melbourne
(21:28) Seeing a humanoid robot for the first time
(24:56) King of the Hill anxiety and the hay fever injection waiting list
(33:52) What makes you a bitch: whinging about your cross shift
(38:44) The mining hierarchy from nipper to jumbo and who gets leapfrogged
(51:34) Card surcharges banned October 1st and where the fees actually go
(59:53) The mine leaderboard and Goodhart's Law
(01:08:11) KPIs, ticking boxes, and maintenance that only exists on paper
(01:14:43) Bean counters, chat GPT quotes, and getting undercut by your own supplier

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