Hit 500 shoes in a month last week and it got me thinking...

Some guys say volume matters more than precision, but I've seen too many rushed jobs come back with cracks. You chasing numbers or quality in your shop?

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jade_jenkins1mo ago

Chasing numbers or quality" is the real question, and I see this same thing everywhere now. Like my neighbor who brags about painting his whole house in one weekend, but the trim looks like a toddler did it and the edges are all crooked. Or people at the gym who count reps instead of actually doing them with proper form. We live in a world obsessed with metrics. It's like everyone forgot that doing something SLOWER and more careful actually saves time in the long run because you don't have to fix it later. That's what cracks in rushed shoe jobs remind me of. We're all just trading long term quality for a temporary pat on the back.

laura_schmidt821mo agoMost Upvoted

My uncle taught me to sand between every coat of paint, made everything last way longer.

jana_shah1mo agoMost Upvoted

Respectfully I gotta push back a little here. Not every fast job is a bad job, some people just work fast and still do good work. Like your neighbor might have rushed, but there's also pros who can paint a room in a few hours and it looks perfect because they've done it a thousand times.