I wish i had bookmarked it, but several years ago i read a story about some fellow who spent his life traveling and picking up a job only when he needed to rebuild his bank account. Basically, he stopped into the Indiana area and took a job building TTs at one of the big plants. His horror stories of WHO was building these things is still seared onto my brain. Lots of drug addicts (and yes i include alcohol) who stayed stoned all the time. He was amazed someone wasnt hurt on the job every hour. Even the Amish workers didnt care about anything other than slapping cheap materials together to make production goals. And he said his plant was one of the good ones; others were much worse.
My takeaway was to nitpick the heck out of anything i was going to buy. And to realize that it was not a product i should expect to last very long.
