Do details matter to you?

I am told by my wife that I am too detail oriented. Well, of course I am. I was a State Trooper for 37 years.

I never quite figured out who thought up our retirement program. We get full retirement when our age and years of service reach 92. Actually, I stayed a few more years than I would have had to, but I had some unfinished work I needed to get done.
 
Pinky said:
I usually go over the details before acting. Yeah, a bit anal :rolleyes:
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That’s me. I sometimes go beyond the details. I recently had an MRI of my back and when the doctor explained to me what the pictures were showing, I began asking questions, like “What’s this?” “What’s that?” And on and on I went and the doctor asked me if I wanted a job reading MRI’s. I asked him how much did it pay. He wouldn’t answer.
 
My dad and my brother have unlimited patience with details. The floor wasn't all finished in my dad's attic. He decided to add the rest of the floor, without using nails. Every board had to have the exact perfect angles to attach and lock in place. I would have gotten nails and a hammer. And if the nails didn't go in, I'd get a bigger hammer. I'm a bigger hammer type of guy.
 
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Seems topical. I pulled this out of the rag bag this morning. I didn't know it was still around, it's from the late '70's. I remember who gave it to me, but not the occasion.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
My dad and my brother have unlimited patience with details. The floor wasn't all finished in my dad's attic. He decided to add the rest of the floor, without using nails. Every board had to have the exact perfect angles to attach and lock in place. I would have gotten nails and a hammer. And if the nails didn't go in, I'd get a bigger hammer. I'm a bigger hammer type of guy.
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Are you saying he used tongue and groove boards as flooring in the attic ? And by the way, hammers are being over taken by air driven nail guns now. JIM.
 
jimintoronto said:
Are you saying he used tongue and groove boards as flooring in the attic ? And by the way, hammers are being over taken by air driven nail guns now. JIM.
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I know my dad didn't use simple tongue and groove. He used no nails. It was all about cutting angles, so that it was attached to the floor joists and to each other. That's about all I know about it. It took him months to do. It was his hobby.
 
Yes, details are important but how important they are to me depends upon the situation so I'm not going to stress over something that does not matter to me much. :giggle:
 
I like to know the who, what, where, when, and why... and how. It drives me crazy when reporters don't abide by their own tenets, which is almost always. Granted, often they don't know some of it, but they rarely do follow-up stories. One thing they almost never leave out, though, is 'how do you feel about it?'. They'll interview ten people and ask them how they feel about something like a mass murder or a flood, but they barely put any effort into why and how it happened. How did the murderer get the gun when he was a convicted felon? I guess it's cheaper than doing any real reporting.
 
Jeni said:
yes, I want to details most all of the time. The truth is in details.
Ever think of scams they count on people not looking at details... not seeing the logo is not right the URL is off etc.
I think the lack of real details is how many mistakes are made.
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I agree! I’m detail oriented. The truth IS in the details. Businesses count on you not wanting to read the details. I generally, read everything. My husband keeps claiming that I’d be a good book writer since I’m so detail oriented but I think one can have too many details. Who wants three pages of how the window looking outside looked.
 
I have missed important information when I skim something. Most of the time I skim backwards to find the important details. LONG explanations do bore me most of the time. Bullets points don't tell the story. A good middle way approach is probably the best. A good story with appropriate details sprinkled about. :)
 
Jace said:
Always?

Some-times?

Depends on subject or matter, otherwise?

Your comment!😉
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It depends. If you're in casual conversation, then they don't matter. But in context, they're vital. Like, you see a thread about a war, and someone has posted something that indicates an allegiance, but seem to have no real knowledge of the history. The details of such events are important.

Then again, take say - consumer electronics. If you buy a toaster, what do you really have to know? The details of the electronics isn't important, just so long as it makes toast. In most of out lives, the details aren't important. But when they are, they're most important.
 
Depends on subject or matter. For instance yesterday my wife broke vertical blind valance clips. No details needed. Replacing the touch pad for our oven required details.
 

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