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Shoddy work is something we run into more often than we’d like – and not just in our own trade, but in almost every field. Perhaps you’ve seen poor-quality solutions yourself, or fixes that work in the short term but end up causing real problems down the line.
That is exactly where fachlich-fraglich.com comes in: we want to show what is solidly done – and what remains questionable.
The reasons for shoddy work are varied. There is often a shortage of well-trained professionals who receive regular training and stay up to date. Time pressure, poor planning, and weak quality control by supervisors or company owners make it worse. The result is a working environment where only the bare minimum gets done – instead of well-thought-out solutions, you get compromises.
On the customer side, the problem is no less familiar: for many, price comes first. Quality? Secondary. And yet shoddy work – especially on safety-critical jobs – can have serious consequences. A crooked wall socket still works, but an improperly fused circuit is a genuine hazard. A mistake in the structural calculations? That can turn out to be far more than just expensive, and in the worst case it costs lives.
In IT it is no better: unstable systems, security holes, data loss – the list is long. Here too, when expertise is missing, quality suffers. And when quality suffers, it is always the customer who pays for it in the end.
Customers who care about quality notice very quickly when it is absent. They would rather switch to a provider who does clean work – and are happy to pay a little more for it. Good quality means safety, reliability, and durability.
Do you know colleagues who are clearly not up to date? Or have you seen one of those “creative solutions” that really belong in the “close enough for the client” category?
Then say something – diplomatically.
Sometimes a small nudge from the outside works wonders: fachlich-fraglich.com
Here is a selection of finds to brighten your day: sometimes absurd, sometimes nostalgic, sometimes alarmingly creative.
Enjoy the browsing!
Finding No. 1 nostalgic
We were all young once, and depending on where we grew up, we grew up with very different things. Here are a few links to pictures where you are bound to rediscover something from your own childhood.
Think of it as a visual time machine – one that stirs up childhood memories and brings long-forgotten feelings back to the surface.
Back to childhood:
Finding No. 2 flawed
As a professional, you know the standards – from DIN and VDE, for instance. You also know where there is room to move. But unfortunately there are also the corner-cutters among us. They think: “That’ll hold”, “I’ll be gone tomorrow”, or “Nobody’s going to look up there anyway”. Welcome to the realm of improvisation.
Limits of creativity:
Finding No. 3 flawless
They do exist – the true professionals. People who love their craft, understand it, and practise it with precision and passion. Here is a small homage to perfection, order, and aesthetics.
A few genuine masterpieces:
Finding No. 4 informed
A legendary meme in the German-speaking world. When nothing works any more and everyone is just standing around waiting, the notice reads: „Der Techniker ist informiert.“ – the technician has been informed.
Error message? All good:
Finding No. 5 brave
Some jobs you are either born for – or you need an enormous dose of composure to survive them. Profession: everyday hero. Something like that.
Maybe an office job after all?
Finding No. 6 flawed
Some people do not think in problems, they think in solutions. Even when those solutions are … well … questionable.
A few ideas for the next improvisation contest:
Finding No. 7 cheerful
Because now and then you are allowed to laugh at your own job – or at your colleagues’. Here are a few ideas for the next office prank or lunch-break conversation.
Office mischief:
If you come across an interesting solution, please send us a photo of it. We can then publish it anonymously here on this website. You will find the email address in the imprint (in German).
Flawless+Flawed is a lighthearted project about technology, quality, and creative solutions. You will find things we came across on the web and submissions from real building sites – sometimes absurd, sometimes brilliant, sometimes questionable.
Flawless+Flawed is run by tech enthusiasts who collect and comment on examples of craftsmanship – the excellent and the questionable alike.
Yes, we would love that. Send your contributions to us by email and we will review them.
Yes, please send us photos of good, interesting, poor, or simply funny technical solutions by email. We publish the best examples anonymously on this website.