In locations that “time left behind” the people are also weary of big city folk who say and do things that insult their intelligence and way of life. In those instances you need to “gently” educate the locals. All you really have to do is open up a friendly line of communication. Help them feel good about themselves. Make them think it’s their idea. It’s called smoozing.
> On Apr 2, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > > You make an easy argument for large cities. The problem is when you get > into heavily rural areas. Like the kind of places that are 2 hours away > from anything. Like where you go to the coffee shop and they don't have > internet there yet. Don't think they don't exist. I was there 2 weeks ago. > > Every place does not have the funds and the time. Heck, they may not even > have a building over 4 stories in 30 miles making many of the newer rules > less pertinent in many of their minds. > > I do like your zeal and I do agree. Many cities do drag their feet and in > the meantime, buildings burn and lives crumble. > ᐧ > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm sorry for my grammar and autocorrect as this is coming from my phone. >> >> How does the forum feel about ignoring the more stringent requirements of >> the most current NFPA standards all because the AHJ hasn't adopted the >> latest year? As the standards have evolved with each new addition, they >> typically try to clarify murky wording of past standards, expand on topics, >> or add/change requirements based on the latest and greatest tests. So >> should we be purposely designing and installing and inferior product that >> more times than not is less safe just because the AHJ hasn't adopted the >> latest design guidelines. I've heard sometimes the AHJ doesn't adopt the >> new standard simply due to the financial impact of republishing their >> amendments and not merely because they don't agree. To me it seems >> morally/ethically wrong but I may just be on my high horse today. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org >> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/3e9c8929f746ea1d96937abad0212793ec77355f/dc13cf89739c886d1a39e4f1c98f2f2e/4f4d9cc5c991c30112b10449dc18b0e4?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Flists.firesprinkler.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fsprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org> >> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
