Just looked at my old work log and saw I've cut over 10,000 pieces of glass

I was cleaning out my truck and found my first logbook from when I started my own shop. I flipped through and added up the jobs from just the first three years. The number hit me because I remember how nervous I was cutting my first few panes for a bathroom window. Now, after fifteen years, that many cuts means I've probably handled miles of glass. It's wild to think about all those windows and doors. Anyone else ever add up their old work and get a surprise like that?

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the_hugo15d ago

That's a crazy number to see written down. Actually, the math on that is even more wild than you think (sorry, I'm a bit of a numbers guy). If each piece was just a one foot cut, ten thousand pieces is already almost two miles of glass. But since windows are way bigger than that, you've probably handled dozens of miles of material over the years. It really shows the scale of work that just becomes routine.

morgan.joseph14d ago

But honestly those big numbers can be misleading, like what troy449 said about covering a football field. Most of those cuts are just small trims and repairs, not huge sheets. It makes the actual amount of material used sound way bigger than it really is. The routine part is more about the repetition, not the miles of glass.

troy44915d ago

Just realized that's enough glass to cover a football field a few times over. Makes all those careful cuts feel pretty huge now.