Isn't it just a dead mall because people shop online now and the rent is too high? We take pics of the vibe because it's weird and quiet... but digging for deeper meaning feels like making a school project out of something pretty simple. Sometimes a dead mall is just a dead mall.

That sounds like a made up term to make a common problem sound fancy. A lot of chiropractors use special names for things to seem like they have secret knowledge. Your spine curving like that is usually just poor posture or a muscular imbalance. Might be worth getting a second opinion from a regular doctor or a physical therapist.

OSHA actually requires signal person training every three years. But a lot of sites let that slide once radios show up. Why would anyone risk it when hand signals are so simple?

Yeah, when ryanm45 said the shop wins every time, that's spot on. But here's something no one's saying: this flat rate thing ruins the training part too. If an apprentice is just cheap labor, the shop has no reason to actually teach them properly. They get pushed to do fast work instead of learning the skills right. So even after the apprenticeship, they might not have the know how to earn more. It's a double scam, stealing their pay now and their future earnings later.

Totally get what you mean about going slow now. My buddy Sam rushed the sanding on a pine table and you could still see every scratch under the stain. He had to strip it all back. Last month he spent a whole afternoon just on the sanding for a simple stool, and the paint went on like glass. He said it was boring but worth it.