Bad work follers ye ez long's ye live.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This colloquial statement warns that poor quality work will follow a person throughout their life, affecting their reputation or outcomes.
- In plain terms
- Doing poor quality work will negatively affect you for a long time.
- What can you take from it?
- Poor quality work has long lasting negative consequences.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you define bad work?
- What happens to your reputation when work is poor?
Another view
Sometimes circumstances force people to do bad work despite best efforts.
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