Well apparently the young guy at work (I'm only 24 but he's 19, so I guess that makes him the YOUNGER guy )has a rare condition where he thinks if he touches a micrometer he will catch the nasty and horrible disease known as ACCURACY. I've told him again and again to forget the guessing stick calipers and use his micrometer on important jobs with high tolerances. We just have manual machines, and he made about 100 fairly critical parts over the last couple days, all dimensions need to be within a thousandth. Only about 50% were useable and of the other 50% about half were able to be reworked into spec, and the other half were garbage. Apparently his stop had moved on him, and If he just took the time to check his work, and check it properly he would have caught it and not made scrap. He must have a hole going from one ear to the other, because not much of anything I teach him sticks. I've been talking with the boss and I don't think he's going to last much longer. I don't think I've ever actually seen him use his micrometer, even when doing grinding work! ANYWAYS.... anyone else ever encounter someone who was afraid to use a micrometer?