Well I was offended until I realized you meant THAT kind of engineer LOL. Here is a bit of advice....let them hang themselves.

My late hubby would have agreed with your post totally and he WAS an engineer (not the kind that drives the train Matt ). But the difference was He went to college back in the days when they actually taught "field" stuff - not just book learning.

He used to get those wet nosed "new college graduates" to "train" and it certainly kept up his blood pressure. They had NO idea how to wire around something and would want to shut down a plant because something wasn't just like on paper.

He called the main office one day and told them if they didn't get a couple of those little boys back to the office TODAY they'd be sending their mother's letters of condolence tomorrow.

Now don't get me wrong - he was stubborn as the devil (only ONE way to do anything - his way) and knew everything (I sold my encyclopedias right after we got married), but he could "southern engineer" about anything if the need arose.

My sympathies go out to you -- I had over 40 years of dealing with one at home - they're just as bad off work!

Hugs BD