I'd probably hire that guy. I've had 3 roofing contractors come out
and none of them seemed to know what a cricket was when I asked if they
thought I needed one. Maybe it's an arbitrary criteria in light of the
job in it's entirety, but I've decided I won't hire anyone who doesn't
give me a competent description of why I do or don't need a cricket.

Of course, what you're calling a cricket, I'd call a saddle.
It's probably only called a cricket because victorians didn't
like it when it was called a crotchet, anyway.

What you're using as a criterion is filtering out people
who don't have a particular linguistic tradition, not
people who don't know much about roofs.


--Goedjn