Gives a new meaning to "truck roll"!!! -RickG On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Matt Larsen - Lists <[email protected]>wrote:
> One of my phone techs thought that he could go out and do local service > calls when the phones weren't busy. This guy is pretty big - probably > about 350 or so at the time and not the most nimble person in the world. > > He stopped by the customer's house and went to look at his router, which > was up in the attic above the guys garage. Apparently, he lost his > balance on the ladder and went through the drywall ceiling next to the > attic access and dropped about 15 feet to the concrete floor. He was > alright (miraculously) and the homeowner was actually pretty > understanding about the situation. > > I asked the tech how it went down, and he said that when he started > falling off the ladder, he just did a "tuck and roll". Which made me > feel a little better, because the image of him leaving a giant-sized > human outline with arms and legs flailing as he went through the drywall > was stuck in my head and causing me to tear up from laughing so hard. > I thought it was probably like a combination of the Kool-Aid man and > Sesame Street muppets going through walls. > > He doesn't do service calls any more. :^) > > Matt Larsen > vistabeam.com > > > > Joe Miller wrote: > > This should make for a good read, or a good laugh. > > > > This week, my installer has been out of town. However, business still > goes on. I decided to do some of the installs while he is away. Nothing was > different about these installs from the hundreds of installs that I've done > in the past. > > > > The first install that I did on Tuesday of this week resulted in drilling > a small hole in my right hand. I was trying to drill a hole into a blank > wall plate. All of the sudden, it shattered into about 10 pieces. What the > hell was I thinking. I've never tried to do that in the past. I've always > used a 2x4 or something like that to back it up to keep that from happening. > It was getting late and I took a short cut. My right hand is still paying > the price for that one. > > > > The second install resulted in putting my foot through the ceiling due to > not have full use of my right hand from the install the day before. Walking > around in ceilings requires the use of both hands. Well, my right hand, > still in pain from the install the day before, was having issues with it > being used. Anyway, while moving around in the attic area for the third time > to fish up my cat5 cable and to remove the tools that I put up there, I > slipped on one of the ceiling joists and put my foot through the sheetrock. > I though the homeowner was going to come unglued, but he was pretty cool > about it. He was more concerned about me than his ceiling. In order to save > face, I gave him the $249.00 install for free, gave him the new router and > USB wireless adapter (cost of $100.00) for free as well. Along with a free > months service of $49.95. This was to help cover the cost of the repair of > the sheetrock. The hole in the ceiling was the size of my size 13 shoe. > > And of course I'm really sore this morning writing this. > > > > Anyway, the whole point of writing this is that there is a time in > everyone's life when you have to leave the installs to the younger ones. I'm > not saying I'm too old to do this, but after running cable in houses for > over 20 years, it is time to let others take care of it. Even if it means > putting off installs for new customers. As the VP of Operations for my > company, I've always had the "just get it done" attitude. There is nothing > that my company does that I cannot do, and I have. It doesn't mean that "I" > have to do them. When that time comes, you just have to learn how to > delegate those jobs out. > > > > Now that everyone has had a laugh at my expense, (it's ok). Maybe someone > here can learn from what I did this week and not make the same mistakes. The > main thing is that we do our jobs well. And above all...we do them safely. > > > > Joe Miller > > DSLbyAir, LLC > > 228-238-2563 > > www.dslbyair.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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