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----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: <lakel...@gbcx.net> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:12 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop doing installs yourself,they are for the young > Kinda like laughing in a limo in Chicago? > > ;-) > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Larsen - Lists <li...@manageisp.com> > > Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:52:25 > To: <joe.mil...@dslbyair.com>; WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop doing installs yourself, > they are for the young > > > 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: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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