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re: Cox Cable Guy fell through ceiling....
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:20 am to ItzMe1972
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:20 am to ItzMe1972
When I first got out of school I worked for a cable company for a couple years. Stepping through the ceilings was a regular thing.
Funniest thing I saw when we were in an attic running cable and coworker needed to pee. He pissed in the drain pan of the Hot water heater. The company would not allow us to use customers restroom.
Funniest thing I saw when we were in an attic running cable and coworker needed to pee. He pissed in the drain pan of the Hot water heater. The company would not allow us to use customers restroom.
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Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:20 am to ItzMe1972
quote:Happens quite often. I've got a buddy who owns a security company. He has a guy step thru a ceiling once and a while. Hell, I did it at my house a couple of years ago when my foot slipped off a rafter.
I just received a call from a new tenant.
Cox was out to install cable/internet. He fell through the ceiling in the den and wound up on the couch. He was not hurt, but insulation and drywall is everywhere. He's calling his supervisor.
Anyone have stories about stepping through ceilings or dealing with workers who have?
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:21 am to ItzMe1972
No, but I have a story about Cox.
For two weeks, every day, the internet would go out at random times. Sometimes it would only be a few seconds sometimes it would be as long as 45-50 mins.
Working from home, I need reliable internet. When it first started, I would log on to the app and I received a message "there is an outage in your area, we are aware of it and we have our engineers working on the problem"
Last week I was getting aggravated and every time I would try to call to talk with someone, once I put in the information they require they give me the whole "we are aware of tje problem, blah blah blah.".. Last Friday everything was running smooth.. And did so all weekend.
Monday comes around and later in the afternoon it goes out again. I get the following message "We are aware of the problem, but due to the Pandemic there is an increase in usage, we are aware of the problem and trying to get it resolved".
Around me, people are pretty much back to the way things were pre-pamdemic. So when everyone was home for awhile, there were no problems, but now its due to the pandemic?
Everyone I talked to around me, who has cox has been having the same problems and have been trying to get someone to talk to but keeps getting the same shite response as I do. They are not putting anyone though to a person, its just the "we are aware of the problem in your area" message.
The past few days it has been working like it should... knock on wood, but I just had to get this out since its about Cox.
For two weeks, every day, the internet would go out at random times. Sometimes it would only be a few seconds sometimes it would be as long as 45-50 mins.
Working from home, I need reliable internet. When it first started, I would log on to the app and I received a message "there is an outage in your area, we are aware of it and we have our engineers working on the problem"
Last week I was getting aggravated and every time I would try to call to talk with someone, once I put in the information they require they give me the whole "we are aware of tje problem, blah blah blah.".. Last Friday everything was running smooth.. And did so all weekend.
Monday comes around and later in the afternoon it goes out again. I get the following message "We are aware of the problem, but due to the Pandemic there is an increase in usage, we are aware of the problem and trying to get it resolved".
Around me, people are pretty much back to the way things were pre-pamdemic. So when everyone was home for awhile, there were no problems, but now its due to the pandemic?
Everyone I talked to around me, who has cox has been having the same problems and have been trying to get someone to talk to but keeps getting the same shite response as I do. They are not putting anyone though to a person, its just the "we are aware of the problem in your area" message.
The past few days it has been working like it should... knock on wood, but I just had to get this out since its about Cox.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:24 am to ItzMe1972
I put my foot through the ceiling of a house I was flipping once. My wife saw it happen and fell down laughing. Cut my foot pretty badly pulling it back through. There are pictures somewhere.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:27 am to ItzMe1972
quote:
Anyone have stories about stepping through ceilings or dealing with workers who have?
Yup. About 10 years ago the company that does the semi-annual AC check was out during August. Young guy came out. My youngest son who was 2 at the time was home with me then since I work from home. At that point, he'd usually be in the living room directly in front of my office by the coffee table so I could see him either playing, watching tv, etc. Directly above that area is the attic AC unit the guy was working on. Soon after the guy got here my son needed a diaper change so I was in my bedroom handing that shite (literally) and was just finishing up when a noise that sounding like someone had pushed over a China Cabinet came form the living room. Bad thing...we don't have one of those.
I run out to the living room and the guy is standing in the middle of the room dusting himself off like a cartoon, and above him is a dude sized hole in the drywall ceiling and the fan which was right next to it hanging sideways. I asked him if he was ok, and thankfully he was...then asked, "So...um, what happened?" It was just super hot and his hands were slippery and he slightly missed a joist and when he went to grab a beam for catch himself he had not grip and came straight through between the joists. Missed the coffee table but landed directly where my son would have been playing had he still been there.
Ended up having the company fix it all, but it was a bitch to deal with.
Every time someone comes out to work in the attic, I tell them about this and beg them to be careful.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:39 am to ItzMe1972
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:00 am to ItzMe1972
expect an in house wiring charge added to bill
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:08 am to ItzMe1972
I came through the ceiling once.
I was running some wire to put a sub panel in an addition we were building. Trying to save myself a little money on the electrical. Anyway, it was summer an extraordinarily hot in the attic. I think I temporarily passed out or blacked out because the next thing I know, I'm hanging by the joist and my feet are dangling in my daughter's bedroom.
My wife still brings that shite up every now and then......
I was running some wire to put a sub panel in an addition we were building. Trying to save myself a little money on the electrical. Anyway, it was summer an extraordinarily hot in the attic. I think I temporarily passed out or blacked out because the next thing I know, I'm hanging by the joist and my feet are dangling in my daughter's bedroom.
My wife still brings that shite up every now and then......
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:14 am to ItzMe1972
Pulling christmas decorations I stepped off the boarded platform and fell backwards between two rafters. I caught my self, but my arse made a giant hole in the ceiling above the garage. I still call it my arse hole.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:28 am to ItzMe1972
Similar situation. 21 years ago, our brand new, just constructed house, we had just moved in a day or two earlier. House was pre-wired for cable, but the Cox guy had to go up in the attic to check connections, etc. Proceeds to put his foot through the ceiling of daughter's bedroom. Cox handled it well; the same contractor who built our house came out and fixed it within a couple of days, and Cox paid him directly,
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:30 am to ItzMe1972
My mother in law fell through her ceiling once but no injuries. Close but no cigar!
This post was edited on 5/28/21 at 10:31 am
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:44 am to ItzMe1972
I put a leg through someone’s foyer ceiling. Best I got. Working in and out of their attic. Made probably 20 trips over the foyer area. Coming through the last time, and I misjudged where the rafter was. Customer was soon looking at my No. 13 Red Wing. Thankfully they were cool about it. I finished the job, put in a damage claim, we fixed it, and 2 weeks later they flooded. Lily, Inc., so YMMV.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:18 am to ItzMe1972
I worked as a police officer many years ago in a relatively small town. There was a lady who imagined people would come into her house. She called the police and we would escort these imaginary people out of her house and she was fine for a few days. One night these ‘people’ were in her attic. I am waiting in the living room with her and the rookie I am training steps right thru the ceiling.
“Dear Chief...”
“Dear Chief...”
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:18 am to ItzMe1972
I did it a few times myself. Not completely, but I've lost my balance a handful of times when working in my attic and put a foot through.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:22 am to ItzMe1972
quote:This is the Aggie version of this scenario:
Cox was out to install cable/internet. He fell through the ceiling in the den and wound up on the couch.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:25 am to ItzMe1972
Definitely a fail.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:37 am to ItzMe1972
Several times, I was an estimator/sales for an insulation company. Hated those phone calls.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:40 am to ItzMe1972
my dad works for a billboard company and apparently one of their maintenance guys fell from the billboard and died about 2 weeks ago. sad way to go
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:51 am to ItzMe1972
Had a guy inspecting an A/C unit in the attic of my client's house. Dude tripped and fell cracking the drain line. Client was out of town and came home to sheetrock on her floor and water dripping down. Guy tried to say "it wasn't me." His supervisor came out to inspect it and found the dudes Oakley sunglasses he was complaining that he lost, next to the cracked pipe. They obviously paid for the repairs.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 12:07 pm to ItzMe1972
quote:
Anyone have stories about stepping through ceilings or dealing with workers who have?
shite happens, thats what insurance is for
in 40 yrs crawling in attics fixing a/c i only did it twice and both times was because i was trying to work too fast and foot slipped off the rafters
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