re: Cox Cable Guy fell through ceiling....

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Anyone have stories about stepping through ceilings or dealing with workers who have?

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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.