savatage1973
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A little long, but well-worth the read--I was amused, anyways.
Perhaps more than most because a close friend of mine did this job for a number of years (before absolutely "hitting that wall"), and used to regale me with the "horror stories".
When he first started, as "low man on the totem pole", he was primarily assigned to perform disconnects (and other services) in BAD neighborhoods, under constant verbal and physical assault by unhappy customers.
Then, he "graduated" and moved on to the "expansion team", stringing service lines and doing installations in rural Appalacian territories--no indoor plumbing, but they had a TV. Spending days and weeks on the road staying in "motels" that looked more like a run-down "U-StoreIt" than a residence (I've seen the pictures).
Last straw was being "promoted" to a designated "route" in an affluent area, where the homes were nice, but the people weren't, and everyone needed "assistance" of some sort practically every other day--you know it's bad when you recognize every name and address on your daily route sheet before you leave the shop.
Enjoy!
EDIT--I forgot the damned link to the article I was referring to: https://www.yahoo.com/news/cable-guy-saw-worst-america-141612001.html
Perhaps more than most because a close friend of mine did this job for a number of years (before absolutely "hitting that wall"), and used to regale me with the "horror stories".
When he first started, as "low man on the totem pole", he was primarily assigned to perform disconnects (and other services) in BAD neighborhoods, under constant verbal and physical assault by unhappy customers.
Then, he "graduated" and moved on to the "expansion team", stringing service lines and doing installations in rural Appalacian territories--no indoor plumbing, but they had a TV. Spending days and weeks on the road staying in "motels" that looked more like a run-down "U-StoreIt" than a residence (I've seen the pictures).
Last straw was being "promoted" to a designated "route" in an affluent area, where the homes were nice, but the people weren't, and everyone needed "assistance" of some sort practically every other day--you know it's bad when you recognize every name and address on your daily route sheet before you leave the shop.
Enjoy!
EDIT--I forgot the damned link to the article I was referring to: https://www.yahoo.com/news/cable-guy-saw-worst-america-141612001.html
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