Hey what about a customer with a ID10T Problem?


Look closer!

CH-47 when you forget your fish tape and have to use a Coat Hanger to fish something out of the wall. The 47 is the number of times you can bend it before it breaks. ( learned during CEDIA training )

humor crude or not, is a big part of our industry. If you can't laugh when a customer calls to tell you that their system doesn't work in th "OFF" or "STANDBY" light is on it would be a really sad job.

PS Watch out for the customer you haven't met that shows up on a finish looking like a sub and askes what you think about wife you have met. True Story ;-)

I guess that's a good reason to make it a habit to be couth and polite, even when responding to "innocent" questions from strangers.

Larry
www.fineelectricco.com

Add Ragu= mess of wires left by the last guy.

Hacker=direct tv and cable guys

Slam=refer to hacker

TDFT=Too Dumb For Technology

J.R. - China men who come into my store and say they are "Just Rooking"

P.W.T - pure white trash

Larry, and a few others...

Tangent,
It's fine to be couth and polite, I ALWAYS am; however, anybody who would set themselves up as such described, is either a glutton for punishment, or sadistic and cruel. Obviously he was either waiting to hear a remark about how "sexy", or "what a bitch" his wife is so that he can then spring the "news" onto the unsuspecting and get a lot of blushing and humble apologies. I would call his bluff customer or not.

If he were fishing for polite conversation, then you can get that through blunt honesty. This guy or anybody like him already has a preconceived notion of how his wife is perceived, and loves the opportunity to get under another persons shin. I'll bet if his wife were to turn the tables and do the same, The responses she would get would be less than kind. We don't need to speak the kings English to impress our customers, nor do we need to act like an ass. Their is a fine line, but you can't walk on glass all the time without pissing off a few people yourself? Work ethic is all it boils down to. Nobody is condoning 40hrs of buffoonery. Albeit, neither are we suggesting that people work with a stick in their ass. We have on the job rules to protect productivity, and civility that pertain to acceptable conduct, radio stations and volume, as well as rough and trim specific rules etc. Yet they are ALL un written, and unanimously accepted. Of course on Friday we ALL get completely sloshed at lunch and all rules are off. Of course.. Isn't that the way it is?

We have a cuss jar at each jobsite in case one of us cusses a quarter gets thrown in by the person cussing , if the customer overhears it's a buck.

As to drinking at lunch , What are you nuts ? Look I like my beer just as much as the next guy (hell I even have stock in Pyramid Beer) But none of my guys nor myself are permitted to drink if going back to work. Imediate dissmissal no but but but I only had one.
Sorry your fired .

If NAV2002 can ever figure out how to e-mal or call me his buddies would see this. (but if he can't figure out how to get my addy or phone # how bright could his freinds be ? )

The cuss jar is taken after the finish and a party is thrown (if it's too light for a party I contribute)

As to the customer showing up as a sub . LOL
Pretty funny if ya ask me . Just shows ya , keep your comments to yourself unless you know who your talking to .

What was the point of this thread again ?

As to drinking at lunch , What are you nuts ? Look I like my beer just as much as the next guy (hell I even have stock in Pyramid Beer) But none of my guys nor myself are permitted to drink if going back to work. Imediate dissmissal no but but but I only had one.
Sorry your fired .

Hampster, Is there not a single person on this board that understands levity? I was joking. Completely. As far as drink availability. Yes, we may end up at a brewery restaurant on a Friday after a tough stretch of work, but never would it permitted for anything to get out of hand, or even close. Being able to self regulate is where happiness and freedom lies. As for your quarter cuss jar. I hope that you are speaking in jest. I would have to think twice about anybody out of high school that honestly thinks a cuss jar is an adult idea. Save it for the family. And it had better be "darned" near empty anyway. I have an excellent relationship with all of my customers, and By "gosh" I am myself with them. Sure that means you have to read them and adjust to their comfort level, but I also do that with 2 year olds. What is with everybody thinking that anyone who can live with a little verbal acne, and let loose a couple of sarcastic marks is a slack jawed jerk water Okie? (no offense to those who are)

Oh.. What was the point of this thread??

Melvin: you.

Sorry to offend you but you hit a nerve, X partner was a drunk and embezzler .
And at lunch or between jobs is no time to drink or even joke about it . (I like my fingers and would like to keep them and so do my guys)
It's not my time it's our clients time.

I could not tell you were being sarcastic , can't see you typing or saying the letters before you do. lol

It's apparent you haven't been on many pre wires or you would know where I'm coming from with the cuss jar (It's a can actually) . And contrary to your beliefs IT FILLS UP FAST at the beginning .

Melvin ? Who is the child now ?

This message was edited by kabster on 07/12/02 00:25.54.

Kabster.....with my mouth, I'd probably be throwing you and your crew lavish parties. Remind me to wear my muzzle. But I also think it's kind of childish to have a cuss jar. If I couldn't swear, I'd have "persuaded" many things that didn't need it, and that would have cost even more money. But....if the cuss jar works for you and everybody else is okay with it, then I don't see a problem with it.

It's funny how those who think my cuss can is a childish idea are the first ones to start filling it up. lol

Well, complaining about getting reprimanded and having your behavior corrected is a childish notion, too.

I'm not complaining about getting reprimanded....my wife does that more than anyone. I just think working with a bunch of professionals....making them fill up the cuss can is kind of like something their father would have done when they were little. But like I said, if it works and everybody's cool with it, it's almost a better solution than firing them.

Okay, I'll re-phrase. Professionals shouldn't need to have a cuss can to control their language. As an electrician, I've worked both residential and industrial, and I hope that other home-theater installers are a few rungs up the evolutionary ladder compared to some of the slime I've had to work with.

Larry
www.fineelectricco.com