So I'm working on a system for a client and I'm using a few toys that are new to me so I set it all up in my family room to give it a dry run. Why there? So I can use all of my speakers, and there for ultimately for convenience.... Or so I thought.

Well I have a Denon receiver and so does the system I'm building. I forgot to hit the hard power on my receiver, which is a little older, and so anything I did on the remote in the menu on the new receiver also did "something" on my system. A bunch of crap got changed, no sound from the PS3, etc. I was able to sort it out in about 30 minutes but man what a cock up.

Haha. Oh well. I think it's funny but I won't do that again.

Share something dumb but recoverable that you've done so I don't feel so stupid. Haha.

Craig

Hell I had a client buy a PS3 back in the day (never touched one before) from a pawn shop. I was so appalled that he went to a pawn shop. Well we get everything hooked up but the ring would not power on. I teased him and had him return it only to find out I never flipped the main power switch on the back.

Luxury condos in Chicago. I put 4 systems in for a bunch of neighbors. They all had RTI remotes. Forgot to change the channels between them. Easy fix. We all laughed. I fixed them all over cocktails at a dinner party.

Had similar on a beachfront condo.

Random issues that would appear every so often. One day I was going up the stairs to service the system yet again when I ran into the next door neighbor. Started chatting with them and they asked me if I could take a look at an issue they were having.
You guessed it… They also had an RTI system (installed by a different company).
D'oh!

Bet you guys didn't charge for these "doh" moments huh?

KOT

I took on a labor only TV job for a friend of a friend. Three days into it with a helper , I'm way under where I should be for labor.

The only upside is the learning experience for next time....

Funniest one ever....


I installed a lot of Central Vacuum systems years back, and used those old analog wireless remote controls where you had all those little dip switches.

Always took care to keep track of the "code" in the various neighborhoods.


Got a call day from a lady that said her CV kept turning on every morning around 8AM.

Got a call within a day or so from another lady on the same street. Her complaint was that her garage door wouldn't stay closed when she left in the morning, and she was positive she was closing it, and worse yet, sometimes it would just open up all by itself.



Seems they had a new garage door opener installed, and the code matched the code for her neighbors CV.


After it was figured out they both broke out in laughter and became great friends.

The ending kind of ruined it for me. It would have been funnier if they had become mortal enemies and tried to poison each other's pets. ;)

One day I was drilling and hit a water line ...
Oh, never-mind, that didn't happen... to me. :-)

Pocket door did though.

KOT

That's disturbing and sad at the same time.

I actually did that years ago. But it wasn't some great flood disaster, as it was under the house and took just minutes to fix.

But funny as hell, as it was intended.

I think disturbing; sad; and funny as hell might be another one of those "pick any two" kinds of lists.

We all know about good, fast, cheap: pick two. Here are another two:



or

pg

One that DID happen to me.

I was drilling up into a wall from the basement to run coax and thought I had measured just right. Nope. Came up through the hardwood floor with a 1" auger bit.

The funny thing was that I had just that week seen on TV how to replace a damaged piece of hardwood. I told the client immediately, removed the damaged piece and was able to find a suitable match at a local flooring store and completed the repair.

She's since moved and I've worked for her twice since so I guess she was ok with the solution.

F me though. I wish I could have seen my face when I found that beast sticking out of the floor 2" from the wall.

Measure twice....

Craig.