u/TheCrankyITGuy

Oooooo mmmmm ggggg yall

I got assigned one of Level 10’s Public Storage conversion jobs. I did the first one in my town, so another is easy peasy. A day after getting that, Tailwind calls and offers me the network portion of the same Public Storage site. I politely tell them I already had the pc part and would take it if they were ok. She pssh’d at me and said no thanks. Whatever.

So I arrive on site an hour late because the equipment pickup started the shit show because of a wrong address. I get there, apologize for the lateness, and get to work. Find out it’s only one pc and a printer. Easy peasy! But where’s the tailwind guy? No matter. I continue on and finally Mr. “I just got back from the beach” rolls in with his button up Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and hey dudes. And a Starbucks in hand.

I immediately ask “Shorts?”

He says “Yeah, I’m an independent contractor”

“No shit, so am I”

So I let him know he should test all six lines, convert the 2 RJ11 jacks to RJ45’s, and label both ends.

“Now which one is the phone jack”

Really dude? So then I proceed to watch this fool bounce from the front to the back. I walk up on him and he’s watching a video on how to terminate an RJ45. Like for real??? Did you just buy these tools before you got here?

I ask him how long he’s been doing this and he says “since 2024”. December 2024?

He had to remake the cable like 3 times before he got it right.

I told him to go home and make a pile of patch cables before he took another job.

Harasses my phone all day. I finally answer.

“We need someone to install a media player. It’s a 1.5hr job”

“I have a two hour minimum”

“We don’t do two hour minimums on a 1.5 hour job”

“Then why are you calling me?”

OH WAIT: It also has a shipment pickup?!? Hahahahha no.

Be aware, the latest FN change to their app/platform/whatever has broken the counteroffer section that changes the requested start time. When you specify a specific time (not sure about time range), it DOESNT send it in.

I've had 3 tickets today alone that I counteroffered with later start times and none of the times have flowed through. I've been leaving a time in the comment section as well.

Sent in a FN support ticket, but we know how that works.

Have a client that wants those gawdy window border lights like on the smoke shops. I have the light sets but wonder if anyone knows who to contact to install them.