Hello, All.
Could this year get any better?
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Yesterday I discovered that an over grown Manitoba Maple had
uprooted at my barn. The upper branches leaned against the
overhead phone line that feed my house - stretching the wire
pretty far to the side. I started to clip at those smaller
branches with one of those cutters that is on an extended pole and
a pulley mechanism with rope to operate. After about 1hr (with
less thany 30 minutes to spare before sunset) I managed to free up
the phone line. But... a new thing developed. The phone line had
been so stretched out that it now had a large amount of slack.
Part of the line comes from another pole across the country road.
A tall truck could certainly snag it. I found out that there is
no emergency/field number to call regarding overhead phone wires.
After a few minutes of minimum options on the automated system to
the phone company, I reached an agent located in the Philippines!
(Why they can't give those jobs to domestic Canadians is strange
to me. But I digress..) They booked a service call for 8am this
morning, but no one showed up. Great system.
..I reached an agent located in the Philippines!
(Why they can't give those jobs to domestic Canadians is
strange to me. But I digress..) They booked a service
call for 8am this morning, but no one showed up. Great
system.
That is pretty much any utility company. Especially of
they contract out.
That is pretty much any utility company. Especially of theyI can understand outsourcing to accommodate times outside normal
contract out.
business hours outside one's domestic region. But even if I
reached an office in British Columbia at my local time in Ontario
- 6:30p - that would have been only 3:30p BC time - and the jobs
would have been domestic.
On the phone, they were more concerned about my covid-19 status (I
had to answer several questions) than the "emergency" that an
overhead wire was hanging low over a public road.
Hello, August Abolins.
On 10/26/20 5:53 PM you wrote:
That is pretty much any utility company. Especially of theyI can understand outsourcing to accommodate times outside normal business hours outside one's domestic region. But even if I
contract out.
reached an office in British Columbia at my local time in Ontario
- 6:30p - that would have been only 3:30p BC time - and the jobs would have been domestic.
I don't know. Here at least, it seems the utilities contract out a lot of their work. I suppose it's cheaper to hire subcontractors than to carry more employees.
On the phone, they were more concerned about my covid-19 status (I had to answer several questions) than the "emergency" that an overhead wire was hanging low over a public road.
That sounds about right.
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