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# conversation with the cable guy #listen to the cable guy talk about: who he is drinks people offer him dogs and cable guys
my minidisc recorder isn't running all the time. there are plenty of times i wish i had it on. as soon as the cable guy turned around to do some work i pulled out the minidisc recorder and sat it on the table. the microphones are stealthy, so he was none the wiser even though it was sitting in plain sight.
he continued to tell me several stories. i uploaded the best ones and edited out some of the hammering noises. the first clip just seems silly. the second is an interesting observation on the kinds of drinks people might offer a cable guy depending on where in the city they are located. the final one is the cable guy talking about a cable guys second most feared installation, one where there is a dog present. the first most feared is likely the one where elderly naked people are present.
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Awesome.
Maybe not, you know, totally ethical. But there's nothing personally identifying in there, so ... AWESOME! :-)
Of course, my favorite is the dog story.
I have something to trade for this somewhere. When I was living in the bay area, I had a college friend who was doing Americorp in San Francisco. We played at the dorms he lived in a few times, and once we were recording, and a security guard came in and started lecturing us about something or other.
I also have a very stealthy mic. It looks remarkably like a set of headphones (http://art.simon.tripod.com/stealth.html), so the whole thing was caught on tape. I'll look for it, and if it's amusing, I'll post it.
Posted by: Joe at December 6, 2003 12:22 AM
nice. i just listened and it was pretty funny ;)
Posted by: alicia at December 9, 2003 07:22 PM
OMG, he was so funny! especially when he was talking about how he got so mad, he head got hot & his face felt all red ;) so cute. "oh, my little puppy scareeeed you?!"
Posted by: miss ellen at December 10, 2003 10:37 AM
Haha, "Ohh my little puppy is scared of you ahahah." He should've just hit the dog with the hammer!
Posted by: joey at December 16, 2003 03:28 PM
offtopic, but i don't know other way how to contact you :/ your email server always returns this error:
... while talking to mail1.rider.us
>>> DATA
<<< 552 Error: Message content rejected
how to send you email?? have you other mailbox? :) tryed from three servers and same error...maybe Lithuania is banned country?? xex..:)
Posted by: shnare.sys at January 14, 2004 01:23 AM
Nice! I've have an incredibly crappy cable connection - so I get to talk to the cable company all the time. They say the funniest things sometimes - often the highlight of my day.
My recent favorite. After 9 or 10 calls to 866.594.1234 (yes - I have their number memorized) I finally got a guy to come out. He's my regular guy - been here a few times before. He takes one look at my problem - makes a call to the office and *POOF* the whole thing is fixed.
I asked, "couldn't they have done that when I called them - without you wasting your time to come here?" His response, "Sure - but what would I do all day?"
Posted by: Nate at January 20, 2004 12:12 PM