So I have now been trained to be a CO Tech. More specifically I have been trained to be a Frametech in a CO. In preperation for a possible strike with CWA, SBC has been training manager's to take over craft job's if neccessary. That means "desk jockey's" will be doing the stuff union guys have been doing like:
- I & R: Installation and Repair of residental phone lines
- CO Tech: Connect jumper pairs and DSL lines in CO
- Climb poles
- Answer phones You get the idea, pretty much everything that actually requires more than sitting at a desk (except for the phone people). So I now can access database records of phone lines, run jumper's, throw up shoes and check for load coils....yada yada all that happy crap. Here's one piece of advice I'm going to give. If you have SBC for a telco....and the union does strike....don't do a freakin' thing with your phone line. Don't move, don't add new service, don't get DSL....seriously. I've been in these training classes, and that was for an easy job....you don't want some of these people touching your lines. They're nice, but some are dumb as a box of hammer's. - Think your day suck's? Trust me, it's not as bad as this kid's.
- New hybrid concept car from Toyota.....strangly arrosed by it :)
- Movie companies putting the screw's to customers with multiple DVD releases. 1st edition DVD releases to now be called "sucker releases".
- Here's a good reason to turn off the lights when leaving a room. If not, it could make the cops think your growing pot.