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I finally stopped training every family member on new systems
Most guys in this trade insist that everyone in the house needs to learn the alarm during install. I think that's wrong and actually causes more problems. When I try to show five people at once, someone always gets confused and hits the wrong button. Just yesterday, a teenager kept testing the panic feature while I was setting sensors. It messed up my flow and added an hour to the job. Now I only go through it with one responsible adult. They can pass on the basics, and I get fewer frantic calls later.
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white.wade6mo ago
Last month, my buddy tried to train a whole family on their new security system. The dad was on his phone, the mom kept interrupting with questions about the warranty, and the kids were racing to see who could arm it fastest. It was like herding cats during a fire drill. Your idea of just teaching one person is genius. How do you stop the others from touching everything before the lesson is over?
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sarahl686mo ago
Bribe the kids with snacks in another room lol
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norabrown6mo ago
Honestly, I wonder if we're making too much of this. @sarahl68's snack bribe idea is funny, but does it need to be that strict? Most kids just want to play with new gadgets anyway. They'll probably lose interest once the novelty wears off. Teaching one person makes sense, but the others touching things isn't the end of the world. It's a security system, not a bomb defusal kit.
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