That Tuesday in Pittsburgh where everything that could go wrong actually went right for once

I had a day last month where I pulled up to a job in Pittsburgh and the customer had already run all the lines through the attic for me. Found out later he used to be a sparky and just wanted to save some cash. Finished 3 hours early and got paid for the full day. Anyone else ever have a customer actually make the job easier instead of harder?

3 comments

3 Comments

susanm567d ago

Wait, did he actually have the lines labeled and everything or was it just a mess of wires in the attic? That kind of thing is rare as hens teeth in my experience, most people just assume you'll figure out their spaghetti wiring. I had a similar thing once where a guy had all his old cables tagged with masking tape and it saved me an hour of tracing stuff.

mila_harris7d ago

Oh for sure, "spaghetti wiring" is being generous most of the time. This guy actually had the lines labeled with colored zip ties and a little key taped to the junction box. I was half expecting to find a treasure map up there instead of coax cable.

patriciah517d agoTop Commenter

Did you have to decode the treasure map or did the color coding actually make sense? I swear half the time I find "organized" wiring it's just someone's idea of organized, like my sock drawer. At least you didn't have to play "follow the mystery wire" through three walls like I did last week.