The day is cold as fuck. My first day was a large fancy house. The door was answered by a middle aged white man. Behind him was his Hispanic maid. One outlet wasn't working. this was a recent thing. I noticed that the connection between the EMTA and the phone wiring in the house looked flimsy and upon further inspection was in fact broken. So I replaced it in a matter much more befitting myself and went on my way.
Next I headed to another house. There was a sign outside notifying that there was a disabled child living here. The place was a large and nice. The mom was here, she told me that DVR wasn't working at all. So I replaced it. She was rushing to get to some meeting, so she left me there. I wanted to get out of there quick because I needed to find a bathroom, so I didn't wait to full load.
The next job was another nice house up north. the door was answered by a guy with a Nordic accent. He was having phone problems and was worried it was going to be something stupid or easy. The dog had a chew toy that looked like giant lips, it was pretty amusing. The problem turned out to be the phone line out back was cut. The dog may have been chewing on it. I replaced it but it still wasn't working. This was because when the guy himself tried to solve the problem he put the phone chord into the line 2 slot in the back of the EMTA instead of the line 1 slot.
The next job was at a duplex. It didn't look like much but it was really nice on the inside. A guy answered the door. He had a large German Sheppard, that looked like it could have eaten me for breakfast. He was having problems with his EMTA, which of course was fine now. I found a suspicious looking splitter which I replaced as well as an erroneous splitter which I bypassed. I was content with this solution so I went home for lunch since I was in the area.
After lunch I headed to an apartment building not too far away from where I live. I was greeted by a woman who told me she wanted to cancel her service and asked if I could just take the equipment now. I consented and took her equipment then I left and canceled the job.
I then drove out to resort town. The door was answered by a young woman who had obviously just got out of the shower. She was shocked that I was early. She had a cat that was black and white. The head was white except one black part that formed a perfect Groucho Marx mustache and another little triangle for a goatee. She was having some problems with her TV as well as her phone was never hooked up. I replaced a splitter behind the wall plate where the TV was. As for the phone it looked like someone had already set the apartment up for our phone system. I don't know if whoever did the install just didn't plug in the EMTA or if the previous residents here had it. Either way it made my job easy.
At this point I was asked to pick up another job by dispatch. I was running ahead so I agreed to take on another job. This was apartment complex no too far away. The door was answered by a Hispanic woman. She was here with her two children and they were watching some Mexican soap opera. She spent the whole time I was there pulling apart chicken with one latex glove on. The problem was that the original modem we gave them was dead. So I replaced it with one that works.
The next job was a house further up north. There was a black woman here. She said she wanted to participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations going on downtown, but it was too cold. I was here to fasten down some cables that were lying in the hallway. She had tripped and hurt herself. The whole time I was there she would ramble on. She talked like she was not going to be living here soon, but in such a way as to say she is dying. But she didn't go any further than that. She also talked about how she owns her house, and how it needs all these repairs. The place was awfully cluttered.
When I left dispatch tried to give me yet another job. I gave them hell for it. They then called back and said they solved the problem over the phone so never mind. So I went to my last job. This was my third time at this place. There was a wrinkled blond woman here with her kid and her large black boyfriend. they were missing a bunch of channels, so I looked and found a loose connector. I tightened it up and all the channels came back. Then I went home.