My day started at a house in the northern parts of my area. There was a young black man here with a younger black girl (probably his sister). He was excited to see me. I was here to install cable TV in four rooms. Once I showed up he told me that three of the rooms had no cable. So I had to run new outlets to those places. The house didn't look too bad. It had been recently remodeled. The job took me quite a while to do. They just watched one of those judge shows the whole time. I assumed this was because they had an antenae so they were limited in options of what to watch. But once I got the cable hooked up they just turned it back to the judge show (even though they were getting all the channels. One of the cable boxes wasn't working right. I was told it was system wide thing so that's what I told them and left. It was about 11 am when I left and was told there was no more jobs so I took a long lunch.
After lunch I got another install in the same area. I was met outside by a very spastic black man. I went to the front door and his wife opened the door and said the install is next Monday instead. But he wanted it now. They already had phone and I was here to install Internet and a TV. There was one of those house arrest boxes plugged into the phone. Their computer was in pieces on the couch. The guy said he got it from a friend, but it has a password so he can't get into it. He had a laptop as well, but it had no hard drive, so it wouldn't even come on. He and his wife spent the whole time calling computer repair people. They had three kids, the youngest was very small and sleeping on the bed. They had a bootlegged video of Horton hears a Who playing on the TV. Once I got the TV working he was very excited and started watching BET. I got the Internet working as well. He was dancing as I left.
After this I got a disconnect at an old folks home. I have been here often. I just had to get the manager to let me in. Then I went to a apartment building a little south. This building is on a very busy street. The door was answered by a guy who looked like he was in a band. I even saw a guitar plugged into a Fender Twin Amplifier. He was having Internet problems. He was watching The Hitch hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (I enjoyed that movie)and cooking diner. He said he works at the local Aquarium and this was his first day off in 13 days. I just needed to replace the modem, which I did.
My last job was a house on my way home. The door was answered by an older woman. She said her daughter owns the place and she was just visiting. Her daughter had questions about how to work the remote, but she didn't know what the questions were. I showed her a couple things and then I went home.