Re: Why didn't you install my alarm when promised?

["Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bzzzzzt!


"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You glued the dust and bugs back? Sounds a tad retentive to me.
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> "Bill" <bill190nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | Many moons ago, I worked for an alarm company which specialized in
> | *extremely* concealed wiring for home systems.
> |
> | We had a new install job where the customer left us the key to his
house,
> | then went away on a trip. We spent a week installing his system while he
> was
> | away. Then left the system un-armed as he did not know his code, how to
> use
> | it, etc.
> |
> | When the customer returned from his trip, he called the office and was
> quite
> | pissed off. He said "Why didn't you install my alarm when you said you
> | would? I just came home and not a thing has been done."
> |
> | We assured him we *did* install his system and spent a week doing it. He
> | called us a bunch of liars! So we went out and placed the system in
> audible
> | test mode, then had him open various doors and windows. The buzzer would
> | stop each time he opened a door or window. He was amazed! He then wanted
> us
> | to show him where the contacts and wiring were and how we did it.
> |
> | When we installed the contacts in the windows, there was dust and dead
> bugs
> | at the bottom of the windows. We cleaned this stuff away, installed the
> | contacts and wiring, then added glue over that, then sprinkled dust back
> | over the whole works along with a few dead bugs every here and there. So
> you
> | could not tell there were any contacts or wiring. Looked like the window
> had
> | not been touched in years!
> |
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