Re: Good news... well, sort of

[G. Morgan <usenet_abuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:47:43 -0700 (PDT), too fat for a ladder
<alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Most industry guys that I have met would have heart attacks if they
>had to work on some of the sites I've had to over the years. Some
>would clutch their chests in fear while others would clutch in anger
>because the laws of the land tie their hands from delivering a proper
>response to any threat.


Years ago when I worked for Binky I was in Houston's 5th ward, a notorious
slum.  I drove by the place 4 times counting the address numbers because where
the site should have been, but all that was there was a run-down looking
abandoned crack house.  Finally, before just leaving a guy comes running out
towards the street and asked "yo here to install ma security?".  I paused, and
asked him to verify the address - it matched.  I asked if he had a working
phone line, yes.  I asked if the power was on, yes.  Shit!

So I go in there and look around.  I was gonna drop the job but there was
existing wiring from an old system (exposed), and I asked if I could just use
what I could from that.  He agreed, apparently he was turned down by several
companies.  He was pretty cool, a Jamaican accent.  He had a full cooler of
beer and told me to help myself (which I did when the job was 95% complete).

He had to leave the site to pick up his girl, and said he'd be gone for an
hour.  On his way out he placed a nickel plated .45 on the counter and told me
if anyone messed with me to "do what I gots to do".  I told him the gun was
not necessary, but he insisted on leaving it with me.  *That's* when I got a
little scared.  I worked the 'hood before and never had a problem.  I just put
some newspaper over the gun so it wasn't in plain site (and made damn sure my
prints didn't get on it).

When he got back I was done, on my second beer.  And we just bullshitted for
an hour.  Turned out okay, but I could have done without him scaring me like
that (like an incident was likely to happen).