Re: Ever get one of these crazy people calls?

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 1, 9:20=A0pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Call goes like this.
>
> I need a security system because my ex husband ,Boyfriend etc is
> terrorizing me.
>
> Ok go out look place over suggest some security improvements locks
> etc.
> possibly cameras .
> put them in and next day they call.
> the ex has gotten into the place and wrecked it.
> well we know dam well it was not spider-man who got in the 3rd floor
> window and did this.
>
> In the end it always seem these individuals have worked them selves
> into such a frenzy they cause there own problems. and not even know
> they did it.
> needless to say when I find out there a loon there gone I disconnect
> everything and im out of there.
>
> glad i do not do residential any more bunch of fucking =A0lunatics.
>
> had some old widow call my house and bug my wife every 15 minutes
> because she needed
> her door bell fixed because she was expecting a extremely important
> guest and might not hear them knock.
> needless to say she got dropped that afternoon and was told to never
> call again or face harassment charges.
> im sure all of you have horror stories you can tell as well any one
> care to?

RHC: Yeah, once had a lady who kept claiming that someone was breaking
in and bypassing the motions. Thorough investigation showed she had no
problem with the alarm; her problem was her mental state, known by her
family, but not by me when I agreed to put in her alarm. No resolution
was possible in her case. I removed the alarm completely and cancelled
the monitoring. Such is life; however, I have never encountered that
problem since, and frankly now, I think after so many years in
business, I would see it and duck the job.....

Same as when I was a locksmith....lady called and said she had to have
her locks rekeyed but absolutely had to be done between certain hours.
Her husband returned unexpectedly, went ballistic and threw me out of
the house, including my gear. At a locksmith convention sometime
later,  sitting around the table having supper, I relayed that story.
Seems every locksmith learns never to respond to calls like
that...they laughed and called me a "newbie"....:))

Every tradesperson has his story...such is life