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Re: Ever get one of these crazy people calls?



On Jul 2, 9:06=A0am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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, =A0sitting 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

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