Now that you bring this up... I have an AP on a rural water tower owned by a small village that recently underwent a paint job. The company that got the bid was a very small private owned rural based company. They started out with a 2 man crew and these guys must have got fired from the local circus! I bet these guys have been on every drug in the book. If they would show up and that's a huge IF they would be late and/or leave early. The didn't get much done each day and I think at one time during this job the owner fired them but they must have got re-hired two days later. I watched them stumble onto the job site one morning, (looked like they had a really long night before) and one guy proceeds to fill up their generator gas tank with a lit cigarette in hand while handling a gas can. Over the course of 1 week I had to make about 8 trips out to this water tower because these guys kept messing up my equipment. Started out by hitting a Tranzeo backhaul with a pressure washer so hard that water got into the Ethernet port. Then one guy was running a grinding wheel and claimed it got away form him and it went right through one of my Ethernet wires. These guys would climb on this tower free-hand with absolutely no harness at all. I almost told the village that I was done with their water tower but there was no other provider in the area and I didn't want those people to go without hi-speed so I'm still on it.
Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Webster Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:48 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Guy from Tower Dogs, in my office Just make sure you do a drug test and that he passes before you send him out climbing. I can't tell you how many tower crews I have seen that have a drug problem, not to mention how many of the crews regularly worked with bad hangovers or in some cases still drunk. You should poll the tower companies and ask them how often they drug test or if they do at all. Many tower companies suggest this and immediately get threats from their crews that they will quit as soon as they implement drug testing. I am not saying that all tower climbers are on drugs, but many of the larger, busy companies have a serious problem that they won't acknowledge. If they do they will have to close their doors. The pressures they get from the carriers to get work done and on schedule create situations where they have to make some very hard decisions...... Thank You, Brian Webster -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John McDowell Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:25 PM To: WISPA General List; Motorola Canopy User Group Subject: [WISPA] Guy from Tower Dogs, in my office Thought this was interesting... Scruffy/greasy looking fellow came into the office today with an application he had filled out. I told him we had just about everybody we needed but we'd keep it on file. He tells me he climbs, and of course, my ears perk up. So we start talking... Long story short, he's been climbing for the past 8 months for that Phoenix company in the Dateline show. He basically built the Clearwire network in Nashville. He's in his twentys, and his brother was the guy that fell 200' and died. His brother was from here as well. Thinking about hiring him...Phoenix paid him $11/hour, and he is Commtrain and OSHA certified. Talk about underpaid....I told him we actually respect our employees when they risk their lives for us. How about that? -- John M. McDowell Boonlink Communications 307 Grand Ave NW Fort Payne, AL 35967 256.844.9932 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.boonlink.com This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the addressee (or authorized to receive for the addressee), you may not use, copy, re-transmit, or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and delete the message. E-mail communication is highly susceptible to spoofing, spamming, and other tampering, some of which may be harmful to your computer. If you are concerned about the authenticity of the message or the source, please contact the sender directly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
