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02-10-2009, 01:33 PM
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Are you kidding? That's like tipping a mobster who charges you for "protection."
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02-10-2009, 11:01 PM
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I've never tipped them... they're usually union people and make very good money, no?
I always dread when I have to have the cable guy out. Some have been "bull in a china shop" types (banging/scuffing my walls, knocking things down, etc.). I don't appreciate that... makes me very uncomfortable. Always feel I have to watch them like a hawk.
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02-10-2009, 11:02 PM
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Furthermore, I wouldn't offer them beer, either. I'd guess they shouldn't be drinking while on the job, especially since they'll be driving their van/truck to the next location.
Maybe a glass of icewater if it's a hot summer day. That's about as far as I'd go.
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02-10-2009, 11:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by andrew61
I've never tipped them... they're usually union people and make very good money, no?...
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No cable guys are not usually union guys.
The guys that work for People's Gas and ComEd that is another story... |
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02-10-2009, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Avengerfire
No cable guys are not usually union guys.
The guys that work for People's Gas and ComEd that is another story...
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Not to mention AT&T (I used to work for them when they were Ameritech/SBC, so I know). |
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02-10-2009, 11:48 PM
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Quote:
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Not to mention AT&T (I used to work for them when they were Ameritech/SBC, so I know).
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Yes they are union.
Before they were Ameritech/SBC they were Ameritech. Before that they were AT&T and originally Illinois Bell (a division of the original AT&T-American Telephone & Telegraph Company). 
There is long story involved here. Maybe you know it. It would take too long to explain here!
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02-11-2009, 12:53 AM
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Quote:
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Yes they are union.
Before they were Ameritech/SBC they were Ameritech. Before that they were AT&T and originally Illinois Bell (a division of the original AT&T-American Telephone & Telegraph Company).
There is long story involved here. Maybe you know it. It would take too long to explain here! |
Oh, I know it. I date all the way back to the "Ma Bell" days.  |
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02-11-2009, 02:10 PM
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lay out a bowl of water!
I'd lay out a nice bowl of water
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