Cable guys, love em, hate em or somewhere in-between they are the face of the evil empire- Time Warner or whoever you may use. Your service is only as good as the guy who knocks on your door.
Today, my preconceived notion of the "cable" guy was blown to shreds in the first three seconds of meeting this young guy. I needed an outlet moved in my office and immediately he keyed in on my former military status and told me he just got out of the Army 7 months ago. He was in the Rangers and had a quiet confidence about him. He finished the task at hand in a matter of minutes, not hours like the last clown that was dispatched here. We got to chatting about his service and what he "wants to be doing" instead of what he's doing today with the Cable Co. He lamented on the fact that his coworkers are generally lazy, unmotivated and lacking direction. He said he left the Army after 5 tours overseas as he's tired of being deployed in a constant forward state...
Yeah, he's way over qualified to be stringing cable. I wish they'd hire this guy to manage the field folks and get them all doing things as efficient as he did them.