A customer in Phoenix asked me to run cable through her 'good luck' crystal garden

She had a whole backyard full of painted rocks and little statues, and she pointed at a tiny path between them saying 'the signal flows better with positive energy, you know'. I had to explain that RG-6 doesn't really work like that, and ended with a very careful, slow crawl to get the line to the patio. What's the weirdest place you've been told to run a drop?

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lewis.troy3mo ago

I just smiled and said "positive energy never hurts" while I ran the cable her way.

felix_lane992mo ago

That's the tech support version of a dad joke. Gotta hand it to you, it's better than the usual grunt and point. Sometimes you just have to lean into the weirdness of the whole situation. The customer wants vibes, you give them vibes with their Ethernet cable. Works every time.

diana203mo ago

Remember when everything was just wires and boxes? Now it's all vibes and energy flow. (Honestly, I kind of miss the simple days of just drilling a hole in the wall.)