From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 11/5/2025 3:48 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > Is there any reason you know of that you may not be able to do this job?   
   >   
   > (Yes / No)  __________________________________________________________   
   >   
   >   
   > I hired a guy a long time ago, and the first job I put him on was   
   > running Cat 5 network cable in a school admin facility.   
   >   
   > No red flags on his application, better than average on my basic skills   
   > exam, nothing on his driving record, and he passed a background check.   
   > He answered no on the question above.   
   >   
   > I came in and started certifying cable runs with a PentaScanner, and   
   > they all failed the basic wire map.  I started popping off covers and   
   > looking at the jacks.  Every single one was punched down wrong, at both   
   > ends and they weren't even wired wrong the same from jack to jack. After   
   > about the 3rd one I went and found the guy, and explained again all he   
   > needed to do was punch the wires down the same as they were clearly   
   > marked on each and every jack, and on the patch panel.  Just like i   
   > showed him earlier.   
   >   
   > I went back to fixing his previous runs.  As soon as he finished the   
   > next run I plugged in the PentaScanner right in front of him and it   
   > failed the wire map again.   
   >   
   > "Okay, watch, and I'll show you exactly how to punch it down." (again)   
   >   
   > "See, the jack is marked with colors and pairs.Just put the orange wire   
   > ont he all orange pins.  etc etc etc.  The white paired with the orange   
   > goes on the half orange marked pin. Got it?"   
   >   
   > "Sure."   
   >   
   > Next jack failed again.   
   >   
   > "Why are you doing this?  Are you f'ing color blind?"   
   >   
   > "Yes, I am."   
   >   
   > "On your application it asked if there was any reason you could not do   
   > this job."   
   >   
   > Silence.   
   >   
   > In my mind, but not out loud.  "FUCK!  If I fire him I open myself an   
   > ADA lawsuit.  I'll just have to figure out how to use a color blind   
   > technician."   
   >   
   > "Okay just go pull the rest of the wire, and I'll terminate them all. No   
   > point in paying you to terminate them if I have to take it apart and do   
   > it over."   
   >   
   > I proceeded to work my way around to fix all his work and terminate the   
   > couple other wires he had pulled so far, and he came walking back over   
   > to me to read me the riot act.   
   >   
   > He was quitting because I was an asshole to point out how bad he was   
   > screwing up in front of the customer, and how I was kissing the   
   > customer's ass, and treating my employees like crap.   
   >   
   > There were people in the vicinity, but nobody was "watching" us have our   
   > earlier conversation, but now I was starting to breath a sigh of relief.   
   >   
   > I said, "So to be clear you are aware I tried to find a way to make you   
   > useful to the company and you are quitting on your own initiative anyway?"   
   >   
   > "No way I want to work for an a-hole like you."   
   >   
   > "Great.  You quit (glance at my watch) at 2:52.  Lets go to the office,   
   > and I'll write your final paycheck for 5hrs and 52 minutes."   
   >   
   >   
      
   I wonder years later if maybe he was hoping for a chance to file an ADA   
   lawsuit, and when I didn't fire him right away that is why he quit   
   shortly afterwards.   
      
      
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   Bob La Londe   
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