From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 11/6/2025 2:13 AM, Robert Roland wrote:   
   > On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 17:42:03 -0700, Bob La Londe    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Color blindness does not work like that. Color blind people can still   
   > see colors, they just have problems with some specific colors or color   
   > combinations. The most common variety is the red/green type. It makes   
   > it difficult to tell the difference between red and brown, and also to   
   > see small red objects if they're surrounded by green. Finding   
   > cranberries, for example, is nearly impossible.   
      
   My dad claimed blue/green color blindness kept him out of the pilot   
   program in the USAF, but he could accurately distinguish many shades of   
   blue and green.   
      
      
   > If he was consistently mixing up, say, orange and brown, it would be   
   > plausible that color blindness could be the issue. But if he was even   
   > mixing up the white banded wires with the solid color wires, then   
   > color blindness is not the (only) issue.   
      
   I don't recall exactly which wires were wrong, just that they every jack   
   was wrong and not the same each time.  In Cat 5 twisted pair you have 4   
   pairs.  White/Blue, White/Orange, White/Green, White/Brown.  The whites   
   are typically mostly white with enough of the other color dashed or   
   striped along them to easily identify, but the big thing is the white is   
   twisted with its corresponding pair mate.   
      
   The twist is to reduce noise and interference and with Cat 5 (unlike   
   telco) it has 5 twists per inch, making it nearly impossible to   
   accidentally un-pair the pair accidentally.  Telco is twisted, but at a   
   rate that can allow the pairs to fall apart when a loose dry cable   
   jacket is removed.  I don't think anybody uses telco for new   
   installations anymore.  Even analog tends to Cat 5 or better to   
   facilitate future upgrade to VOIP.   
      
   > So, yes, there must have been something else at play here.   
      
   I didn't really think of it at the time.  I was just glad he quit.  The   
   thing is on my aptitude test (people didn't have to know the answers, it   
   was just to determine of they were lying on their application, and how   
   much I would have to train them) he did know the color pairs and their   
   order.   
      
      
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