April 2007

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• 04.30.07
  hey dispatch, can you fuckers read?   Work (0)

  if a tech is holding unfinished work, it makes no sense to send them more while other guys have none or not at much. I’m holding jobs and get even more sent to me. this makes sense, load one guy down have him get over time while other techs are not being productive and pay [...]

• 04.30.07
  you have no idea   Work (0)

  one of the most common questions a technician will get asked in the field is, “how do you get a job doing this?” most people seem genuinely interested, thinking it’s a great job but they have no idea.
  if anyone ever has any questions as to what it’s like being in the field please ask me, [...]

• 04.28.07
  gears and kids   Gaming (0)

  what the fuck mang… I got the day off and decide to get on LIVE to play some GOW and the first match I’m in sucks so I find another.. the next I’m gaming with these kids who can’t be any older than 14. I have nothing against younger gamers, I’ve been gaming since I [...]

• 04.27.07
  payday and credit card debt   Rant! (1)

  well today was payday and with the insulting raise I received it wasn’t all that bad but some how just about everything I owe on is somehow due before my next pay check! this is awful because rent is due this week too.
  If I could offer any one kid a piece of advice it would [...]

• 04.25.07
  fuck the customer, they’re a bunch of idiots   Work (0)

  some of the people I have to work for are suck idiots, what sickens me is some of these people are richer and more successful than I’ll ever be. how is this possible?
  the first couple of jobs I have lined up for this morning are people who don’t know how the use the fucking remote [...]

• 04.23.07
  you got the job buddy, YOU GOT THE JOB!   Rant! (0)

  haha, ok maybe not. recently applied for a local telephone technician job. they’ve had a position open on their site for months now but I was just sort of like blah… then a buddy at work had been going on and on about them and how they seemed to show some interest in him. this [...]

• 04.18.07
  a one story nation   Rant! (0)

  ugh… I hate how the media will milk the shit out of every story. for a week and a half all we heard about was Imus, and now this shit at VT tech. I certainly sympathize with their loss but I don’t care about all the stupid side stories they want to run that barely [...]

• 04.12.07
  a one man business is tough   Rant! (0)

  I’m not only a service tech but also run a small business repairing computers, networking, etc. general IT duties for the regular joe and other small businesses. There is sometimes a real conflict.. the computer job is not a stable 8-5, so the service tech job comes first… ‘but’ when I do get jobs for [...]

• 04.06.07
  customer fucks in her sleep   Work (2)

  man my head is killing me tonight… I’m going to try to pass out soon but thought it was be fun to share a little episode from yesterday.
  I pull up to a trailer house yesterday after noon. I’m to set up internet and tv there. I’m still on the phone when I pull up so [...]

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I'm FonePhux, some might know me as the creator and editor of Amerikan Youth (sigmonic.com) and #FoneFoo on 2600net. There was a time when all phreaks wanted to do is learn more about the telecommunications industry. For some of us it was a hobby or a phase, for me it became an obsession and eventually my profession. Unfortuantly it wasn't as luxurious as it seemed... Your about to read the daily grind of a service technician.

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