From where I stood waiting for a tricycle to drive me out to the main road, two-member-team cable guys pull over across a corner of a four-way street close enough to a spot I could observe their comings and goings. For starters, they park their truck next to a light post already jumbled with electrical lines, and then they pull out from their truck a tall, collapsible ladder. Amused by the thought of a work team ready to get on a job, I watched and waited for them to get back on their truck, pull out safety gloves, hard hats, and safety caution signs. I was shocked that they did not bother to protect themselves or put signage that would alert busy strolling passersby and now busily moving vehicles. I was even more shocked that folks went around them automatically. What if a live electrical line accidentally falls? What if one of them makes a mistake cutting, re-routing a cord, and it lights up? Only in a remote Manila corner would I see such an operation!
Friday, June 19, 2015
Backbones: Cable Guys
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From where I stood waiting for a tricycle to drive me out to the main road, two-member-team cable guys pull over across a corner of a four-way street close enough to a spot I could observe their comings and goings. For starters, they park their truck next to a light post already jumbled with electrical lines, and then they pull out from their truck a tall, collapsible ladder. Amused by the thought of a work team ready to get on a job, I watched and waited for them to get back on their truck, pull out safety gloves, hard hats, and safety caution signs. I was shocked that they did not bother to protect themselves or put signage that would alert busy strolling passersby and now busily moving vehicles. I was even more shocked that folks went around them automatically. What if a live electrical line accidentally falls? What if one of them makes a mistake cutting, re-routing a cord, and it lights up? Only in a remote Manila corner would I see such an operation!
From where I stood waiting for a tricycle to drive me out to the main road, two-member-team cable guys pull over across a corner of a four-way street close enough to a spot I could observe their comings and goings. For starters, they park their truck next to a light post already jumbled with electrical lines, and then they pull out from their truck a tall, collapsible ladder. Amused by the thought of a work team ready to get on a job, I watched and waited for them to get back on their truck, pull out safety gloves, hard hats, and safety caution signs. I was shocked that they did not bother to protect themselves or put signage that would alert busy strolling passersby and now busily moving vehicles. I was even more shocked that folks went around them automatically. What if a live electrical line accidentally falls? What if one of them makes a mistake cutting, re-routing a cord, and it lights up? Only in a remote Manila corner would I see such an operation!
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