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I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America.

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https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c0ea571e4b06484c9fd4c21?ec_carp=5234342402386861081

"I can’t tell you about a specific day as a cable tech. I can’t tell you my first customer was a cat hoarder. I can tell you the details, sure. That I smeared Vicks on my lip to try to cover the stench of rugs and walls and upholstery soaked in cat piss. That I wore booties, not to protect the carpets from the mud on my boots but to keep the cat piss off my soles. I can tell you the problem with her cable service was that her cats chewed through the wiring. That I had to move a mummified cat behind the television to replace the jumper. That ammonia seeped into the polyester fibers of my itchy blue uniform, clung to the sweat in my hair. That the smell stuck to me through the next job..."
 
I love it when people slum it doing blue collar jobs so they can write clickbait
 
I love it when people slum it doing blue collar jobs so they can write clickbait
I hope you're being sarcastic, otherwise you clearly didn't read the article. The author is an airforce veteran, and was a "cable tech" for 10 years.
 
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