Nothing too crazy, strip club and a nuclear power plant for me. A guy I used to work with worked on a liquid machine on a submarine--I thought that was pretty cool.
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If you've ever serviced medium to high security prison accounts the security is tighter.
I had a 25 pc tool kit which I used only on prison sites. The manifest of items was registered at all the sites, and the contents was checked individually before and after each visit. I also had a vendor photo ID, which made it considerably smoother. And the prerequisite security checks.
I was patted down going in. Checked in my shoes, between my toes, in my mouth and ears. Through the metal detector, and escorted to the locked room. I was either accompanied or locked into the room with the copier. When I was ready to leave I would call the extension of the guard shack to come and escort me out.
The worst thing you can do is try to rush or act nervous. A pal of mine filled in for me while I was on vacation. It normally took 1 hr to get on site, and 1/2 hr to get back out to the car (good planning was important here, no quick trips to the car).
My pal was in a hurry, and when they find out that your in a hurry it takes three times longer. They completely strip-searched my co-worker. He was there all day. He was delighted when I returned from vacation.
I remember one memorable visit when I finished the last dregs of a tube of superglue, and made the mistake of tossing it in a trash basket. It took us three hours to locate the spent tube of superglue, in the folds of plastic trash bag liner. =^..^=If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.
blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=Comment
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A local prison. Hated going. Was a big time waster with all the searches and waiting for an escort and all.Comment
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Got to work at a house that the Secret Service used as a place to monitor George W Bush's residence while Bush Sr was Prez. Had to get parts, so got to converse with a couple of different agents. Interesting the different personalities. One was a cool guy just like you'd meet in a bar and strike up a conversation. Another was like an uptight ***hole.Comment
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Done prisons and OJT for prisoners, serviced typewriters in hospital for the criminally insane, serviced spirit duplicators & mimeos in the jungles of Venezuela and Caracas, did a Canon NP210 under the wing of a National Guard A-10 Warthog, did a Canon NP200 in a submarine, use to take care of the large format copiers at the strategic air command base in Plattsburg, NY and a bunch of tactical air command and naval air stations in NY and thru out the NE, but my all time favorite by a long shot was Chelsea Photo Studios in NYC........they used to have a large format copier that was in the hall in between the photo shoot studio and the changing rooms.........they did alot of lingerie catalogs.....I almost lost a finger in the chain drive once for all the distractions!! Rode the elevator with Milla Jovovich!Comment
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The security offices of the BBC at Shepards Bush, London and their radio centre in central London...I spend more time looking around than doing the call
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I worked in Hollywood and serviced the "Baywatch" machine (met Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee), serviced JAG, Muppet studios and a porn studio. Worked on the machine used for the movie Volcano with Tommy Lee Jones. Had a lot of fun doing those calls. Also worked on a machine in a modeling agency, man that was hard to work with all those beautiful women around.Comment
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When we serviced US Marshall's machines they would meet me at a hotel parking lot, load me and my tools into a black suburban with the back inside blacked out. Drive around for 10 mintues back in to a building, close the door. Where we were i never did find out. The west wing in The White House.Comment
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In a factory right next to the line where they were building trucks. i've could have tightened some screws for them. one time, at a helicopter company, the machine was in front of a window looking at the bays where there were three different copters being serviced, that was interesting to watch.Comment
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Re: What Was the Most Interesting Place You've Ever Worked in?
Strange how you worked on same machines as Duct tape and glue did back in 2010!Comment
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A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.Comment
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Re: What Was the Most Interesting Place You've Ever Worked in?
Wonder what kind of success theses spammers have? So its a lingerie shop. How do they get incentive they need to prove the conversion? Or could this be a phishing attempt...
Dude in India or a bot?WhateverComment
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Re: What Was the Most Interesting Place You've Ever Worked in?
Quite a long time ago when I first started working on typewriters my territory was Miami Beach. And as part of the resort area there was a Playboy Club on the causeway to Miami Beach. And a Playboy resort hotel on the main hotel roadway. One of the typewriters also happened to be in the bunny hutch. Right where the ladies dressed and put on makeup changed into their off-duty clothes. Most of the time it was only the bunnies in there and their office manager/secretary. Of course since the area did not normally have any men there the girls were very lax about how they were dressed or undressed before or while changing into the bunny suits. Yes I had to go and fix the old IBM standard typewriter and boy did the "naughty bunnies" put on a show. Deliberately trying to see how embarrassed they could make me. That was an interesting call every now and then .Comment
They call it "TECH MODE" for a reason. I have manual's and firmware for ya, course... you are going to have to earn it.
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