Centipede and another at a "junkyard"

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Ok, so i was working up at the pole in this alley today when I see a Centipede and an, unknown to me, cab in the back of this old broken down box truck. The back yard has about 10 pitbulls running around amidst all of the other junk ( broken down cars, bikes, tires garbage). So the guy comes running out asking me what the F*** am I doing F***ing with his cable, I work for Comcast by the way. He says you guys are always back here disconnecting me and messing up his TV. He isn't even a customer, he is always stealing cable. This is the 3rd time i have been here, the last time I had to run a new cable because the guy shot the main line with an AK47. So the guy looks like a serious criminal, tattoos on his neck, hands, arms everywhere, but have been dealing with these characters for about 15 years now so it is what it is. He finally calmed down so I ask him what's up with those games in that truck you wanna sell them to me? He said $500, I was like DUDE, I'm thinking like $50. He said they were worth more and we were about to bargain a little but one of his dogs got on top of a junk car and ran out of his yard. I may go back to see what I can get him down to and if I do I will try to snap some pictures.

I could barely see the other cab but it was blue with a few grayish lines running horizontally on the side. Any ideas?
 
since you know he's just gonna reconnect the cable once you leave if you disconnect it just tell him you will give him $50 a game and won't disconnect his cable this time.
 
since you know he's just gonna reconnect the cable once you leave if you disconnect it just tell him you will give him $50 a game and won't disconnect his cable this time.

That would be against company policy :) but I will say the bargaining was about to begin!
 
Ok, so i was working up at the pole in this alley today when I see a Centipede and an, unknown to me, cab in the back of this old broken down box truck. The back yard has about 10 pitbulls running around amidst all of the other junk ( broken down cars, bikes, tires garbage). So the guy comes running out asking me what the F*** am I doing F***ing with his cable, I work for Comcast by the way. He says you guys are always back here disconnecting me and messing up his TV. He isn't even a customer, he is always stealing cable. This is the 3rd time i have been here, the last time I had to run a new cable because the guy shot the main line with an AK47.

Centipedes are common.

I would've thrown my hands up and gone, "Know what? It's cool. I'll check out eBay." :D
 
Do not deal with this guy... There are enough red flags already. Plus you do not want him to backstab you one day when he calls the cable company, or gets a call from them.

F him and just do your job and get out!
 
Do not deal with this guy... There are enough red flags already. Plus you do not want him to backstab you one day when he calls the cable company, or gets a call from them.

F him and just do your job and get out!

I hear ya, more trouble than it's worth by far!
 
Sure they can fine you something like $30,000 last I recall but then again they have to prove that you connected it and they just didn't forget. :cool: I would think they might go after this guy if he is so persistent. If it were me though I'd give him free cable for the games because Comcast can suck my left nut.

isnt it like a pretty serious crime to hot wire those boxes and steal cable?
 
Once you drop the analog programming he won't be able to get it for free anyway, right? Our region goes digital only in a few weeks.

AK47? How do you know that or were you just embellishing your story a bit?
 
isnt it like a pretty serious crime to hot wire those boxes and steal cable?

If we prosecute, which is a pain in the A**

Sure they can fine you something like $30,000 last I recall but then again they have to prove that you connected it and they just didn't forget. :cool: I would think they might go after this guy if he is so persistent. If it were me though I'd give him free cable for the games because Comcast can suck my left nut.

The fines are high if the whole process is followed through with. I love Comcast :) jk

Once you drop the analog programming he won't be able to get it for free anyway, right? Our region goes digital only in a few weeks.

AK47? How do you know that or were you just embellishing your story a bit?

Yes once we go all digital it will be harder but I'm sure there will be some kind of digital boxes out there. As far as the gun, there were shells all over the "alley" behind his house. I guess he doesn't care about hiding it too much. Who knows, It's Gary Indiana after all, thing happen a little different out here sometimes.
 
a good friend of mine was an ex comcast installer who hooked a few people up. he ended up having to work at comcast to pay restitution for $6 an hour, thousands of dollars worth or go to jail. they had him do all the shit work and he was stuck working there for nothing for month after month.
 
You will be killed by this guy......just sayin'

He seems like a wanna be tough guy, he came out all tough but when he could tell I wasn't trying to hear it he started acting all cool. He was trying to sell me pit bulls and a broken down harley.

Tell him if he doesn't give you the games for free you're going to bring Michael Vick over to kill his dogs.

:) good one!
 
He seems like a wanna be tough guy, he came out all tough but when he could tell I wasn't trying to hear it he started acting all cool. He was trying to sell me pit bulls and a broken down harley.

I'm as pro-second amendment as they come but guys like him irritate the hell out of me, as if tattoos and bragging about having an AK makes his genitalia bigger or something, and surrounding himself in pitbulls is even more pathetic.

Personally I'd steer clear of him, Centipedes are easy to come by and he'll probably try to screw you over in some fashion, then throw a possibly dangerous tantrum when you don't fall for it.
 
I'm as pro-second amendment as they come but guys like him irritate the hell out of me, as if tattoos and bragging about having an AK makes his genitalia bigger or something, and surrounding himself in pitbulls is even more pathetic.

Personally I'd steer clear of him, Centipedes are easy to come by and he'll probably try to screw you over in some fashion, then throw a possibly dangerous tantrum when you don't fall for it.

I hear you on all accounts here, especially the 2nd amendment thing! It it wasn't for the whole illegal cable situation I would just buy them for cheap and get out of there, but I don't need him trying to implicate me somehow on his stealing cable adventures. I'm not going back....well at least untill he shoots the cable again.


I am curious as to what that other game is though. I could barely see it.
 
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