Unluck Coon

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One time on an early morning callout our foreman went to a no lights. He said when he got there the customer said his lights had been off since late the evening before but he had waited until early that morning, about 6 am to call in. When the employee approached the transformer pole he could see a large racoon lying on top of the tramsformer. He procured an extendo stick to knock the carcass to the ground. Upon prodding the carcass, it came to life, jumped up and ran down the pole. That would have been it he said, but damned if the customer didn't jerk out a 44 mag. pistol and kill the poor coon. The poor sucker had laid there all night to meet such a fate in the end. Bad Karma.

Another guy I worked with had previously worked for an REC that used a lot of CSP's as they were want to do. A no pay customer had been cut off at the meter. He removed the boots and turned himself back on. When the hand went out he just pulled the hot clamp off line as the guy was the only one on that pot. He said a few days later he drove by and noticed the hot clamp back in place. He asked the customer how he had reconnected himself. The customer revealed he had used a ladder and put the hot clamp on with a garden rake. Very brave.

Knew of a guy once who worked for the Municipality but lived in the country and was served by the IOU. He never paid his bill quite frequently. They cut him off and booted his meter. He removed the boots and turned himself back on. They opened the cutout. He took an extendo and closed the cutout. The power co. then came and removed the transformer. dbrown20