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| Cable outage/How to stay safe around technician/Masked Man Style | |
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| By: Masked Man Date: November 30, 2025, 2:50 pm | |
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| Cable outage/How to stay safe around technician/Masked Man | |
| Style! (part 1 of 3) | |
| So as Masked Man who takes care of himself and loved one, I am | |
| heavily active in taking health precautions and measures. | |
| We lost our cable cable connection and i will share what it | |
| takes to stay safe and prepare for repairmen. | |
| First and foremost take the time to stay safe. Second educate | |
| yourself . And third communicate and establish your plan. | |
| I did everything I could to educate myself and troubleshoot the | |
| modem, do as many things I could to test equipment etc. | |
| I was fortunate to be able to have unlimited data from cellphone | |
| so I could research online from my phone. | |
| Today I finally called cable company .. we went over steps and | |
| this will require an appointment visitation with | |
| technician/repairman. | |
| I set everything up so that the repairman can work right outside | |
| the house.. I have an extension chord for extra power set up and | |
| long cords so that basically the repairman doesn�t have to come | |
| inside. | |
| Point is by being accommodating I want to empower others and | |
| make it possible for others to follow my rules of staying safe. | |
| I will have everything set up outside beforehand so the | |
| repairman doesn�t have a reason to ask to come inside. | |
| I also simply communicated to person setting up appointment that | |
| we take precautions with masks and that I care for an | |
| immunocompromised person at home and prefer to accommodate the | |
| repairman so that it won�t be necessary for him/her to enter | |
| house. The person handling the appointment seemed perfectly | |
| comfortable relaying my preferences to the repairman in advance | |
| of his/her visitation. | |
| It sounds like repairman has been forewarned to wear a mask like | |
| me and also this is the way it will go: | |
| I will be able to stay safe and that I can accommodate the | |
| repairman in such a way as he/she will be able to test | |
| everything outside. I�ll have all the equipment outside , the | |
| power chord and network cord and router cords poking through | |
| edge ofsliding glass door running next to cable box located | |
| outside. He/she can plug in and test the modem right next to the | |
| outdoor box! | |
| So you see I�ve communicated my preferences , I have plan and I | |
| am making it so the repairman can do everything he/she needs to | |
| do outside the home next to cable box� | |
| � later tomorrow I�ll let you know how it goes in part two of | |
| staying safe and taking charge of your health and standing up | |
| for yourself and loved ones by using a safety mask! | |
| (If you wanna protect yourself and loved ones and you wear masks | |
| and expect others to follow your lead then Don�t be meek or | |
| submissive about masking � take charge ,be accommodating and | |
| make it easy for others so you feel safe comfortable and plan | |
| for success in advance� communicate your preferences about | |
| masking and be the boss in the mask! | |
| Envision what you want to happen and rehearse it going over | |
| steps in advance .. know your limits and rehearse the boundaries | |
| you will take if challenged.. go over these things before the | |
| event takes place so you may stay safe in your mask and keep | |
| your loved ones safe .. rehearse for success and rehearse for | |
| possible failure.. above all you control your boundaries and | |
| remain safe!) | |
| I�m goin the distance in the mask, | |
| The Masked Man! | |
| #Post#: 4494-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Cable outage/How to stay safe around technician/Masked Man S | |
| tyle! | |
| By: Masked Man Date: December 1, 2025, 12:22 pm | |
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| Part 2 of 3� | |
| Here I am in this photo attached.. | |
| � I am ready! The modem and even the router is plugged in to | |
| extension chord outside next to cable box. No need for cable | |
| repairman to enter my home! | |
| I can check with cellphone whether modem and wireless router is | |
| online after repair person tests if the modem is bad or if the | |
| outside cable line has a signal. | |
| Now everything is set up outside for repair person to test! | |
| Nothing inside house to test�This is how you take the bull by | |
| the horns and take charge and prevent unnecessary risks and | |
| guests from having to enter inside your home ye fellow | |
| protective masked crusaders! | |
| (My guess is either it�s the modem is going bad or it�s signal | |
| from up on the power pole that is problem.. we shall see after | |
| repair person comes) | |
| #Post#: 4496-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Cable outage/How to stay safe around technician/Masked Man S | |
| tyle! | |
| By: Masked Man Date: December 1, 2025, 3:58 pm | |
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| Part 3 of 3... | |
| Photo Attached of Masked Man standing under Cable guy who is up | |
| a pole | |
| So here's how it went... | |
| Bearded cable guy showed up maskless. I met him out by his | |
| truck. When he saw me in my mask and hardhat, He had a strange | |
| look on his face and asked me if some sort of demolition was | |
| going on and then I explained to him my mask is because I take | |
| care of immunocompromised 77 year old and we don't take chances | |
| with covid. Then I explained to cable guy everything was set up | |
| outside for him. | |
| He checked some stuff outside by cable box and then had to go up | |
| the pole and unhook some old outdated gear in order for our | |
| cable internet to work. I made small talk with him from a safe | |
| distance about my way of life. | |
| When he was up on the ladder I heard him clearing his throat | |
| somewhat excessively like he had some extra mucous in there. | |
| Maybe he even spit a couple times. That's not unusual from where | |
| I come from but yeah it always makes ya wonder if illness is | |
| part of the excess mucous. Excess mucous or not, I always feel | |
| safer because of my mask because even people who don't have | |
| excess mucous can also be sick..its just nice not reducing | |
| chances by wearing mask. | |
| Repairman had me and me alone go inside my home and connect the | |
| modem up by myself inside and that did the trick. So we've got | |
| our old friend the internet back onto our computers and cable tv | |
| and roku back without any repairmen having to enter our den! | |
| So there ya go; mission accomplished: No big bearded maskless | |
| guy in our home during Thanksgiving flu season or any season for | |
| that matter.. Directly afterwards I took off my jumpsuit and | |
| threw it in the wash and misted some stuff with disinfectant | |
| before unmasking and now I can sleep well knowing I didn't take | |
| chances with a stupid cold, covid , pneumonia or the flu! | |
| Excellent!Got my Internet back without having repairman in our | |
| home! | |
| The internet is very important for me. It's the way I connect to | |
| the world without being there in person or face to face. We | |
| order bulk goods and necessities online. I perform music and | |
| play guitar and share online and I study and learn from very | |
| intelligent people online ..I get to choose what kind of friends | |
| I want online from a safe distance.. so this is great I got my | |
| internet back the safe way without jeopardizing myself or | |
| jeopardizing my loved one's safety. | |
| It's awesome to be the Masked Man! | |
| Protect yourselves with a mask, | |
| The Masked Man | |
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