Guest guest Posted July 28, 1999 Report Share Posted July 28, 1999 I love this Antoine! My one question .. Didya give the Prime Minister some Shakti??? That was why YOU were sent .. to give him a taste of Infinity/Antoine .... ;-P Col Antoine wrote: > Antoine <carrea > > > Thanks Antoine for sharing that funny, beautiful and moving story. You > > installed the cable for this lady and she had the chance to watch her stocks > > lose 50,000 dollars. She cried, and you held her warmly but firmly without > > saying a word. Then comes the call from the prime minister who wants to watch > > CNN in his office and you give a flying kiss to the lady and hop right back > > on your cable truck. All in a day's work, I guess. Antoine, you should send > > this to Reader's Digest (they offer cash prizes for these kind of stories). > > It's no wonder you love your job. We love these anecdotes. More please. And > > don't skip the details. :--). Thanks. > > > > Harsha > > Boy are you refreshing Harsha . That was only two calls in one day, i > make usually from 7 to 12. The Company sends me on special problem, > either technical or of human relations. Not all days generate such > stories. But getting to be in the home of so many peoples does bring > intimate relations. > > Lucien Bouchard, our prime minister, a strong man he is in person. I > respect him deeply. He his one of the few who was affected by the > epidemic, don't remember the name of the sickness, it append about 6 > years ago over the world. About 100 people died. It was horrible because > people would die from it in a day or two, and it eaten the flesh, like > fire. Very few survived it, he did, but lost a leg to it. All that in a > matter of hours. > > So i arrived at the 20 story building, with this decoder box and my tool > belt, trying not to forget about my tai chi flow Had to sign papers > downstairs and pass a metal detector. Of course i bused with my tools. > Then up the elevator to the 12. To find three man's waiting for me with > guns. Checking double checking my identity. Then passing a series of > doors that can only be open from the inside. Of course i am escorted. > The chief of security, a 6'2" guy, takes over. And brings me to the room > where the prime minister is alone, doing some work. The secretary is > there to let us in at the right time, like in a ballet dance. > > People wanting to become Presidents or prime minister have not seen this > crystal prison with their eyes. > > To smooth things, seeing the chief of security wondering what could be > in my two boxes. I ask him if he knows Andre Boiclair, a cabinet > minister of my age. He says yes of course. Then i tell him, we went 7 > years to school in the same classroom, at the College Jean de Brebeuf. I > made a lie, telling him that we plaid basket ball together, when Andre > Boiclair was in fact the water boy of our basket ball team. He soften. > He ask: you plaid basket ball?, where are you from?, etc...until the > eternal question following why do you do this job. My eternal answer, > because i love it > > So we go in the office, me and him, the Prime minister reading a paper > and the secretary dancing from her phones to him. His wife was not there > To bad Lol. > > That installation was like making a tea ceremony for someone watching, > the chief of security. Taking my knife to open the box. My cutter to cut > wires, etc., draw all his deep attention. In now time it was done. I > handle the remote control to the prime minister, first contact, for him > to see if all was ok. > > He took the time to get up for me before i left and give me a hand > shake. He asked me if he could do something for me. I said yes, when you > have time please say hello to Andre Boiclair for me. "And what is your > name" he said. Just tell him the tall one from school tells him hi, he > will know who i am. And we all laughed, since the security guard seems > short near me. > > And so i left, to stop at a near by cafe on a terrace to take a drink on > this wonderful afternoon. And then drive to my next job. A woman alone > in few million dollar house with 16 tv not working. And then after an > old lady that got scared, because her vcr started the autoprogram of > channels alone after a power failure. Each moment is unique. > > But those are other stories. > > Antoine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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