Posted on 03/25/2019 10:07:44 PM PDT by EinNYC
Look don’t puss out. It was a freakin cat. I have three of them. If it would have been me I would have got it down. Because I would have got a dog or a horse down if they would have been up there. You shouldn’t try it. I won’t get fired for saving stupid.
Exactly. I figure they will get lots of blowback over this.
OSHA can’t wait to get involved in any workplace related accidents. They have just the strategy this company needs to prevent other unfortunate mishaps. They are the experts. Just ask them!
These days,I doubt his local manager (supervisors are old fashioned) had any say in the matter. The decision was made at HR.
Someone needs to reveal the name and phone number of the supervisor who made this stupid decision. A few calls from irate Verizon customers will get him/her off their high horse!
They are going to lose a lot of customers.
They are going to lose a lot of customers.
Wow, way to go to alienate people and animal lovers. Idiots.
Im gonna bet that this guy is hired back with a raise.
Black dude went really HIGH to get this cat. It was a really nice thing to do and he gets FIRED?!?!
Not sure how to help him out or where to call or email.
I kinda get what they’re saying, he stretched that machine to its limits and if something went wrong and a human got hurt or killed, verizon would be sued for a FORTUNE
But give the guy a warning and let it go. Geesh. He acted like a neighbor even though he wasn’t one.
What Americans used to be like.
SORRY MY BAD!!! SUSPENDED!! NOT FIRED!!
The proper way to get a cat out of a tree is with a pellet gun.
I gave Verizon a tweet against what they did here — and I see I wasn’t the only one.
Some of these remarks are quite Libish I must say.
Having done what this guy does for a living I am familiar with the safety regs surrounding working “aloft”.
He is not allowed for reasons many here have no clue about in regards to working in and around power.
Especially when there were obviously no Verison facilities on that pole and a cat is not Verisons problem.
If he went up a grabed the cat less videos blasted all over the WWW he would have been home free, but once again viral vids got some one in a jam.
Feel bad for the guy but he knows he screwed up.
If he got electrocuted and or hurt in someway by going above the power and his “plant” Version would have paid confiscatory OSHA fines and he would probably been denied death benefits for violating safety rules.
That’s good aim.
If they died, they would fall to the ground.
If he’s going up around high voltage wires he is endangering himself and equipment.
I’ve worked the results of people getting conducting things in high voltage lines. The image of a golf ball sized hole burned through the bottom of his boot and smell of cooked flesh as we rolled him to the ambulance is still vivid these many years later.
That is just one.
How about the Police Academy movie where he uses his pistol!!!
A few years back, we had a 1-1/2 year old cat who climbed into the tree next door. He was up about 100 ft or so. We called the fire department and they refused to help. After a day and a half, the cat, who had ascended another 10 feet, jumped out like some kind of flying squirrel. He landed on the grass on his feet and walked over to the house for food and water. No injuries.
That is too funny. I laughed until the tears flowed.
I had that happen when I tried giving a shot to a big Tom cat on my lap with no towel wrapped around him. He shreaded my leg.
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