Hit install number 500 and the customer's dog ate my coax stripper

Ngl I never really kept count of my jobs until my boss put a little tally sheet in the van about a year ago. Hit 500 installs this week and the milestone job turned into a total circus. The guy had three dogs and the biggest one snatched my coax stripper right off the floor and ran out the back door with it. I chased that dog around a muddy yard for ten minutes while the customer just laughed and said he does that with everything. Ended up finishing the whole run with a rusty backup stripper I found under my seat. Has anyone else had a pet run off with their tools mid job, and did you ever get the tool back?

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sullivan.riley27d ago

That is brutal, man. The mud chase is the worst part because you know the dog thinks it's a game and the customer is just standing there watching you slip around. I had a lab puppy grab my channel locks once and bury them in a flower bed, took me twenty minutes to dig them out. At least your backup saved the job, mine was so stripped it kept slipping off the nut. I still check under my seat before every run now, you never know when a dog is gonna turn your tool bag into a chew toy.

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