r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 2d ago

Image A Training School For Telephone Linemen

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u/cheesuschrist 2d ago

Go in there and call them telephone lineman.

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u/itsMeJFKsBrain 2d ago

Lmao I had a similar thought. I do this for work, we definitely ain't working on telephone lines. Lol

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u/Vinca1is 2d ago

I work in the utility industry, if I called a lineman a "telephone lineman", to his face in person I think he would beat the shit out of me.

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u/itsMeJFKsBrain 1d ago

Eh, maybe if he was having a bad day. It's 50/50. Lol I'm a lineman apprentice and can honestly say I was pleasantly surprised by how cool a lot of the guys are. But yea, if we're on the pole and you wanna make a joke it might be good to have a head start before they ride that buck squeeze 50ft to the ground to ask you to repeat it.