San Francisco Electricians

[ike5547]

Just wondering what your policies may be in regards to working in the Bay View district.

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=San+Francisco&state=CA&address=1789+McKinnon+

I try to avoid it but the location was disclosed only after the deal was struck, naturally.

 

[ceb58]

Just wondering what your policies may be in regards to working in the Bay View district.


I try to avoid it but the location was disclosed only after the deal was struck, naturally.

Can you explane more about this area? Some of us are on the right coast.

 

[ike5547]

It's not a very nice neighborhood.

 

[petersonra]

It's not a very nice neighborhood.

How can you possibly bid a job and not know where it is?

 

[ike5547]

How can you possibly bid a job and not know where it is?

It wasn't a bid.

 

[electricalperson]

when i work in a crappy neighborhood only thing i can do is lock the door and keep to myself

 

[ike5547]

It's best to keep your vehicle in sight also.

 

[Rockyd]

Sounds like a neighborhood where the first tool in everyone's toolbox is a 9mm!

 

[iwire]

I empty my truck of all the tools and meters that I will not be using on that job.

 

[480sparky]

Sounds like a neighborhood where the first tool in everyone's toolbox is a 9mm!

Forget putting it in the toolbox. Get a CCW permit.

 

[MJW]

I own a 4-plex in a "not very nice neighborhood". This is what a 45 slug did to my new door. I couldn't turn my back on a tool for a second or it would be gone and I won't let my wife go to the property after dark. I bought a new 40 cal just because of this place.

This is going in.

This is where it came out.

 

[Cow]

I have to question a guys priorities when he's willing to own a 4 plex in an area bad enough to get riddled with bullet holes.

 

[jumper]

Sounds like a neighborhood where the first tool in everyone's toolbox is a 9mm!

it is. i grew up in san francisco. thats a very bad area. lots of 9mm around there. i feel bad for him.

 

[petersonra]

if its that bad, cancel. the tiny profit on it is not worth your life.

i still don't see why you would agree to do a job not knowing where it is physically located.

 

[ike5547]

if its that bad, cancel. the tiny profit on it is not worth your life.

i still don't see why you would agree to do a job not knowing where it is physically located.

I had the address at the beginning of the call--just didn't realize it was in that district until she mentioned it at the end.

Is it really that bad? Probably not. I've survived there before. My question was directed at others who work within the city of San Francisco. Do they avoid the place altogether, or not? I thought it might be interesting.

Why do I need to offer you rationalizations, anyway?

 

[480sparky]

.....Why do I need to offer you rationalizations, anyway?

So we can stretch this thread into 300 posts.

 

[charlietuna]

All the Big cities have their "BAD AREAS"! I remember working in Liberty City on a high rise after the riots and the guy i was with carried a 45 right in his tool bucket! When you shot a hiltli gun to fasten a strap it got everyone's attention!!!:grin:

 

[petersonra]

Why do I need to offer you rationalizations, anyway?

You don't have to offer me anything. I was mostly curious how you managed to accept such a job not knowing where it was.

 

[ike5547]

You don't have to offer me anything. I was mostly curious how you managed to accept such a job not knowing where it was.

Next time I will be sure to put the customer on standby and triangulate the exact global coordinates.

 

[ike5547]

I'll add that I did, in fact, accept the job knowing where it was--ultimately.

It's an outlet for a chair lift for her elderly father which made it more difficult to just blow her off.