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2 edits | Oh Ouch Damn....
Poor family.....
Comcast PR isn't getting any help from it's contractors, that's for sure...
I see a big payout in their future.... and someone else had a future behind bars. | |
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pjhofmann
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Happy Valley, OR | Re: Oh Ouch This makes me not only depressingly sad but livid beyond anything I can think of. This driver should be charged with murder if this little girl dies. | |
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KrK
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| Re: Oh Ouch They will be. Or at least 1st degree manslaughter.
They had a case here where a young woman was "racing" her car on Riverside Drive.... she lost control at somewhere around 100 mph, and hit the curb, her car flipped and rolled... and went right through a group of cyclists who were biking on the trail in the park, killing one and injuring several.
Her car protected her nicely, she was fine... not so her victims. She got 15 years. Too bad.
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| said by pjhofmann  :This makes me not only depressingly sad but livid beyond anything I can think of. This driver should be charged with murder if this little girl dies. DAMN RIGHT!!! I have a 7 month old daughter and if this happened to us, Comcast would be our last name!!! Seriously, the TWO guys driving the vans should be charged with murder if she dies, and if she doesn't, they should still spend 10yrs. minimum in prision!!! | |
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00000 | Re: Oh Ouch They usually sue anyone and everyone and then go for the deepest pockets. | |
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK | Comcast equipment, and apparently these were actual Comcast employees, not merely contractors.
So even though Comcast isn't responsible for the outcome, they are liable for ... everything. | |
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1 edit | Re: Oh Ouch said by KrK :Comcast equipment, and apparently these were actual Comcast employees, not merely contractors. So even though Comcast isn't responsible for the outcome, they are liable for ... everything. No one knows whether they really are contractors or in-house technicians. Both are refered to by Comcast Corp. as employees when it comes down to it. Can anyone get a picture of the vans??? Contractors will have such designated on the side/back. | |
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| said by KrK :Comcast equipment, and apparently these were actual Comcast employees, not merely contractors. So even though Comcast isn't responsible for the outcome, they are liable for ... everything. This goes to prove that Contractors aren't the only ones who cause problems...
Also: contractors aren't ALL bad... there are a few companies here in Chicago that are pretty good.
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| TIME Magazine - Employees Racing in Comcast Vans Hit Young Girl!
Two dipsh@ts in Huntsville, Alabama (Yes, they have Cable) were racing their smooth hotrod Comcast Vans and struck a kid. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said, "They're will be an internal investigation into this horrible tragedy; the two vans were carrying expensive Comcast equipment AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! And, from our understanding, the kid had no business in the middle of the road but we will pay for the stupid idiot's medical bills as long as the kid's family subscribes to the Comcast Tripe Play. Only $99 in most markets by they way. Certain exclusions apply."
Huntsville Police Chief Bert "Dick" Brannon said the two Comcast guys were arrested and charged with several crimes he couldn't remember. He said, "Those Bo and Luke boys need to stop thinking their shenanigans will impress Jessica Simpson. If, or actually when they are found guilty by the judge that comes once a year, they'll be hanged by the Klan. In the GREAT STATE OF ALABAMA, we don't tolerate speed racing of any kind. I'm just glad it wasn't an, uh, African-American kid since we don't need no more of Jesse Jackson down here startin' trouble."
The police chief is currently under investigation for investing in a brothel. The local prosecutor was unavailable for comment his spokeswoman said. "He's meeting some lawyers at Hooters he said."
Bill O'Reilly, the indignant jerk host of the "Factor", will be doing a special report tomorrow on that ridiculous right-wing propaganda network FoxNews.
NASCAR said they wouldn't be dropping Comcast as a sponsor but may look into it. "The fans should decide."
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4 edits | Re: Oh Ouch Nice dig at the State of Alabama. I guess I need to buy a membership on here so I can add you to my ignore list.  | |
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| Re: Oh Ouch said by N10Cities :Nice dig at the State of Alabama. I guess I need to buy a membership on here so I can add you to my ignore list. That was hilarious. Get a grip and drop the PC BS.
BTW, racing? They were going 75 in a 50. Maybe that is racing for AL but that sounds pretty standard for any state I drive in. | |
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clubs: | Re: Oh Ouch In both of the articles? (It was the estimated speed.) | |
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CableTool
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| Im sure the little girl and her parents would appreciate your attempts at passing time at their expense. I hope Karl got a kick out of it as well.
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clubs: | Re: Oh Ouch I'm sure they will really care what someone posted online instead of caring about taking care of their daughter. Is our country so caught up in political correctness and sensitivity that we cannot laugh anymore? | |
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| Re: Oh Ouch It depends on what we are laughing at and at whose expense.
Karma is a bitch. Im as politically incorrect as the next guy but I do not see making a joke out of someones daughter getting hit by a van speeding at 75MPH as "politicaly incorrect"
I see it as callus, thoughtless and self centerd. But then again, isnt that what the internet if for?
My values follow me on-line as well as my personal life. Im the same person regardless.
Did you really read the article and think "Now who can make me laugh about this!!! I cant wait for the fun to ensue!!"
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| Re: Oh Ouch said by Jito463 :Wow. I feel stupider just for reading that. I think that was most idiotic post I've read on this site to date. It happens quite alot with her/him/it  | |
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Can I officially say Comcast's cheap subcontractor labor screening process needs work yet, or no?
I would say that something is really wrong with their system and it doesn't appear that anything is being done to fix it.
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| Re: No-Brainer the problem is that comcast does not do the screening for the contractors. the company they go through for the contractor are the ones who do the screening. comcast has changed contractor companies several times but i think comcast needs to start doing the screening themselfs for the contractors. | |
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Miami, FL | hmm Is Comcast some mafia now? They will beat you to a pulp unless you pay their bills? | |
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jester121
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Lake Zurich, IL | Once again... What does this have to do with broadband internet access or technology? I think there's a section for off topic rants, isn't there? | |
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lcnoble
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1 edit | it doesnt say contractors. its just assumed at this point along with everything alse. if its a contractor it wont cost comcast one dime. im not sure how you can be racing and not even going the same place but again everything is assumed at this point. lets all hope the little girl is fine. the mention of contractors is only noted on this forum as of now. | |
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JSRoman
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2 edits | You can't do a background check for stupidity?
By the way isn't the title of this story just a tad misleading?
Hadley says, "They were racing. It looked like they were racing. They were going in and out and trying to keep up with each other." - Witness accounts are always accurate!
According to Huntsville Police, no criminal charges have been filed at this time and the accident is currently under investigation. - Lynch them NOW! | |
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK | Re: You can't do a background check for Nice edit, btw.
Title of story not misleading at all, given the reports, actions, and results. Sounds like pretty accurate summation for a title. | |
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| Employees, NOT Contractors From http://www.waff.com/global/story.asp?s=8319331:
Comcast could not provide details on employee procedure or the status of these two employees.
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| Scary Comcast employees/contractors Comcast has been repeatedly risked the lives of customers, other employees and general public by hiring the "near" bottom of society.
Comcast believes that if a few people are adequately intelligent and responsible, they can cover for all the inadequate and incompetent employees they hire for a bargain.
Next thing you'll be hearing about is that Comcast employees/contractors use their job to scout your home for robbery.
Hiring a moron with a 92 white Chevy pick-up and throwing a Comcast magnet sign on the door is not the answer. | |
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| Re: Scary Comcast employees/contractors said by deanl :
Comcast has been repeatedly risked the lives of customers, other employees and general public by hiring the "near" bottom of society.
Comcast believes that if a few people are adequately intelligent and responsible, they can cover for all the inadequate and incompetent employees they hire for a bargain.
Next thing you'll be hearing about is that Comcast employees/contractors use their job to scout your home for robbery.
Hiring a moron with a 92 white Chevy pick-up and throwing a Comcast magnet sign on the door is not the answer.
Posts like yours are the problem. What exactly do you know about Comcasts hiring and training of their work force? Be specific...
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| Re: Scary Comcast employees/contractors I have eyes.
I've dealt with the contractors.
I've talked to lots of CSR's.
The CSR's from Canada are pretty good.
They speak English, and seem to be able to process information, not just read off the sheet.
By the way the old white Chevy S10 pickups (long bed) with the Comcast magnets is very true around here. | |
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| Screening? "Can I officially say Comcast's labor screening process needs work yet, or no?"
No, someone could look perfect in interviews, screening coming up 100% clean, they could work for a company for 15years with NO complaints or problems and then make one mistake and people will say "Comcast needs to screen better". The person made a stupid mistake, one that how many other people working or not do on a daily basis on our roads.
The TECHS should not have been speeding/racing/ect. And I definatly feel bad for the child injured, and if she dies yes the driver should see jailtime, if they infact racing then BOTH should see jailtime. But don't say the screening process is bad due to a techs stupidity that a screening process in the PAST cannot predict. | |
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ninjatutle
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Dracut, MA | Re: Enough already! Only if 50% of the employees are murderers and other 50% are crack dealers... since neither of those are the case and ANYONE can try to get a job and see the hiring process I am going to go with no. | |
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1 edit | Cheese with their Whine For the corporate fan boys out there here is some cheese to go along with your myopic whine.
The Comcast corporate shills make me want to vomit. A girl is laying near death in a hospital and like it or not Comcast is responsible. I am neither a fan boy or a hater, I am a realist. Reality is the vast majority of Comcast employees are hardworking and put safety first, however, that does not negate Comcast's responsibility when their employees destroy property, maim, or kill on the job. It also doesn't change the fact that a disproportionate number of these incidents seem to happen under the Comcast umbrella. We do not hear of these things happening to Verizon, Time Warner, or AT&T.
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| Comcast workers help as brothers escape blaze Seems all BBR cares to post is how bad Comcast is. They fail to post about the "good" of them.
LAKE IN THE HILLS – Two brothers escaped a fire in Lake in the Hills Friday morning, one by going out a window onto an overhang.
Two Comcast workers in the area saw 21-year-old Robert Nash escaping a smoke-filled bedroom and handed him a ladder. Comcast Network Maintenance Technicians Brad Dedina, 36, of Lake in the Hills and Josh St. John, 32, of Woodstock were driving on Virginia Road after dropping off a Comcast van at Crystal Lake Pontiac-GMC.
“As we drove by, we saw smoke coming out of the side of the house, so we turned around and came back,” Dedina said. “When we got there, we saw one of the guys of the house get out onto the lower section of the roof, and the fire was getting bigger. We just grabbed the ladder off of our truck and helped him down.”
Robert Nash said he was sleeping when he heard noises in the house’s vents.
“I smelled a match, but I ignored it. But it kept on lingering,” Nash said. “So I went downstairs, and there was nothing but black.”
He said he crawled through an upstairs window and planned to leap from a second-story ledge, but a 911 operator advised him to wait. That was when the Comcast crew rescued him, he said.
Nash’s 12-year-old brother, Jason, was home sick from school. He was taking a shower downstairs when he smelled smoke. The boy was able to get outside.
Jason Nash opened the bathroom door and saw smoke and fire coming from the basement. He grabbed his cell phone, left through the front door of the house, and called 911.
The fire in the two-story farm house at 9320 Virginia Road started in the basement about 9:30 a.m. No one was injured, and there were no pets in the house, said Kim Matz, public information officer for the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Department.
Fire investigators determined that combustible materials in close proximity to a hot water heater in the basement started the fire, Matz said.
The house did not have working smoke detectors, Matz said. The Lake in the Hills building department said the home was uninhabitable after the damage, although no damage estimate was available.
Crystal Lake, Huntley, Cary, Fox River Grove, East Dundee, Carpentersville, Barrington, and McHenry departments assisted Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Department with the fire.
The fire was under control at 9:57 a.m., Matz said.
Laura Nash said she and her four children would stay with relatives Friday night. Her 19-year-old daughter, Sarah, returned from Northern Illinois University after the fire and picked up her 18-year-old sister, Meaghan, from classes at Dundee-Crown High School.
Laura Nash cried as she stood outside her house Friday afternoon with her family.
“I’m so grateful that they’re OK,” she said. “Words can’t describe it.”
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| Re: Comcast workers help as brothers escape blaze said by Defiance82 :Seems all BBR cares to post is how bad Comcast is. They fail to post about the "good" of them. That's because a news article about something bad will get 100+ comments, whereas an article about the good news will get 2. Why do you think the 11 o'clock news is 95% negative/trash talk?
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Canada | hmmm "At Comcast, the safety of our employees, customers, and the general public is a top priority."
Unfortunately, greed is a higher priority. I expect it will be business as usual for these scumbags... | |
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| Boooooring You cable nerds love bitching about anything Comcast etc.
I mean I could understand if they blew the kid up (like they have blown up laptops), burnt down the house with the kid in it, killed the kid while in the home of a customer, etc and so on but who cares what company they worked for when they were driving a van, illegally racing, and hurt someone.
Bla bla bla blame Comcast, personally I don't blame Comcast, I blame the idiots racing and driving recklessly. The fact that it was actually Comcast employees is basically irrelevant to the story, save the pay out they are going to have to make to the family.
For the record, I have TWC and am not a Comcast employee, contractor, sub-contractor or any of that. I just think the focus should be on the child and punishing the idiots driving, the distraction of who they work for is exactly that, a distraction. | |
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