I used to work for an electrical company.

One of our objects was a 10-storey residential building with 4 entrances. The house was problematic - the general contractor, without completing the building, declared himself bankrupt, dumped with money. And most of the apartments have already been sold!

After a long litigation, the city administration took the house on its balance sheet and the completion of construction went for budgetary funds. They hired a new general contractor and things went on.

Our firm was hired to complete the electrical work. The wiring for the apartments was already laid, we only had to tighten the risers, mount the floor boards and connect the apartments.

Somehow at the end of the working day, the foreman comes up to me:

- Do you want to make money quickly? Buy boots for wife :)

But who will refuse? Of course I agreed :)

The essence of the work was as follows:

As I said, despite the fact that the construction is not completed, many apartments were purchased. Some residents have already begun to settle down - they made repairs "for themselves." Electricity has not yet been supplied to the apartments. The tenants connected their carriers to our "temporary hut" with the permission of the construction manager. Electricity was paid by the General Contractor, so everything was in accordance with the Law before the RES.

So. It was late autumn. It was getting cold. One of the tenants has already made repairs in his brand new apartment, brought furniture - “call in and live”. And the heating has not yet been connected to the building ...

So he decided to heat himself with the help of electric heaters, and “warm floors”. The load is big, and besides the builders, a bunch of tenants are connected to the temporary hut during the day - the machines can hardly stand it. In addition, at night we turn off the makeshift.

Therefore, he wanted to be powered by a separate cable from the Main switchboard in the basement.

I don’t remember how much money I offered, but I remember that this amount was equal to my three-day rate. In short, good money. As a bonus, the client gives me the cable that remains from the 100 meter coil.

I wanted to take someone as a partner, but the foreman said that everything needs to be done quietly after work, so that few people see. It seems to be nothing illegal - connecting after the main counter, but ... you never know who will not like it.

I worked 4 hours! Without a partner, it was hard to stretch through all communications. The two of them could do it all in half an hour. Well, okay, the client is satisfied, he paid, and even took him home :)

About a week goes by. I have already been transferred to another facility. The boss calls me

- Do you know what kind of cable runs from the basement to the apartment on the 5th floor?

I turn on the “fool”, they say I don’t know, I haven’t seen it.

The boss says to me:

- There was a technical director from the general contractor at the facility, he made a scandal when he saw this disgrace. Problems are looming large. We were told to find the culprit and punish him. It's definitely not you?

I decided not to confess to the end:

-No, not me!!!

After 10 minutes, the foreman calls:

-Kapets! - he says, - there was such a noise because of this cable! In short, we are dismantling it now. The general said that he would impose a fine on the firm. Shut up, don't confess.

3 hours pass. The foreman calls again. Laughing!!! :

-Can you imagine, we disconnected the cable, we reel it up. Here comes the landlord. Did you know that he is a colonel, deputy head of the city's Ministry of Emergency Situations????

-Of course not. A simple man, no show off.

- He made such a mess! The CEO ran in front of him like a naughty kid: “Sorry, I didn’t know, this won’t happen again! Let's fix it right now!" So now we are tightening the cable back!

And I was the most surprised. The client seemed to be a very simple man, it is clear that with money, but without showing off. One car is worth something: a simple VAZ 2107.