When my dad was in high school he could not wait for it to be over with. He had a lot of friends and liked some of the teachers but he was just “not cut out for the classroom and college.” This was why he decided not to go to college. Some of his friends went to college and enjoyed it while a few of his others friends went to college “had a little bit too much fun and had to drop out or failed out.” After High school he decided to start his first big job at Bausch and Lomb working in the stock room. When he got transferred to a different department building he was laid off. Since he was the last full-time person hired he was the first person to get laid off. His next job was for the Rochester Cable Vision. Here he learned how to climb telephone poles and hook up cable. His area was Webster/Penfield and he was able of mapping out his area without any maps. After a while the company wanted to switch some of the City installers with some suburban installers. Being one of these swaps, he tried working in the city for while but did not like it at all and decided to quit. His next job was for Fairport DPW doing body work and mechanical repairs. After a couple of years working this job a position opened up at Fairport Electric. Since he knew how to climb poles from his past job he decided to apply. 27 years later he is still working there and is now a crew chief.
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