Subj : 2020, The year that Keeps on giving
To   : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Mon Oct 26 2020 11:08 am

Hello, August Abolins.
On 10/26/20 5:53 PM you wrote:

 CP>> That is pretty much any utility company. Especially of they 
 CP>> contract out.
 AA> I can understand outsourcing to accommodate times outside normal 
 AA> business hours outside one's domestic region.  But even if I 
 AA> reached an office in British Columbia at my local time in Ontario 
 AA> - 6:30p - that would have been only 3:30p BC time - and the jobs 
 AA> would have been domestic.

I don't know. Here at least, it seems the utilities contract out a lot of their work. I suppose it's cheaper to hire subcontractors than to carry more employees.
 
 AA> On the phone, they were more concerned about my covid-19 status (I 
 AA> had to answer several questions) than the "emergency" that an 
 AA> overhead wire was hanging low over a public road.

That sounds about right.

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