Had a chat with a homeowner that made me rethink wireless systems

I've always been a hardwired guy, swore by it for 15 years. But last week I was at a job in a 1920s brick house near downtown Portland, and the owner asked me point blank why I insisted on drilling into her antique plaster walls. She said she'd rather have a slightly less reliable system than have her house look like a construction site. At first I thought she was just being difficult, but she showed me photos of her grandmother's house that got ruined by old alarm installs. That hit me different, made me realize we're not just putting up security, we're working in people's homes. Has anyone else had a customer change your mind about what 'quality' actually means?

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ramirez.sage3d ago

Did the homeowner also show you their prized collection of vintage dust bunnies?

daniel5522d ago

Ha, yeah I actually read somewhere that some people seriously collect dust bunnies from old buildings or abandoned houses. They call them "vintage" if they're from a certain era, like the 1800s or something. I guess it's a weird niche thing. The article said these collectors look for dust that's really dry and crumbly, not the gross wet kind you find in basements. Still sounds pretty strange to me, but to each their own I guess.