We left work yesterday with the new cable assignment in the system but not yet worked. This morning I stop by that C.O. and the frame attendent Facillities Technician had my jumpers in the wood. She didn't tie them down 'cause there were workers on two of the pairs. I write down the numbers, check the other end. No workers, those numbers not to be found. Write down what I do have, go back to the C.O. -- where the Fac.Tech. had tied down the jumpers, other than the two with the conflicts. I find the numbers, and thus the actual location of my cable -- about five feet above where she tied down. Both locations are labled as HC01 1-100.
To recap: MLAC assigned to wrong cable, to which the Fac.Tech. dutifully ran the jumpers. Manually reassigned to the correct cable, to which the Fac.Tech. dutifully re-ran the jumpers. Except the frame block is mis-labled. I located the correct block and the Fac.Tech. dutifully ran the jumpers a third time.
With the dialtone appearing in the building where it is to be used, I get to close out the workorders. The N- order for the eight lines, and seven of the eight C- orders to put the DSL on the lines. Search the system for the last C- order. Find it. It is assigned to Tech.# 304. -- Don Borne.
Don Borne RETIRED in 2003. As I didn't think he'll be closing out his assigned work order I had it transfered to my workload.
Why is a tech that retired over two years ago still being assigned work?