Too many fingers: Cabling photos

Too many ICT chefs sure can spoil the structured cabling and connectivity broth.

Jan. 15, 2021

Mixed-metaphorically speaking, when too many (or simply underqualified) ICT chefs spoil the structured cabling and connectivity broth, the sour results stick out like an extra thumb -- as illustrated by photos regularly submitted to Reddit's social media sub-communities for commiserating over the bad and the worst of such offenses...

"Very old microwave telecommunications site. 5 years of too many fingers only took two days to fix." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: u/Dishtowel9733

"Not even the worst I saw that day." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/dldupuis

"Yes, that’s mounted onto the interior drywall. The tray was mounted on the drywall. Screws punctured through into the home." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/Gonj420

"This customer has just been plugging in cables over themselves for close to 15 years." -- Reddit/Cablegore: u/rizzojr1129

"This image kills my eyes." -- Reddit/Cablegore: u/Educational-Ad-3979

"Hi! I'm Clippy, your office assistant!" -- Reddit/Cablegore: u/lorenzo_st_dubois

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About the Author

Matt Vincent

Senior Editor

Matt Vincent is a B2B technology journalist, editor and content producer with over 15 years of experience, specializing in the full range of media content production and management, as well as SEO and social media engagement best practices, for both Cabling Installation & Maintenance magazine and its website CablingInstall.com. He currently provides trade show, company, executive and field technology trend coverage for the ICT structured cabling, telecommunications networking, data center, IP physical security, and professional AV vertical market segments. Email: [email protected]