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All that and a bag of chips: Cabling photos

June 26, 2020

Our periodic showcase of facepalm-inducing ICT photos found submitted to social media's Reddit. This week we explore that dreaded technical excrescence, the one structured cabling installers often call, "The Sparky Special..."

Matt Vincent

Welcome to our periodic showcase of facepalm-inducing ICT photos found recently submitted on social media to Reddit's 'Cablefail' sub-community. Of this week's headline, for those who don't know, per definition by a reliable source, it's an expression often used, "To mean that a person is 'all that' and more. Usually it is an opinion, and the only one who thinks it is that person."

And if that person happens to an oblivious member of the electrician's trade, it may help to describe that dreaded technical excrescence, the one structured cabling installers often call, "The Sparky Special..."

"Electricians. Found this shoved up inside the conduit when pulling new wire." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/halakar

"Current situation." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/PbkacHelpDesk

"Found in a Medical Lab. Spliced twice." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/MinisterOfLoneliness

"FML" -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/horsepowerphoto

"When the drywall guys are working around you all day." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/theclumsytech

BONUS PIC: CI&M Reader Submitted

"Brand new install, handed over to client -- and this is how the IT Dept. left it 2 days later."-- T.F., Essex, UK

Send your must-see cabling photos to [email protected].

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]