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why did the Spectrum technician lie when he told me "yeah you can definitely get one at the Home Depot right down the street" after explaining that he didn't have a properly sized coaxial wallplate... (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago by abc@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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seriously what the fuck i've been to every hardware store within 15 miles searching for this rumored plate. What I really don't understand is why every coaxial wallplate I've come across is 1-gang which would be fucking useless for my purposes.

i spent 30 minutes today showing the poor Lowes employee who dared to walk up to me while I was investigating their aisle of Leviton the wallplate in my possession, the part of the wall I need to cover, and the coaxial cable that needs to be run through it. Sagaciously, this kinda cute man went "why don't you just do the 'build your own wallplate' and make one that size" and I was like 'wow okay what aisle is that' before walking over and realizing the goddamn build your own wallplates didn't even have a coaxial option.

kiryu-pain

i still don't fucking understand why the nomenclature is 'gang' for number of outlets/switches on a plate and I STILL DON'T HAVE A FUCKING WALLPLATE AHHHHHHHH

is my only option really about to be to just drill a hole into this wallplate or get a single outlet 2-gang wallplate and just have the coaxial cable running through the empty space like a straw through a donut....no...surely not....right??

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[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Huh the store should've been able to figure it out... It's not that unusual either, just more superb outcomes under capitalism.

AND

[–] abc@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

WHAT THE FUCK lol i'm having vietnam war flashbacks to talking to the Lowes employee about it & showing him the photos LITERALLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THOSE DJHSJFGHRDFGJBDESJTFGHwgahjfdERGN

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

love that everyone in a store is given no product training and has so little pay and job security that anyone that does learn anything is gone within a few years anyway.

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I worked in retail for a while and had the customer who approached me teach me how to use the key copying machine because nobody else was around. Cool guy. That's how you know your training sucks though.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

real

[–] Esoteir@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i'm sorry you're going through this but i gotta say the post title sounds like the setup to a really overly specific internet hardware technician joke

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

"To... Get to the other side...?"

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's kind weird to have a 2 gang receptacle just for a coax cable, isn't it? It's not like an electrical box where you might need space for wiring. I'm not surprised they don't stock that on the truck. I guess they should have some of those build kits, though.

[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

used to be two phone lines or phone/coax originally

most likely

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait, so did a Spectrum tech go and install that for you? And if so wouldn't they have wallplates? Like I would think they'd have wallplates.

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

doesn't surprise me the tech didn't have them in larger sizes (2 full outlets wide by the looks of it)

[–] abc@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like I would think they'd have wallplates.

you and me both but he was went "nope brother all I have is the standard one" which he DID give me in its packaging like as a consolation prize but was like shrug-outta-hecks "Home Depot will have them"

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Amazon? Aliexpress?

[–] abc@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

obama-spike yeah I've done some searching on Amazon and found one that'd probably work but its $20 which is insane for a piece of plastic. obama-prism

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Lol for $20 you may as well put that money in an index fund and come back in 30 years, buy a 3D printer with it, and print the wallplate yourself.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Easiest solution? Just drill a hole in the plate and run it through. Drill slowly, it's easy to break them. I did this for speaker wire exits for speakers in my house. Since it's a 2 gang plate, you probably won't find a single connection pre designed. The best option pre-made I saw was this... RiteAV Mesh Brush Coax Cable TV Wall Plate Dual 2 Gang Decorative White https://a.co/d/0E4pjsB

[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

yeah with the right size bit I would drill the blank 2 gang plate