Showerthought: I ran 300 ft of coax through a wasp nest in an attic in Bakersfield and now I carry a can of spray on every truck

Sandra Price · 2026-10-15T18:15:03.961677+00:00

Last summer I took a job in Bakersfield where the attic was so hot I was sweating through my shirt in 5 minutes, and halfway through pulling the run I felt something crawling on my neck. Turned out a whole nest was tucked behind the insulation right where I was kneeling, and I got stung 4 times before I got down the ladder. Now my rule is if a customer says they heard buzzing up there, I won't even climb up until somebody sprays first, so does anyone else have a hard rule like that after getting wrecked on a job?

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