Guy:Hey, I'm the cable guy. I have to get up to your roof and shut off the cable on the (unoccupied) third floor
Housemate:Okie doke
[guy *IN CABLEVISION OUTFIT* goes to the roof and down the fire escape and presumably shuts off cable, then comes back]
Guy:Okay, did it
Housemate:K, bye
[guy leaves]
4 Police Officers:[KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK}
Housemate:um...hello officers
Officers:Did a guy go up to your roof?
Housemate:Yeah...He said he was the cable guy?
Officers:...Did he leave the building?
Housemate:I think so?
Officers:Okay, thanks. Next time you might want to check IDS before letting people in. Haveagooddaybye!
Housemate:Hmmmm
[on the phone with the 79th precinct]
Me:Hey, there was a guy on our roof this morning and we didn't ask the responders what was going on, is there some way to get some info about that?
Precinct:No.
Me:You don't have any information about that?
Precinct:Nope. And if I did, I couldn't tell you.
Me:So, to your knowledge, should we be concerned ?
Precinct:Not anymore than usual.
Me:K thanks
so, um.....what do you think that was about? At first I thought somebody across the street was being really racist and called the cops just because they saw this guy on the roof...But my housemate brings up the great point that the protocol for cable companies shutting off somebody's cable is probably not to wait until the residents are gone, go onto the roof and break into the apartment via the fire escape...Weird.
