I have a client that is a kids summer camp. He called one day to say they had cut a phone cable. They've got about 2 miles of 2 pair buried feeding all the tenting areas & they're always doing something, so it was no surprise.
On arrival I'm told that they were digging to put in a couple of gate posts and hit this cable dead center. 50 pair feeder to their camp. I told them Bell had to fix it, but he insisted that I patch it "for now". Being THEIR cable, sure. I told them it would be temporary as I don't do that kind of repair.
They then proceeded to tell me that they had cut 6 buried drops across the field when they were digging a new ditch. Man, you'd think they'd stop after the first one.
Dave
