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As above, that's quite common for a B.T. D.p
I used to work on /commercial buildings and it was very common to see that and worse.
The problem nowadays being the B.T engineer gets the job to install /repair a line to a specific property with an allocated time.
The job and time does not allow for tidying up a previous mess unless it's causing an issue related to the job.
As a note when I first started work it was for the G.P.O and although I worked on electrical and not telephones I worked in both Exchanges and Postal Sorting Offices.
No G.P.O telephone engineer would have left a D.p in that state, it's only since privatisation that the standard has dropped.
I used to work on /commercial buildings and it was very common to see that and worse.
The problem nowadays being the B.T engineer gets the job to install /repair a line to a specific property with an allocated time.
The job and time does not allow for tidying up a previous mess unless it's causing an issue related to the job.
As a note when I first started work it was for the G.P.O and although I worked on electrical and not telephones I worked in both Exchanges and Postal Sorting Offices.
No G.P.O telephone engineer would have left a D.p in that state, it's only since privatisation that the standard has dropped.