Once again …<\/p>\n
That nice, brand new …<\/p>\n
Carrier furnace I purchased for my house a few years ago,<\/p>\n
Required a service call during the heating season.<\/p>\n
Grrrrrrrrr<\/p>\n
It went out during the middle of the night at some point,<\/p>\n
Or maybe early evening,<\/p>\n
I have no clue.<\/p>\n
All I know is that when the insomnia stirred me in the middle of the night,<\/p>\n
The temp was already down to the low 60’s.<\/p>\n
And by the time I left to drive to a foreign court at 6:30 am …<\/p>\n
It was down to 60.<\/p>\n
And I was cutting glass.<\/p>\n
When I returned early afternoon to meet the service guy,<\/p>\n
It was in the mid 50’s.<\/p>\n
Now service guy Ken was a sweetie …<\/p>\n
Though a little on the hefty side,<\/p>\n
He was way kute.<\/p>\n
Until he gave me the bad news.<\/p>\n
This season’s ailment was a defective controller …<\/p>\n
And my phreaking furnance has been out of warranty for 2 years now.<\/p>\n
“What’s the damage?<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“You’re not going to like it?<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“Nothing against you Ken, but I don’t like the fact I had to call you in the first place, it’s a certainty I won’t like this news.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“$400.00<\/i>”<\/p>\n
Great … that’ll bring the grand total I’ve spend in three years of service calls on a brand new furnance installed by Ken’s company to $800.<\/p>\n
Almost half of what I paid for the furnance in the first place.<\/p>\n
“I told you that you weren’t going to like it.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I’m going to think about it … I’ve got to talk to the owner … I’m far from pleased at this point.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“I don’t blame you.<\/i><\/p>\n
“In the meantime, you’re going to fix it so that I can at least have heat for now.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“You know, I can try to fix it so that you can at least have heat for now.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“You’re not going to charge me for this service call.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“I’m not even going to charge you for this service call.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“If you ever see a blue eyed, light blonde haired girl that looks like she could be my sister in any bar, you’ll buy her many beers and dance with her.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“I’ll buy beers for and dance with your sister.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“These aren’t the droids we’re looking for.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“Go back to work.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“Go back to work.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
So, anyways …<\/p>\n
When I left my house a couple of hours ago, the temperature was back up to 66 degrees (you thought I was going to say 69, didn’t you?) …<\/p>\n
And it didn’t cost me a penny yet.<\/p>\n
Gawd the Jedi mind trick rocks !! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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