What a day this has been. All I have done is wait on other people. The guy who is replacing my daughter's water heater was supposed to show up and start work at 1:30....he arrived at 5. As I write this, the job is finished and everything looks great. She's happy.....I haven't been billed yet, so I don't know whether to be happy or not. He said he will bring the bill to my work on Friday.
Last Friday it was 80 outside and when I got home I turned on my AC. The fan was working, but the actual unit that is outside did not come on. On a weekend you can't really get ahold of anyone and Monday I had to work, so it had to wait until Tuesday. Remember.... I had my electrical box in the basement replaced with an updated one....no more fuses. (when the washer and dryer were moved) I began to wonder if maybe they didn't tie in my AC unit or something so I called the guy. He said..."you have central air?" Now that statement really bothered me cause they were outside working not 3 feet from the unit. I wonder what he thought it was. That lack of observation did bother me. It made me wonder what ELSE he missed. I calmly said yes I do have central air and he said just a minute, covering the mouthpiece and talking with someone else. He came back in a minute or so and said..."we'll be out in a couple hours to check it out". The couple hours turned into four hours, but who's counting. I have nothing better to do than sit around and wait for people so....what the hell. At least they DID show up.
He went out to the unit and worked on this and that....up and down the stairs....in and out of the hallway fooling with the thermostat, then back outside. He then announced that it had blown a fuse. It apparently has it own little fuse box located just above the unit, which is outside. Who knew? He said he could fix that and put circuit breakers in and I would no longer have to fool with a fuse here either .... (I thought I had already taken care of this). So, for a nominal fee, he did put that in and get it all fixed up purty. It STILL doesn't work. After a bit of head scratching he announces that the compressor is shot. WHAT! I say....its only two years old. Well, it will be under warranty then....can you call the guy that installed it? Yes I can...so I did. The guy was NOT happy. He thinks the electricians cooked it when they fooled around with the power. He says he will be out around 8 pm to check it out...can't come any earlier....but yes, it probably would be covered under warranty.....maybe, unless they cooked it. I tell the electricians what he said and they look a bit unhappy so they continue to fool around with it. All of a sudden I hear it start up. I go to the door and look out and the guy says to me that the new circuit breaker that he had just put in was defective. He has changed it and now everything is hunky dorey. (where in the world did that saying ever come from anyway?) I pay him and thank him and they are off. I call the AC guy and tell him its working but would he still come and do the yearly maintenance on it cause its due in May anyway. He says OK...he will be out tomorrow (which is today) at 4 pm.
Today at noon I call him and confirm that he's coming today at 4. He says between 4 and 4:30. It is 8:35 and he still is not here. Good thing I don't have a life and can just sit around and WAIT. A phone call would have been nice though. Since its now dark I think I can safely assume that he is not coming today. Ask me if I'm happy. Grrrrrr
