Relief, finally....
Posted on 2008-Mar-1 at 09:12 in A day in the life..
Well I have a new water heater and it was installed by a licensed contractor. The store where I bought it a year ago had pilfered the conversion kit off the box and so I think they felt responsible for the fact that it was never converted.
They told me they wanted to swap it out even exchange. I was rather floored by that. I have shopped at this hardware store since they had opened way back in the early 80s and even with OSH moving in I refused to shop there.
I am one of those die-hard loyals and this is the reason why.
This is what I call excellent customer service and this is why I recommend places like this store. I told the general manager that I had been a loyal customer for over 30 years and that he renewed my faith in why I was one.
So the guy that put it in was also referred to me by Andy's (true value hardware) and also by my dear friend Sue. I called him coming home from having lunch with Sue and told his machine my dilemma. He responded by phone and told me that he didn't normally work Saturdays but that he considered this an emergency and so he would be here in the am.
I woke up with high hopes of having hot water by evening (and I had it by noon) and then my daughters cat Zinny came limping out of the bedroom and was hardly able to stand on either back leg.
I called my ex-work and told them I needed to get her in right away and they said I had to be there before nine since the Doc was leaving at 10 am. I was washing my hair in the sink so I had to hustle my act and get here down there. She had been in quite a fight and was in a painful way with punctures in her legs and on her back. She had been outside for a few brief hours the day before and for the first time in weeks!
I crammed her with antibiotics before I left so Doc just said to keep her on them. I rushed her home to find that the water heater was already installed and they were just finishing up stuff.(And to top it off, my car wouldn't start!! I figured it was because I was almost out of gas to boot. I got some gas and it was fine until I started it tonight. It acted as if the fuel pump was clogged.
I revved it. VARRRRRROOOOOOOOMMMMMMM.. suddenly it was running smoothly and the idle settled down too. One less thing I needed!!)
This guy was not only fast but he was only going to charge me $150 for doing it. Everyone else wanted $500 to start!!
I almost cried again. I told him I would send him another $100 when I got my check from a client and he said no rush. Wow. I thought people like him were no longer around. My faith in mankind has been partially restored.
So I have hot water- psycho bitch will get her things tomorrow and be out of our lives for good I hope and my son will start looking for more work.
I am so exhausted that I couldn't do my math homework at all.
Another day gone- but so much is so much better.
Tomorrow I meet with a new client and everything will just get better and better!!
It's amazing how dark it all looks at the start of the tunnel.. now I know why they talk about the light at the other end.
Whew!!!
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