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sharplittleteeth) wrote2005-03-29 02:04 pm
sharplittleteeth) wrote2005-03-29 02:04 pm
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The repairman just came and fixed our washing machine.
It was cockroaches. Living in the circuit boards, where it's damp and warm.
Little fuckers.
Technically this isn't covered by the warranty. But it was only a couple of cockroaches, and the guy was leaving the company in two weeks, so he swapped the circuit board over for free.
He was a chatty guy, the way repairmen often are. He told me how he got a call to repair a fridge once. The wiring was crawling with thousands of roaches. So he told the owner that it wasn't covered by warranty, but if the owner got some bug-spray, he'd come back in a week and fix it for free. The owner refused. He wanted cold beer and he wanted it now. So the repairman changed the circuits and charged him a hundred dollars plus parts. And three months later the owner called back with the same problem.
I'm about to head down to the supermarket now, buy a megaton of insect killer, and rain death down on those six-legged motherfuckers.
(And look, I don't need to say this, but just in case: this guy did me a favour, yeah? Don't no-one go dobbing him in.)
It was cockroaches. Living in the circuit boards, where it's damp and warm.
Little fuckers.
Technically this isn't covered by the warranty. But it was only a couple of cockroaches, and the guy was leaving the company in two weeks, so he swapped the circuit board over for free.
He was a chatty guy, the way repairmen often are. He told me how he got a call to repair a fridge once. The wiring was crawling with thousands of roaches. So he told the owner that it wasn't covered by warranty, but if the owner got some bug-spray, he'd come back in a week and fix it for free. The owner refused. He wanted cold beer and he wanted it now. So the repairman changed the circuits and charged him a hundred dollars plus parts. And three months later the owner called back with the same problem.
I'm about to head down to the supermarket now, buy a megaton of insect killer, and rain death down on those six-legged motherfuckers.
(And look, I don't need to say this, but just in case: this guy did me a favour, yeah? Don't no-one go dobbing him in.)
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Ugh. :(
My dad's a refrigeration mechanic / appliance serviceman.
He's got a bunch of similar stories.
Actually, I used to be his "apprentice" on Saturday mornings years ago [he needed a hand and I wasn't going to say no to the pocket-money. And, the experience has come in handy when fixing/replacing bits in gear for myself/housemates (thermostat, shelf, switches, element, etc...and at cost-price.)] and got to see a few odd things myself.
Some refrigerators, you look at them and have to ask "You eat what comes out of this?!"
Generally, they're an easy-going bunch, not the dodgey folks that Today Tonight would have you believe. Cost of parts can be hideous (a hundred bucks for one circuit-board is getting off lightly) and the cost for time is on a par with tradies.