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Blowing like a MF here and pouring rain last night. Sitting in my chair eating my supper and the phone rings.
Because of the weather, this is not unexpected. On the other end of the line is a woman telling me that she has no power.
"OK. We'll be out." I tell her and generally, this would be the end of the conversation because most people are relatively intelligent enough to understand.
This woman is not.
"So, what is wrong?" She asks. "I don't know yet, I am still in my living room." I reply. "So, how long is it going to take?" she asks. "Well, I have to put on my shoes, call the guys and drive to the shop before I can even find the problem, so I have no idea." I reply.
"So, like 10 minutes?" She asks.
I hung up.
But! It gets better!
I call my crew and put my shoes on and go out into the rain and drive into the shop. I am there before my crew, so I get into the truck and head in her direction to troubleshoot. I am about a mile from the shop and the phone rings again.
"You don't have to come. It came back on." The nutcase says.
"Really, what was wrong?" I ask. Because the power does not just "come back on"
"It just came back on" she says. And I here her husband in the background saying, "just tell him the main breaker was off and it was our fault."
I hung up.
Because of the weather, this is not unexpected. On the other end of the line is a woman telling me that she has no power.
"OK. We'll be out." I tell her and generally, this would be the end of the conversation because most people are relatively intelligent enough to understand.
This woman is not.
"So, what is wrong?" She asks. "I don't know yet, I am still in my living room." I reply. "So, how long is it going to take?" she asks. "Well, I have to put on my shoes, call the guys and drive to the shop before I can even find the problem, so I have no idea." I reply.
"So, like 10 minutes?" She asks.
I hung up.
But! It gets better!
I call my crew and put my shoes on and go out into the rain and drive into the shop. I am there before my crew, so I get into the truck and head in her direction to troubleshoot. I am about a mile from the shop and the phone rings again.
"You don't have to come. It came back on." The nutcase says.
"Really, what was wrong?" I ask. Because the power does not just "come back on"
"It just came back on" she says. And I here her husband in the background saying, "just tell him the main breaker was off and it was our fault."
I hung up.
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