14 March 2012
Dear RV Diary,
Well the engineer came back for his second walk through and
to make sure all the things on his “to do” list were accomplished. I promise
you I completed all that was asked and did it with pride…
He was not impressed with…The amount of hot water that was
NOT coming out.
Back story: My home was built in 1982, thus it has an old
boiler. And in my honest opinion, just because something is old doesn’t mean it
doesn’t work. In fact it works perfectly, just the way it did the day it was
created…In 1982.
It has had yearly upkeep and is a beast but it’s the heart
of my home…I hear its mighty roar and I know I will be warm! Oh, I’m sure if I
had the $10,000 dollars lying around I could update with a fancy computer
controlled new fancy “Auto-2000.” But I don’t, never did…So with proper maintenance,
the new younger owners who undoubtedly come from the “Give me NOW generation,”
should have many years left of a wonderful beast that will keep them snuggly
warm…IF they take care of it.
I don’t know for sure, but having met the engineer for the
first time ever in my life, yesterday…I think he came from a privileged family,
and he was condescending to no end…The perfect storm for the perfect
a$$&*#@.
I will cut through all his arrogance and snubbing everything
and get to the good part….
SO, as he complained sitting on the side of the bathtub with
the water on…He put his hand under the water and complained it was cold. (Uh,
yah, I don’t have “On-Demand hot water,’ and I have never known anyone that
has, guess that’s what I get for being the unprivileged poor who grew up in the
woods of Alaska). In his bitching and trying to explain to me (because I was obviously
and ignorant woman who grew up in the woods), why there was no hot water, I
heard my beast kick on (*giggle*), so after he was done “schooling” me on the
mechanics of how hot water works (thanks
be to Jaysus he did, without his VAST knowledge I may never have known what hot
water was)…I SWEAR to you…He then turned around and stuck his hand back under
the running water…and burnt the ever loving PI$$ out of his hand.
He slammed off the water and angrily snarled: “NO, this is
not good!”
I looked him dead in the eye and politely asked:
“Would you like some burn cream for your burn from my non
hot water?”
He was unamused with
my forest-person sense of humor.
After that he talked some crap about the real estate company
I chose to represent me and then left after telling me he wants to know right
away what the buyers think of the “cold water situation.”
What a Jack-A@@!
So I called my realtor and my realtor then told me that the
buyers are freaking out over buying a house with no hot water…
Hmmm, something’s not kosher in Vivi Land (my spidey-sense
are tingling)…..
Either the buyers want more money from me, which they will
NEVER get…OR….The engineer is in it with the buyers and trying to get a “Free
NEW “Auto-2000” out of me….OR…SOMEBODY is stirring the S%&t-pot and I think
it’s the arrogant engineer.
I will figure it out here in about 2 hours when my realtor
comes over to find out what the issue is with the hot water.
Hmmmm, something’s not kosher in Vivi land….I will get back
to you on this matter RV Diary.
Love,
~Vivi
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