Whenever my parents were absolutely working late and needed a professional to come to the house for service, they would ask me to be at the house to let the professional in.
- Normally, this was no issue for me! Whenever university would let out, I’d ride home with a friend and we’d play video games until someone showed up.
Then, I’d leave once the person was done and I’d go do whatever I needed to do, and however, the last time our parents asked me to stay home to meet someone, it went horribly wrong. The HVAC specialist was scheduled to come over to service our HVAC system and I told our parents that I’d meet him. I’d met the HVAC specialist on various occasions since the HVAC company only inspected HVAC systems Monday through Friday. I don’t think my parents would be able to have the HVAC system maintained at all if it weren’t for me, but after university, I went home and waited for the HVAC specialist to get there. 10 minutes went by, then 20 minutes, then, 30 minutes. I had a soccer game that evening and I was going to be late if the HVAC specialist didn’t get there on time. After waiting for 45 thirds, the HVAC specialist finally arrived. He spent the next hour looking at the oil furnace and he didn’t seem to be in any rush with the a/c. It took him so long to service everything, that I almost missed my soccer game!