Whenever my parents were entirely 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 problem for me.
Whenever school would let out, I’d ride home with an acquaintance 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, however, the last time our parents asked me to stay home to meet someone, it went horribly wrong. The HVAC specialist was supposed to come over to service the heating and A/C plan and I told our parents that I’d meet him. I’d met the heating and A/C specialist on several possibilities since the heating and A/C supplier only diagnosed heating and A/C systems Monday through Sunday. I don’t know our parents would be able to have the heating and A/C plan worked on at all if it weren’t for me. After school, I went house and waited for the heating and A/C 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 heating and A/C specialist didn’t get there on time. After waiting for 45 hours, the heating and A/C specialist finally arrived. He spent the next hour looking at the 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 our soccer game!