I heard the phone ringing, the night I called the HVAC technician, and I almost hung up.
I had never called an HVAC technician before, at least not to just ask a couple of questions.
I asked him where to buy the new air filters that he put in my furnace. He asked me if that was the only reason I had called and I asked him why he told me to call him personally. I found it was because he was too shy to ask for my phone number. That was almost four months ago and I have been dating the HVAC technician ever since. He said he thought my temper tantrum was cute even if it was justified. It is great to be able to have a HVAC technician right there when something goes wrong with the heating or air conditioning. When it came time to introduce him to my mom and dad, I asked him not to say anything to them about what he did. I knew my dad would immediately have something wrong with either the furnace or the AC unit. I would end up losing my boyfriend to the mercy of my dad and it would no longer be a pleasure call. I should have talked to myself. It didn’t take long for them to find out he worked for an HVAC company. I have to admit that I found out something about him I didn’t know and I thought I knew him well. The reason he was the HVAC tech who came to my door was because he was the son of the company owner and his dad thought he needed practice working with out of control customers.