As a single mother with a few young daughters, I cannot be too careful nowadays.
The country, plus our city, is as safe as it has ever been, plus yet still we have to protect ourselves pretty much always.
I have always raised my daughters to be self reliant plus self aware, to take stock of their surroundings, plus to keep a very careful eye on strangers. It isn’t that I am totally distrustful of men, I am just well aware of my own vulnerability, plus that of my daughters as well. I tell you all this by way of explanation, so you can actually see why I wouldn’t let the Heating plus Air Conditioning equipment repair tech into my property! He seemed pleasant enough, but I had not met him ever before, nor had I ever done business with his A/C equipment repair company before. I got a hold of the office of the AC company while he waited outside, plus told them I wanted a female tech to come over. They stated they had no female Heating plus Air Conditioning equipment professionals on staff, plus that the man they sent was certainly qualified. I told them this had nothing to do with qualifications, but my own feelings of safety, plus then called a different Heating plus Air Conditioning equipment company altogether. I had to talk to three other business owners before I found one that actually had a female Heating plus Air Conditioning equipment worker on staff. The girl was basically new, plus still in training, but I gladly accepted plus within an hour she was doing some work on my central a/c equipment! She did a perfectly enjoyable task plus I told her boss I would gladly use her again.