good news: no microwave!
Jul. 9th, 2024 07:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatSince the previous news was: microwave that doesn't work, having no microwave at all is indeed an improvement! A very helpful person was paid to uninstall this non-working appliance and remove it yesterday afternoon.
Questions I asked:
*do you want a stepladder? (they assured me that they had their own stepladder in their truck, to which I replied that it was Very Hot outside, and our stepladder was already inside, where it was Relatively Cooler, and this -- somewhat to my surprise -- led to our stepladder being used)
*do you want some help? (they probably did want help, but also probably recognized that it was uncertain whether my help would reduce or increase the chances of the microwave falling on top of the stove; my help was declined, but politely!)
*do you get paid extra if you do a job where there's no AC? (they do not)
*could we hire you to fix our screen door? (they estimated that perhaps even I could fix the screen door, but they said it more politely than that)
*weren't you supposed to charge us the disposal fee for the microwave? (they were; this likely got us much more goodwill than my offer of help, or even the use of our stepladder)
ANYWAY, I think we were all reminded that I am Extremely Awkward when talking with human beings, but we also learned that our microwave was vented (who knew?), and then I got reminded of the True Powers of magic erasers when I used one on the tiles that we could never reach before when the microwave was installed. Call that a day of learning!
Questions I asked:
*do you want a stepladder? (they assured me that they had their own stepladder in their truck, to which I replied that it was Very Hot outside, and our stepladder was already inside, where it was Relatively Cooler, and this -- somewhat to my surprise -- led to our stepladder being used)
*do you want some help? (they probably did want help, but also probably recognized that it was uncertain whether my help would reduce or increase the chances of the microwave falling on top of the stove; my help was declined, but politely!)
*do you get paid extra if you do a job where there's no AC? (they do not)
*could we hire you to fix our screen door? (they estimated that perhaps even I could fix the screen door, but they said it more politely than that)
*weren't you supposed to charge us the disposal fee for the microwave? (they were; this likely got us much more goodwill than my offer of help, or even the use of our stepladder)
ANYWAY, I think we were all reminded that I am Extremely Awkward when talking with human beings, but we also learned that our microwave was vented (who knew?), and then I got reminded of the True Powers of magic erasers when I used one on the tiles that we could never reach before when the microwave was installed. Call that a day of learning!
