Why are we waiting

[mandragora]

Why are we waiting, why, oh why.

So, my 10 months old fridge stopped working last week. By Friday night I finally admitted defeat. It wasn't the the fridge door had been left open, it was the fact that the damn thing wasn't working at all. Oh, and the frost free freezer was frosting up nicely.

So, first thing Saturday morning I phoned the manufacturer. To listen to an answerphone message that they were closed until Monday... So I phoned the supplier. Who put me onto the manufacturer. Who was closed until Monday.

First thing Monday morning I phoned the manufacturer. It took me 20 minutes to get through to them but to their credit they said that they'd send round an engineer the next day. And that he would arrive at any time between 8am to 6pm.

Luckily, I can work from home, which is what I've been doing all day whilst waiting for the engineer. And waiting. And waiting.

At 5pm the engineer phoned. He was about 4 miles away and would be with me soon. I'm still waiting...

I've just phoned him again, he says he's on his way. He better be!

And, oh joy, the hospital tests for my anaemia have been postponed from 17 February to 11 March. But that's okay, I've only been waiting for an appointment since October...

Comments

[akaspeedo.livejournal.com]

Gagh, that's like waiting for the cable guy.

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[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it! When the cable company I'm with started up the service was superb - if you had a problem they'd be round to fix it within 2 hours. Once it was taken over by massive evil corporation the 2 hours became 2 weeks.

On the plus side, fridge is now repaired but has to remain switched off overnight to allow the frost (which occurred as part of the fault) to defrost. Luckily my helpful next door neighbours were in and all perishables are now residing in their fridge and freezer. Sucks that I can't have any cold drinks though.

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[akaspeedo.livejournal.com]

Seeing as it's winter here and it's been a very cold one, I'm trying hard to commiserate ;)

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[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's meant to be winter here too. Last week it was, the temperature got down to -5C and we had snow, even in London. This week it's 16C (61F). Crazy. I know in NYC there can be sudden temperature changes (I remember one March I was there it was 70F the one day and snowing the next) but in Britain the seasons tend to be a bit more defined. It is way above the usual temperature for February this week, at least 10 degrees C hotter than it should be.

Welcome to the world of global warming.