Bloody men!
4 February 2004 14:37![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandragoraSo, the saga of the fridge continues. The engineer finally turned up, after several calls from myself at 7.30pm last night and proceeded to 'fix' it. Or so he said. I had to leave it off overnight to defrost, because part of the problem was that the frostfree fridge had frosted up.
So, I did as I was told, left it open to defrost and switched it on at 7am this morning. I was a bit concerned that the interior fridge light, which was working yesterday, didn't come on but thought that maybe the bulb had gone, which I can easily replace.
10.30am, opened the fridge door. Hmm, no change in the ambient temperature at all. Still room temperature. Although the freezer is working. I realise it wouldn't be that cold yet, but shouldn't something have started to happen. Ring the engineer. Apparently a fridge can take up to 8 hours to get to optimum temperature, he says. Well, yes, but surely after 3 and a half hours I should be noticing something...? Mention the interior light is not working. The response is that it was last night. Like I didn't know that. He suggests I call him back in a couple of hours.
I wait for 3. 1.30 pm, fridge is still warm inside. Nothing is happening. Nothing. Nada. Niet.
Ring the engineer again, he tells me to put the fastfreeze button on. This is fastfreeze food in the freezer. Which is working. Quiet how that will miraculously make the fridge work I know not. I know it's not going to work because it is patently obvious (except, apparently, to the engineer) that there is a fault somewhere, probably of an electrical nature.
One a half hours later, cautiously open fridge door. Still nothing. Effing fridge is not working. As I knew was the case 4 and a half bleeding hours ago.
Will leave it for 30 minutes and ring engineer. Am not looking forward to being patronised again, but at least he won't be able to use the 'it takes 8 hours for a fridge to get cold' excuse on me at that point.
Wanker!
So, I did as I was told, left it open to defrost and switched it on at 7am this morning. I was a bit concerned that the interior fridge light, which was working yesterday, didn't come on but thought that maybe the bulb had gone, which I can easily replace.
10.30am, opened the fridge door. Hmm, no change in the ambient temperature at all. Still room temperature. Although the freezer is working. I realise it wouldn't be that cold yet, but shouldn't something have started to happen. Ring the engineer. Apparently a fridge can take up to 8 hours to get to optimum temperature, he says. Well, yes, but surely after 3 and a half hours I should be noticing something...? Mention the interior light is not working. The response is that it was last night. Like I didn't know that. He suggests I call him back in a couple of hours.
I wait for 3. 1.30 pm, fridge is still warm inside. Nothing is happening. Nothing. Nada. Niet.
Ring the engineer again, he tells me to put the fastfreeze button on. This is fastfreeze food in the freezer. Which is working. Quiet how that will miraculously make the fridge work I know not. I know it's not going to work because it is patently obvious (except, apparently, to the engineer) that there is a fault somewhere, probably of an electrical nature.
One a half hours later, cautiously open fridge door. Still nothing. Effing fridge is not working. As I knew was the case 4 and a half bleeding hours ago.
Will leave it for 30 minutes and ring engineer. Am not looking forward to being patronised again, but at least he won't be able to use the 'it takes 8 hours for a fridge to get cold' excuse on me at that point.
Wanker!
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Date: 4 February 2004 07:32 (UTC)Hopefully Mr Fridge Guy will fix the effing fridge some time before they send astronauts to Mars.
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Date: 4 February 2004 07:44 (UTC)It is. Wrong. Very wrong. Very, very wrong. Very, very, very w--
Oh hell, you get the picture. *g*
Have spoken to fridge engineer. He will call me back as he's at a customer's house. Well, he hasn't used that excuse before.
He's got 15 minutes and then I'm ringing him again.
Sunday
Date: 4 February 2004 09:49 (UTC)Fides
P.S. 3pm is fine but wasn't the plan to start earlier this time around so we had more time to watch stuff - the good parts version.
Re: Sunday
Date: 4 February 2004 10:07 (UTC)Good point. I was led astray by some people saying they couldn't get there until either 3pm or 6pm. Will send round another email suggesting that we make it 1pm onwards. I think any earlier is just too uncivilised for a Sunday (in other words I'm a lazt git who doesn't want to get up earlyish (very ish) on a Sunday morning.
Re: Sunday
Date: 4 February 2004 10:23 (UTC)See you 1ish!
Fides
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Date: 4 February 2004 14:57 (UTC)Re:
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Date: 5 February 2004 02:56 (UTC)Actually, think you ought to bring it along anyway. For people to admire. And fondle. And embrace. And f-- er, admire!