It’s been one of those days weekends. I share this with you, so that maybe, just maybe you can laugh at my “misfortune.”
So, a week ago my washing machine broke. Broke as in, dumping gallons of water on the floor of my utility room. Not good! So, I am out there vacuuming up water at 9 o’clock at night. Can I just say a broken washer in a house of 6 is not a really happy thing? So, I called to get it fixed and they can’t possibly make it out for 2 days. Fine, whatever, I can deal with that. The guy comes, fixes the washer, leaves and I run a load of laundry. Now the machine is throwing codes…and won’t finish a cycle. Great. Of course it’s too late in the day to call the repair company. So, the next day I call. No answer, so I leave a message. Nothing. I call a little later, nothing. So, I decide to call the Big Box store whom we bought the extended warranty from. They call the service company, and what do you know, they answered the phone. Hmm…not good. So, they say well the owner of the company is going to come out and fix it for you. Ok fine, but not until Monday. So, I am going to be without a washer for 7 days. I asked the lady what I was supposed to do in the meantime….she says “Sorry that’s not our problem.” What sympathy!
Fine, so I am plodding my way through the weekend, borrowing my Mother-in-law’s washer for some bare necessities (you know it’s real nice to have clean underwear).
Saturday morning I get up and go to take my thyroid medicine. Opps, I am out. Well, “No biggy”, I think “I’ll just run down to the pharmacy and pick it up” (aren’t auto-renewals great!?!). It was at this point that somewhere in my frazzled brain, a little frazzled brain cell spoke up and said “Ummm remember the last time you picked up your prescription?” I said “Yes”. The little brain cell said Well, remember they told you that you would need the Doctor to call in the next refill? And remember that you called the Doctor’s office, but they couldn’t be bothered with calling in your prescription, so they told you to call back in 2 weeks.” Doh! (Am I the only one who talks to themselves?)
So, I called my pharmacy and explained what had happened and asked them if they could float me a few pills until Monday. She said “Oh sure no problem!” She looked up my prescription and then says “Oh, that prescription!” As if, at some point my prescription was responsible for the economic decline in America. “That drug” she said, “is no longer being manufactured. For the last few months we’ve been having it shipped in from other pharmacies.” I am stunned. “Well,” I say, “I heard that last year, but I asked my doctor and he told me that it was just a rumor.” “Sorry”, the pharmacist said, “it’s the truth.”
So, I was without my thyroid meds for 3 days. Not fun! This morning, I called the doctors office early. The nurse said she thought that she could find some for me in the next town over, and would call me back. Well when she called me back, she couldn’t find any either. So, I am being switched back to my old meds. Which I don’t like because after taking it for 20 plus years, my body has built up and immunity to it. Grrr… at least they gave me some samples…free meds, woo hoo!
So, I continued to wait ever so patiently (ha ha) for the “Owner” to show up. They said they would call me Monday morning and let me know when they were coming. Not true! The guy called 10 minutes before he pulled into my driveway. Fun, anyway, what a jerk. Really, we couldn’t get away with treating our customers this way! I was really pleasant with him, honest! You could tell he had a chip on his shoulder because he had to come back out to my house. So, next thing I know, he says “Ok, it’s fixed. All that needed to be done was clean out the filter that’s on the front of the washer….Ummm I made a bit of a mess (with a smirk on his face)…Usually we would charge for doing this, it’s not covered under your warranty….But, I’ll just charge the warranty company for last weeks service and call it good.”
Well, the mess was about 6 gallons of water flooding my utility room! Not nice! He knew good and well that it was going to dump water…he just didn’t even care. And his repair??? If he would have just answered his phone Friday, he could have said, “Hey, take off the two screws on the front panel and twist that white handle right in the middle. See if that helps.” Would have saved him time and me hassle. Oh well,
I hope that you all had a fabulous Weekend and an equally fabulous Monday. And if you haven’t spoken to yourself in a while, you should!
WOW!