Monday, March 16, 2009
I would have preferred an ACTUAL Maytag repair man
So the refrigerator repair guy came and went on Friday. You know how the commercial shows the Maytag repair man being bored all the time because there’s nothing to do? Well it isn’t because the appliances don’t need repair. It’s because they contract the work out to third party repair companies who don’t give a shit. The guy came, replaced the part that was supposedly causing the problem, then immediately left without even sticking around to verify that it was working. The only thing different now was that instead of going “click BUZZZZZZ click”, it would just click.
Before the guy came the refrigerator was at least marginally cold, and the freezer still had some frost. After the guy left, the fridge was producing no cold air whatsoever, and by that evening everything was defrosted. Asshole. He actually made our fridge worse! I ended up drinking a whole lot of chocolate ice cream in the form of milkshakes, only without the milk. It was just melted ice cream straight up. It wasn’t so bad actually, though it ended up being way more ice cream than I normally would eat in one sitting.
So I called Maytag again and they said the third party appliance repair company isn’t able to send another guy until Tuesday. *grumble* Luckily someone came over and rescued most of our perishables from a fate worse than death. (Decay and contemptuous ridicule is worse than death, right?) Well, at least now our freezer is completely free of questionable items. As soon as the fridge is back up and running, I have a LOT of grocery shopping to do! (To Maytag’s credit, they did agree to send us a check for $100 to cover all the food we lost because of this mishap.)