There's this local radio show hosted by, you guessed it, Doug and Skippy. Apparently, Skippy's hot water has been out of his house for a couple days. He called some big appliance company to get someone out to look at his water heater and see if it was the problem, and they told him they were really busy and it would be at least a week before someone could come out. Skippy, of couse, decided to put this on the air as he thought it was 'unfair' that he had to go without hot water.
So they ask listeners for recommendations on how to deal with this, and start taking calls. First guy who calls in gives them a GREAT IDEA.
This guy tells them smugly, "all you have to do is call your gas company and tell them you smell gas. they'll be out there within the hour. They'll tell you if it's you water heater that's broken or if it's something else that's wrong."
Luckily, the next guy who called in told them that the major repair companies always have backups. He recommended they call one of the smaller companies, or even an individual repairman, who would not only be grateful for the work, but would most likely be able to comeout with 24 hours.
Anyway, the first guy just pisses me off. Gas companies have that policy in place to protect people. Abusing it is just gonna make your gas prices go up, as they have to pay to send all these techs out to these bogus emergency calls.
So they ask listeners for recommendations on how to deal with this, and start taking calls. First guy who calls in gives them a GREAT IDEA.
This guy tells them smugly, "all you have to do is call your gas company and tell them you smell gas. they'll be out there within the hour. They'll tell you if it's you water heater that's broken or if it's something else that's wrong."
Luckily, the next guy who called in told them that the major repair companies always have backups. He recommended they call one of the smaller companies, or even an individual repairman, who would not only be grateful for the work, but would most likely be able to comeout with 24 hours.
Anyway, the first guy just pisses me off. Gas companies have that policy in place to protect people. Abusing it is just gonna make your gas prices go up, as they have to pay to send all these techs out to these bogus emergency calls.
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