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- Apr 16, 2005
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- Sharon, SC
So the poop knife thread reminded me of a funny story that I thought I shared here but cant find it.
So I hope I will make a few people smile.
Ive posted before about rental properties and some of the goods and bads that come with them. Im pretty picky in my tenants and go through a pretty detailed on boarding process and as such dont have too many royal PITA problems.
But a few years back I purchased a small mobile home park (4 trailers...really small) . All units were occupied, so I didnt get to pick those tenants. One night about 11:30 we received a call on the service line and the caller only said "I live on X street and I need you to all me Its an Mergent-see"
Again there are 4 houses on this street, she didnt say which one and she didnt leave a phone number. I thought I knew who it was, but I dont know her phone number and...the way my call system is set up I dont see caller Id without logging into a separate system and...if she didnt care enough to leave a number...
So 15 minutes later another call. This is Mrs. Smith calling you again (she didnt state her name the first time) and someone needs to call me ASAP I am going to die here and its on your hands.
(still no number)
Immediately another call with another message "You probably done called the wrong number again. I told you to update my contact info this number on yo caller id is my number. but its xxx-xxxx Please help me I might die here."
Now she didnt sound mad at all and genuinely sounded concerned for her safety. I'm not 9-1-1. But I should probably at least call her back.
When I get her on the phone she thanks me fore calling her. Is polite-ish but has an agitation in her voice. She then says "I need a service man to come out and fix my sink. Aint no water coming out of the sink when I turn it on. This morning I turned it off and the handle fell in the floor, I put it back on an it worked all day but now it aint working."
[Side note apparently the sink had a slight drip for a while. Instead of telling anyone and letting me install 2 o rings they had taken to closing the valves with channel locks to get them extra tight. Typical cheap trailer sink with plastic handle valves and they had literally tightened them until the center spindle had broke off from the outer part of the handle. Stuck the handle back down but it was just spinning around the spindle...but not important to the story]
So it is just that one sink, right? You still have water in your bath tub and shower?
I don't know. Leme go checks it out.
10 minutes later. Yes sir. all the other taps in the house works just this one bad in the kitchen.
[Ok. Good you can still take a shower tomorrow for work this isnt an emergency we will fix it in the daylight.]
Ok ma'am. I will have someone out tomorrow and we will see what is going on and get that fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience. Just a heads up we will need to enter the home tomorrow and will do so if you arent there. Will leave you a note with what we find and I will also call this number to let you know its resolved.
Now she is very agitated.
Oh No. Tomorrow aint cuttin it. You gonna get yo ass out here tonight before I die.
Ma'am thats the 2nd time youve mentioned dieing. Is there something more going on?
No just this sink.
So how is that going to kill you?
I have to get up and drink water in the night cause my throats close up. If I aint got no water I'll die.
Ok. I understand. You can just fill your glass up in one of the 3 bathroom sinks (yes. This trailer had 2.5 baths. Dont think Ive ever seen another single wide with a half bath but this one did/does)
Do WHAT ?!?! I dont know how you's white folks live but I AINT. DRINKING. NO. DAMN. BAFROOM WATER. .....
So the call went on several more minutes with me explaining how I couldnt buy new faucet repair parts at midnight because stores arent open. And if we sent a repair man out and the faucet was broken they'd turn all the water off to the house because it was a leak hazard and she wouldnt be able to take a shower etc etc etc.
The whole event was pretty miniscule but the recording of this call was played 1,000 times for friends family and co-workers and bafroom water is now a thing around my house.
So I hope I will make a few people smile.
Ive posted before about rental properties and some of the goods and bads that come with them. Im pretty picky in my tenants and go through a pretty detailed on boarding process and as such dont have too many royal PITA problems.
But a few years back I purchased a small mobile home park (4 trailers...really small) . All units were occupied, so I didnt get to pick those tenants. One night about 11:30 we received a call on the service line and the caller only said "I live on X street and I need you to all me Its an Mergent-see"
Again there are 4 houses on this street, she didnt say which one and she didnt leave a phone number. I thought I knew who it was, but I dont know her phone number and...the way my call system is set up I dont see caller Id without logging into a separate system and...if she didnt care enough to leave a number...
So 15 minutes later another call. This is Mrs. Smith calling you again (she didnt state her name the first time) and someone needs to call me ASAP I am going to die here and its on your hands.
(still no number)
Immediately another call with another message "You probably done called the wrong number again. I told you to update my contact info this number on yo caller id is my number. but its xxx-xxxx Please help me I might die here."
Now she didnt sound mad at all and genuinely sounded concerned for her safety. I'm not 9-1-1. But I should probably at least call her back.
When I get her on the phone she thanks me fore calling her. Is polite-ish but has an agitation in her voice. She then says "I need a service man to come out and fix my sink. Aint no water coming out of the sink when I turn it on. This morning I turned it off and the handle fell in the floor, I put it back on an it worked all day but now it aint working."
[Side note apparently the sink had a slight drip for a while. Instead of telling anyone and letting me install 2 o rings they had taken to closing the valves with channel locks to get them extra tight. Typical cheap trailer sink with plastic handle valves and they had literally tightened them until the center spindle had broke off from the outer part of the handle. Stuck the handle back down but it was just spinning around the spindle...but not important to the story]
So it is just that one sink, right? You still have water in your bath tub and shower?
I don't know. Leme go checks it out.
10 minutes later. Yes sir. all the other taps in the house works just this one bad in the kitchen.
[Ok. Good you can still take a shower tomorrow for work this isnt an emergency we will fix it in the daylight.]
Ok ma'am. I will have someone out tomorrow and we will see what is going on and get that fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience. Just a heads up we will need to enter the home tomorrow and will do so if you arent there. Will leave you a note with what we find and I will also call this number to let you know its resolved.
Now she is very agitated.
Oh No. Tomorrow aint cuttin it. You gonna get yo ass out here tonight before I die.
Ma'am thats the 2nd time youve mentioned dieing. Is there something more going on?
No just this sink.
So how is that going to kill you?
I have to get up and drink water in the night cause my throats close up. If I aint got no water I'll die.
Ok. I understand. You can just fill your glass up in one of the 3 bathroom sinks (yes. This trailer had 2.5 baths. Dont think Ive ever seen another single wide with a half bath but this one did/does)
Do WHAT ?!?! I dont know how you's white folks live but I AINT. DRINKING. NO. DAMN. BAFROOM WATER. .....
So the call went on several more minutes with me explaining how I couldnt buy new faucet repair parts at midnight because stores arent open. And if we sent a repair man out and the faucet was broken they'd turn all the water off to the house because it was a leak hazard and she wouldnt be able to take a shower etc etc etc.
The whole event was pretty miniscule but the recording of this call was played 1,000 times for friends family and co-workers and bafroom water is now a thing around my house.
