I thought I had all the answers even before the HVAC technician showed up at the house.
Our air conditioning unit was broken, and the furnace was aging.
I was sure he was going to look at the air conditioning unit and tell us it needed to be replaced. I was going to tell him to install a new HVAC system in the house, instead of just replacing the air conditioning. I didn’t want a central HVAC. I wanted something that would be less work and cleaner to run. I was going to have him order and install ductless HVAC for my home. The morning the HVAC technician was supposed to arrive, I was up early, and waiting for him. I knew he had a three-hour window, but my appointment was for 8 AM. How much later could he be so early in the morning? He didn’t arrive until almost 10 AM, which had me slightly upset. He went right to work on the air conditioning, and I was waiting for him to tell me the AC unit couldn’t be fixed. Instead, he told me it was just a matter of putting some coolant in the air conditioning unit, and it would be fine. I was angry. I asked him what kind of HVAC technician he was so that he couldn’t tell me the air conditioning unit was broken so I could get a new HVAC system? He told me if I wanted a new HVAC system that was fine, but he wasn’t going to lie and tell me the AC unit wasn’t fixable. I felt stupid after talking to the HVAC technician, because he thought I wanted him to forget about being an HVAC tech and just tell me what I wanted to hear.