There really aren’t a lot of things that scare me.
- I grew up with brothers and sisters that really liked to perform pranks.
I’ve seen a lot of things and I’ve done a lot of things too. Nothing surprises me and nothing makes me scared. Still, my resolve was tested last weekend. My best friend and I started an HVAC repair company together. We mostly deal with residential clients, although we have a couple of commercial customers as well. One of our residential customers called a week after we installed a brand new air conditioner. The lady was hearing sounds coming from the ductwork. I thought it was strange, especially since we had recently been to her place. We did not see any evidence of problems in the ductwork when we evaluated the system. I went to the address and the woman told me that the sounds were now coming from the basement. I got out my flashlight and shined it towards the bottom of the stairs. I saw a rat run across the bottom of the basement stairs. The rat was clearly the largest rat I have ever seen in my life. It startled me and made me think twice about going into the basement. I told the woman that we probably needed to contact an exterminator after I saw the rats. She told me that she didn’t have any rats in her house for sure. I absolutely disagreed and refused to go any further until I had help with the job. I didn’t even charge the lady until after the exterminator visited.