Remember how my dryer broke a few weeks ago and I was all whiny about having to hang up my clothes to dry? Do you also remember me mentioning how I really wanted a free fix and signed us up for a service plan through the gas company the day it broke? If you remember that, you might also remember I actually wound up calling a local guy to repair it because I wasn’t sure I could convince the gas company my dryer broke after I signed up for the service plan (which it didn’t-heh).
I suck at lying to people, which is part of the reason I abandoned my master plan early on. The other reason I decided to go the honest route is that I had already blogged about the dryer breaking and thought, perhaps, someone at the gas company might happen upon my blog and read about my scheme to get a complimentary repair. Besides, paying for the fix ourselves was just easier all around, not to mention I’d get to tumble dry my clothes again sooner rather than later.
Now I may have my moments, but I can tell you that blogging about the broken dryer, revealing my evil little plan of deception here AND following through with the whole thing would have catapulted me into the ranks of the infinitely stupid. I am not that stupid. I am an intelligent woman pursuing a master’s degree, one who is by nature pretty honest. I just want to make that clear to the special visitors from the gas company who I found lurking around my blog today.
So, Gas Company People, you found me through Technorati by searching for your company name, which I happened to mention in my post. The original visitor, whoever you are (Hello, by the way. Thanks for stopping by) then e-mailed the link to my post to some presumably higher-up muckity muck and that person paid a brief visit. Perhaps you checked my account to see if I had indeed requested a service call, which I did not. Maybe you also checked to see if my account was current. I paid the bill today, thank you. That doesn’t always happen when it’s supposed to. Just ask the township about my water bill.
So let’s just recap what we know. My dryer broke. I signed up for the service plan. I called a local guy named Ron (who actually wound up to be Jeff) to fix my dryer at no cost to anyone in the greater Detroit area. The dryer is fixed and I can still lay claim to being an honest person because I paid for the repair, as I should have. Let me also add that I am more than happy to keep the service plan if y’all are happy to take my money. Just don’t try to screw me over the first time something that is covered breaks. My appliances shouldn’t be held accountable for what I write here.
And just so you know, this whole dishonesty thing really isn’t my style. I do not endorse thievery of any kind. Unless you’re talking about taking the Reeses from a three year-old’s stash of Halloween candy. Then it’s okay.
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I completely endorse stealing from 3-year-olds. Unless one of them is reading this blog and this comment. In that case, I would certainly never steal from a 3-year-old. Probably.
That’s crazy! Good thing you went with honesty.
When my truck broke down last week, I called our insurance to see if we had towing coverage. I was told that we didn’t, but I could add it. I just asked how fast that could go into effect, as it already needed towing. Turns out they don’t think that’s funny.