Life’s Little Jokes
We lost power in our bedroom on Tuesday. Without any warning, the circuit breaker tripped. After repeated attempts to reset it, I unplugged everything from the outlets and tried again. Each time I flipped the switch, it tripped.
Argh.
It was time to call the electricians.
After two nights without electricity, they finally showed up on Thursday morning. Delighted, I escorted them to the circuit box in the garage. The first man leans in, gently flips the switch with his thumb and…
It stayed on.
Seriously?
Why do things work perfectly when the experts are around?
Cars run fine for mechanics, but the minute you get them home, the problems come back. Computers glitch, but you can’t recreate the problems in front of the technicians. It just seems to be one of life’s cruel jokes.
I stood there dumbfounded feeling like an idiot. Both Gary and I had tried the switch multiple times without success. But, there it was…working perfectly for the electricians. All they had to do was flip the switch. Embarrassed, I apologized for wasting their time and explained that it hadn’t worked for two days. They humored me, waived the charges, and went on their way.
I sat down to eat lunch and decided to be happy that (1) it was working and (2) I didn’t have to pay anything.
Twenty minutes later, the breaker tripped.
Ah, life’s little jokes…indeed.
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Well written!
I felt like it was happening to me too. Oh wait, it was. Anyway, you still did a good job of conveying the frustration in your blog.
That is hilarious! Believe it or not that very same thing happened here at our house a couple of months ago, but it was the electricity in MY room. We paid the guy 75.00 to come out and check it and all he did was flip the breaker.. go figure!