When I saw the address on the work order, I was ready to tell them I wouldn’t go there; anywhere but there would be great.
One of the other HVAC techs saw the work order, and he laughed. He didn’t know I had it when he nudged me and said he was glad it wasn’t him. The house looked like one you expected to see Dracula come to the door. The outside was black from the top of the roof to the ground. They even painted the chimney black. The closer I got to the house, I was imagining all the reasons the occupants would need air conditioning. I thought they may need air conditioning to keep the blood fresh. Being a Dracula, he may keep his prey fresh until he could get to them. Then I wondered where he would keep his prey. Maybe they would be kept in the dungeon where it would be cool. What if I had to service a furnace, and it was in the dungeon with the prey? What if I was to become his next prey? When I pulled up to the house, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get out of the service van. A young woman came out of the house and took me inside. She said they needed a complete HVAC system in the house. About that time, a real Dracula came out of the living room. My wife shook me awake and told me I had to go to that house and repair the AC, no matter how big a coward I was.