Grocery shopping and an emergency HVAC situation
I chose to do my monthly grocery shopping on a usual day, Saturday morning.
I usually wake up early this day, throwing on sweatpants and a T-shirt. I really don’t care how I look. I went to the local supermarket. My phone rang while I was shopping and it was a neighbor, it was Ms. Jackson, she is an older lady who lives a couple of houses down from me. She was in a panic and told me that her HVAC system had failed and she needed my help. I was divided between helping her and finishing my grocery shopping. I decided that I couldn’t leave her in this situation, so I told her that I needed to finish my shopping since my cart was half full and I’d stop over after. I finished up my shopping and headed there. When I arrived, Ms. Jackson’s house was excessively hot, and she was sweating horribly. The HVAC system did fail, and there wasn’t really anything I could do immediately. I told her that I couldn’t do much as I didn’t have the proper tools on me but she needed to call the HVAC company right away to get a heating and cooling technician to her house right away. I waited with her while she called the company for an HVAC tech to show up. It was my buddy John and I knew she was in good hands. He asked why I couldn’t just do the job right there since I was already at her house. I told him I didn’t have the proper tools and that my car is filled with groceries. Regardless, I knew Ms. Jackson was in good hands but I was happy to assist even though I really didn’t do anything.