franglais narratives

vendredi, décembre 23, 2005

bonjour la "douloureuse"!

We have our gas boiler checked by Calor Express' service technicians once every twelve months. Last week, the technician que cette entreprise sent us, apparently had his surdosage of alcohol. He looked as though he wanted to sleep. Was he drunk? Aucune idée, all I know is that he smelled strongly of perspiration and alcohol, ah!, I almost threw up! His way of manipulating our boiler seemed odd and I didn't know if it's because of his alcohol intake he lost his equilibrium and almost fell of the ladder. And even before I could tell him that I'd cover the gas range and the kitchen worktable for protection, he already had his filthy rubber shoes on them! Dégeulasse! Oh, j'étais super énervée! Then, we told him about the problem we were having with the boiler -- less hot water the past few days. But he said that since we didn't report it to his superior (he was right), he couldn't do anything about the defective part as he didn't have a replacement in his car (oh, and he's driving too?!). "Je peux rien faire, désolé", he said, mumbling. So, he just cleaned it (I'm not even sure if he really did...), he stayed barely 15 minutes and handed us the bill, 135 Euros. J'ai halluciné...

Yesterday, another technician came. This time, to replace the defective part. I remembered him, it was him who cleaned the boiler last year, un monsieur plutôt sympathique. He stayed for about an hour. And the 'damage'? 205 Euros!

Voilà, so expensive la maintenance en France, eh? Pas de chance, c'est tombé au mauvais moment, en pleine période des fêtes où il y a beaucoup de dépenses!!! Oh, punaises...


 
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