HVAC is not immune to Criminals. Plenty just waiting like anything anymore.
Can't begin to count all the "You need a new unit's" I've fixed with a $25.00 part. And Generally the most highest rated Company's according to all the stupid "Best of/in" type propaganda poll crap. Those TV ad's and Weather cams ain't cheap and Their Tech's get Commission so they would rather lie and on to the next call and let the Installers deal with it,who don't get much more than their hourly wage usually or run ragged for a small stipend or actually not even know how to troubleshoot the problem. Very common place.
Main reason I haven't quit completely because I have customers who have followed me around since the early 80's and won't let me. LOL...
And I still need fishin' money.
Honestly I've considered writing a book chronicling my Life in the business but would be in Fiction because Nobody would ever Believe IT.
I haven't seen it All but there isn't much I haven't seen. Animal rendering plants,Morgues,Funeral homes,Naked customers,Insane customers,Dead customers,Anything possible Under,In,Outside a structure that will bite,chew,claw,sting,slither,kill you,been burnt,cut,stabbed,broken,cussed out,asked out,dropped off,fell off,stepped into,poisoned,asphyxiated,hazardous Cancer causing agents,asbestos,PCB's,Lead,Phosgiean(burnt Freon)Gas,Carbontetrachloride fluid,most all Solvents,Van roll down hill 1/8th mile and totaled itself while I was in the back yard,Truck catch on fire,Yard catch on fire,accused of burning down a 3 story apt. bldg and was cleared it was the roofers thank God,a whole Living Room ceiling fell in 2 seconds after I walked out the room because the complaint was" I have water dripping out my ceiling vents" and had completely saturated the sheet rock,yeah the Whole ceiling. That one really bothered me..... Oh, and mostly with NO PPE,Why? Because there Was No such.
Now I play it safe and just do Iso's and paint solvents and fumes. No Problem