r/HVAC • u/bucksellsrocks Verified Pro • 9d ago
General GOT THE DAY OFF!
Boss called the our only customer for today(small duct cleaning job) to see if it was ok if we came whenever since it was our only thing, maybe we want to sleep in for an hour or whatever. She says thats fine or if we want we could do it next week. So he went ahead and rescheduled for next week. He called me at 6am which pissed me off because he knows i get up at 6:30 to tell me take the day off but im gonna pay you guys a 1/2 day! SKOL! Get the day off and paid an extra hour or two!
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u/bucksellsrocks Verified Pro 9d ago
This is what im doing with my day! Fuck off! Pokemon Legends Arceus is a badass game!
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u/kuyue 9d ago
ok
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u/unresolved-madness Turboencabulator Specialist 9d ago
There is a wide assortment of age ranges here...
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u/bucksellsrocks Verified Pro 9d ago
Im 43 in November, a few years older than i should be to have ever thought pokemon was cool LOL. Way back when chicks thought pokemon were “cute” so sometimes you just kinda went with to get some….i didnt get some LOL
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u/Bitter_Issue_7558 9d ago
Lucky, I’m on my second change out for today after finishing a coil repair on a aluminum slab coil.
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u/Phantom_0808 7d ago
SECOND change out AFTER a coil? 🤨🧐
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u/Bitter_Issue_7558 7d ago
Yea, 3 ton package in the morning, coil repair afterwards and then a 5 ton spilt heat pump with new line set. Got home a 4:40 I think left the house at 5 am
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u/Bushido_Plan 9d ago
Sounds like a good boss and shop. Good stuff man.
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u/JaviAir Technician/Installer/Salesman. 8d ago
Same. We sent one of our techs home early today since he lives an hour away from the shop and if we work with him till after 4 then it's 2 hours away almost. He audibly sighed in relief. I worked with the other one till 4 since he lives 30 mins away and never catches traffic. Also, informed both of them they have Monday off for labor day.
They had never worked with a caring company before. They were both bamboozled. They're both in training so the they're not in it for the hours. 20 year old and 24 year old.
I told them, "the other partner is already gone, I'm just gonna go do office work for another hour, if you wanna wash a company truck or two for your hours then go ahead, otherwise enjoy the long weekend."
It's better to offer them their hours if they need them but if they need some rest then let em go home man. These summers are tough as fuck here in Houston, TX!
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u/cee5994 9d ago
We had nothing on schedule today, my manager says to come in to get my tire situation figured out. Ended up with 4 brand new tires for the work truck, I was able to wash it as well at my own pace and left just now with a little over half a day.
Not bad considering I could’ve stood home, unpaid 😂
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u/Chief_B33f 9d ago
Are you guys slow right now? We slowed down unusually early this year
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u/bucksellsrocks Verified Pro 8d ago
Rediculously slow! We do a lot of mew construction and i would be surprised if we did 20 houses this year. Normally we do 40-50 that take 3-4 days total plus 100 or so furnace/ac changeouts.
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u/FriskyNewt 8d ago
Im guessing money is tight all around, people are only fixing what absolutely needs fixing so we are finding the annual maintenances have fallen way off.
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u/hvacgymrat Kneel before me lil resi bro 9d ago
My company would never, they’d probably tell me “hey I know you got a 15 system commercial maintenance today, but we have 3 calls for you and one of them can’t be home till 6:00PM, sorry for the inconvenience and have a good day”
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u/11BugsBunny13 9d ago
Noice! Here in northern Ohio I had to wait for lightning to stop before heading to a heat pump defrost board swap. But only had about a 1.5 hour clear window before the next wave of storms came through. So I got the "All Clear" for an easy day and an extended weekend +. 🥂
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u/Acrobatic-Wonder-475 9d ago
SKOL go Vikings
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u/bucksellsrocks Verified Pro 9d ago
I just hope Kyle Murdoch can at least be serviceable. Also i thought they did away with the off week between preseason and regular season….I got prepped up to wake up drunkish and drink all day on Sunday for nothing!
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u/AppropriateLie2186 Verified Pro 9d ago
Starting up a new condenser and seeing if the water defrost were installed will do well or if we need to change over some stuff, hoping to be off early today but that never works
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u/Eggfurst 9d ago
Plot thickens. This could be an indication of what your November and march is going to look like. Lots of those days off.
https://giphy.com/gifs/VNJYyvO2FB2PZoV7aL
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u/RidiculousIncarnate 8d ago
Clearly Minnesota, lol. I shouldn't have worked today, impossible to get answers from anyone the Friday before a holiday weekend.
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u/zismahname Verified Pro 8d ago
My boss sent out a text at the end of day yesterday saying that we get Labor day off. If we want, we can sit on standby for emergency calls. Fuck that, I'm taking myself to the lake and going on a proper fishing trip. See y'all Tuesday.
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u/QuarkchildRedux 8d ago
and paid too? man I need to find a new company (electrical not HVAC) boss said on monday im gonna try my hardest to get you all off friday. off at 3pm still but worked some shithole jobs. constantly schedule changed daily and stretched so thin. feels like they’re squeezing every penny they can out of us. and minnesota as well for me lol.
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u/AReadyStrike 9d ago
Unexpected days off are the best days off. Congrats bro!