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Wen Myrick
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posted January 26, 2006 07:46 PM            

Hope you need a laugh! And I don't get to use my E&O!

Today I inspected an anniversary home,

it wasnt under mapquest ( too new) and the Lady didnt know where She lived LOL so I was late!

Finally find it 20 min.s late

She said it was 3200 sq ft I'm thinking more like 4200! I needed a map inside! 4 car garage on an acre.

Garage has 2 openers and I push the button by the door to check the auto reverse sensors....(Owner is 4'nothing...husband is at work...)
I run over to the furthest door ( Shes talking to me) to check the sensor ~ door is still going up!!!!!!!! NOT down and has hooked one of 4 Huge garbage cans on the handle for the manual control!!!!!

I (thinking I can get this off) try to free it and she runs over to help too!

frickin can is almost over our heads and she runs over and hits the switch!

Down comes the can and I am still holding on cause its gonna bend the door if it goes all the way down!

She runs back and is trying to help me and in our struggle my foot triggers the damn sensor ............

UP the frickin door goes AGAIN with a second garbage can!!!!!!!! We are pinned between the two cans and they are headed for the ceiling!

I pushed the cans apart and she runs and hit the control and brings the cans and door back down!

Unfortunately I cant reach my cam for this chaos!

ok stop laughing!

gets better!

inside Master bedroom non of the switches worked the ceiling fan 12 ft high...

So 4'nothing homeowner thinks she can pull the chain by jumping from the end of the bed...

She misses...........I said let me get my ladder......then We spot a toy box and drag it over and shorty still cant reach!

I tower over her with my 5'4" so I volunteer to try...(thinking why wont she let me bring my ladders in the house?)

On my tippy toes I get the chain....it rips clean out of the fan !

Not done yet!!!!!! ok keep laughing LOL

Master whirlpool tub
I'm filling it to make sure the water line is above the jets....I filled it with cold water ...... yea laugh well I didn't fall in! LOL

But I managed to Unplug a misaligned jet and was shot in the face with some of the coldest water since Alaska!!!!!

Took my breath away!

She was laughing at everything that happened too! thank goodness.......

I hope their laughter continues and its not at MY Expense.....

Those 'Genies' can make anything fly!

~Wen~

David Banks
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posted January 27, 2006 04:46 AM         

Wow! That's the funnies HI story I ever heard. It is weird how everything goes wrong all at once. Better days are ahead.
Dave

Gerry Beaumont
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posted January 27, 2006 06:15 AM            

Hi Wen,

to funny, I nearly choked on my morning coffee reading that, reminds me of the time a visitor to the home I was doing had attached a dog leash to the garage door handle, I managed to hit the reverse button just before "Fluffy's" hind paws left the floor.

If you couldn't laugh you'd have to start screaming.

Regards

Gerry

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Jeffrey Mathis
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posted January 27, 2006 03:42 PM            

Well, I come close to winning with this one:
Inspecting a college area duplex. I've done the entire interior, finish the master bedroom (no one's at home). Open the master bathroom door and inside, in the dark, silently, is a full grown pit bull!
Well at 55, my life is just beginning to flash before me as the dog jumps on me . . . and begins to lick and kiss me. He basically said thanks and declined to return to the bathroom. I deferred.
JLMathis

Wen Myrick
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posted January 27, 2006 11:39 PM            

Guys I am glad that I gave you a luagh!

Gerry and Jeff........I hope I dont have any dog hanging or love making sessions LOL...

Seems garage doors need a bit more attention ....

Lord I have some stories....

Maybe I should share some from the past!

Mike, Note to self~ dont drink and read ANYTHING I type

~Wen~

Richard Shaffer
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posted January 29, 2006 09:09 AM            

laughed so hard i wet my jeans,wife thinks I'm loosing it. After a long, difficult and busy week I needed this humor Thanks guys!

Rick Hurst
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posted January 29, 2006 09:29 AM            

Wen,

Funny story.

On the subject of hangings.

It made me think though of a recent inspection we did on why ropes should not be attached to garage doors.

Rick

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Bruce Thomas
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posted January 30, 2006 02:10 PM            

OK Wen you started it,

Speaking of whirl pool tubs. We have a Japanese owned manufacturing plant in our area. A relocation company ordered a whirlpool only inspection. I knew from the name that the owner was Japanese and there may be a language barrier.

I arrived and Mrs. Answered, bowed, and motioned me in, I bowed. I took off my shoes, (don't do that any more). She escorted me to the bathroom. I set the stopper and turned on the cold water. Now nothing to do but wait.

Behind me Mr. Owner appeared out of the corner of my eye. We introduced ourselves. This guy was the Vice-President of something just by the way he acted(arms folded and all). After about 15 minutes of watching the water run and not being able to make conversation I started to get a little nervous. The water was just above the jets. I waited a little longer just to be sure and hit the button. The water level dropped as it filled the pump and plumbing. Just then I realized that I had forgotten to check the direction of the jets.

With the water level below the jets and half of them pointing up, the room exploded in water. I reached in as fast as I could and shut it off but it was too late. Mr. reached for a towel and handed it to me, as he did I could see his silhouette on the wall behind where he was standing. I soaked everything in the room including him.

I was so embarrassed it was difficult to speak. I apologized profusely and cleaned up as much as I could as quickly as I could. I bowed several times and left. As I was leaving I turned and saw my wet foot-prints from my soaked sox on the hard wood.

I laugh about it now but the day it happened it wasn't funny. I never run a whirlpool without carefully checking the position of the jets.

Bruce

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posted January 30, 2006 03:57 PM            

Bruce,

I think we've all power washed the bathroom walls the same as you.

Rick

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posted February 02, 2006 12:56 PM            

Yup... I've douched my own face, the client, the wall behind the client and the clients mother-in-law.

The female client had a white shirt on and was, for a lack of a better term... BUSTY. She said that In 20+ years, she has never felt so good about anything that went wrong--Turns out that the mother-in-law has never been seen without her hair in a perfect manicured state (hell, I fixed that with no problem).

This lady laughted at her mother-in-law til her side hurt. The really good thing was... the female client wrote the check for $50.00 more than the agreed upon inspection fee. Heck, I would have taken $50.00 off because of her wet-shirt, wet hair and my over-all jackass antics that took place.

Whod-a-thunk-it??

Rich

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Fritz Kelly
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posted February 02, 2006 02:50 PM            

Last week i was inspecting a very large, nearly new home, high on a hill with 3 car garage, one double door, one single. They were using the 1 car area as an exercize room. I hit the button for the one car garage and watched as the door went up. I walked over to the open door and saw 2 large exercize balls barelling down the driveway. I thought they would hop the curb and stop in the brush. No such luck, they turned the corner and headed down the road, nothing to stop them for maybe 1/2 mile. I took off running, as I got closer they were gaining speed. Neighbors were looking on with mouths open. I finally overtook them and caught them and made the long trec back to the house. Fortunately, no clients or homeowners were there.

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posted February 02, 2006 03:31 PM            

Fritz,

You did say exercise balls, didn't you? Did you need it?

Bruce

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posted February 26, 2006 02:08 AM            

Fritz
That is too funny!!!!!!!!!!! I am glad you caught the clients balls LOL (sorry i had to go there)

Richard
Depends thats all I can say....depends LOL

Rick
Stop strangling the cabbage patch dolls!

Bruce!!!!!!!!
I can SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO relate to the awkward communication barrier in language...
I am Wendy with the nick name of Wen, I get calls all the time from people thinking i am asian (they usually have an english speaking relative call for the appointment schedule)

I arrive and i hear NoNo you not right! Where are WEN?

I say I am Wen!

They say No! U no Wen!

I generally make a phone call to the english speaking schedular at this time....Thinking oh God please answer!

Then i hand the cell over to the client/person saying no!

I need to change my name or learn more languages! LOL

Oops look I am still in the wrong site!
~Wen~

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posted February 26, 2006 05:03 AM            

When I test dishwashers I always open the door to make sue the washer arm is moving. After the following episode, I now wait a second or two before I actually OPEN the door.

I am in the kitchen with my clients and the agent (I think it was the listing agent w/attitude). The agent is right next to me and the clients are a few feet back. I open the door an for the first time ever, the dishwasher did NOT turn off when the door was opened.

In the mili-second the door was opened, close to 500 gallons of water shot out and got the agent full force from head to toe. I was off the the side, and my clients were spared. But the agent just stood there looking like a drowned rat. She left soon after and I had a pretty good inspection.

I now wait a couple seconds before I open the door after I unlatch it.
JF

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posted February 26, 2006 09:30 PM            

Jack,
When I look inside the dishwasher, I always give the spray arm a little twirl to be sure that it/they is/are free. Then make sure the arm is positioned directly toward the front.

Close the door, lock and load turn it on, wait till it fills and starts the cycle.
Then unlock the door, wait till all movement and noise stops, open the door and look for the position of the arm.

If it is still in the same position, repeat the proceedure to make sure it does move. (sometimes it will by chance stop at the exact same position you left it at first.)
Close and lock door, finish cycle.

Helps prevent wet faces and floors. (less mopping needed )

(Not gonna tell you why I follow this proceedure)

BTW How's Mom doing?

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