I never thought I would ever go to prison, be it to visit or be an inmate.
My parents had done a pretty good job raising a good person.
However, I got to go to prison a few weeks ago. A call came in on a hot Wednesday morning. It was the maximum prison just out of town, the warden was requesting an air conditioning representative to run the annual air conditioning maintenance. As part of my training at the air conditioning business, my supervisor assigned me and a team of a/c workers to handle the work order. I had mixed feelings about going to prison but I knew that work needs to be done and the customer should always receive service. On our drive there, the supervisor outlined some of the safety measures we would have to observe while we worked on the air conditioner. Fortunately, the system was in the furthest room of the prison away from the inmates. The warden told us that the air conditioner installation was done about five years back and they had tried to keep up with the a/c care plan but they had not done a good job of that. The examination of the unit revealed that little a/c care had been done, there was no sign of a recent visit from any a/c service provider. The unit needed a thorough clean before any a/c repairs were done. To be able to restore air quality and fix the system, the air conditioning supplier would deliver new filters. Once we replaced the filters, the system functioned as well as a new air conditioning system. The work order was successful and later when I was thinking about my day, I felt proud of the air conditioning company.