He thanked me for allowing him to inspect it and asked if I also wanted him to change the air filter while he was at it
I was visiting my neighbor last week, and I saw there was a HVAC company service van in her driveway. I asked if she was having a problem with her air conditioning unit. She told me it was her grandson, and he wanted to practice his maintenance skills by working on her AC unit and furnace. He had recently graduated from HVAC technical school, and he was waiting for his certification to arrive. While waiting, his boss told him to practice all he could by hitting up his family and friends. Anytime he could get access to a furnace or air conditioning unit, it was better than sitting around and doing nothing. When her grandson came into the house, I thought she was fooling me and it had to be an early April Fool’s joke. I couldn’t understand why they would let a twelve-year-old be an HVAC technician. When I told this to Molly, she laughed. She told me he was almost twenty, but he looked young. I began thinking about how old I was getting, thinking that a twenty-year-old man could be twelve. Molly and I sat there for a while when I asked if he wanted to look at my air conditioning unit. She called him into the house and asked if he was interested. He thanked me for allowing him to inspect it and asked if I also wanted him to change the air filter while he was at it. I thanked and told him to do whatever he felt was necessary. He saved me from calling the HVAC company for the inspection.