He said that it wasn't my fault that my fridge broke. It was because, in Ecuador, electicity can very unreliable and often comes and goes as it pleases. These surges of energy are not very good for refrigerators.
Luckily, my refrigerator guy knows how to fix this problem. He looked around my kitchen and saw the gas tank I use for my stove. He asked if I would let him use the tank. I had no idea why but, sure, as long as it's in the name of fixing my fridge.
He runs out to his car to get some tool, chief among them was a blow torch. He hooked up the torch to my gas tank and started welding (soldar).
He got about fifteen minutes into fixing my fridge when he reconnected my gas tank to my stove and started packing up his stuff.
Ian: Is my fridge fixed? That was fast.
Repair man: Not yet. It's getting late. I'll come back tomorrow.
Keep in mind that he showed up at 4:00 in the afternoon when he said he would be at my house at 9:00.
The next day, he showed up on time and worked throughout the morning. When I came back to my house for lunch, he was still there but the fridge was starting to cool down.
He came back later in the afternoon to make sure everything was still working. Success.
Of any week for my fridge to stop working, this was probably one of the worst ones. On Friday, I had made mass quantities of food for shabbat dinner, assuming the the majority could be stored away in my fridge and heated up in my over for meals throughout the week. I figured that I could eat three meals of leftovers per day until Wednesday, at least.
That was the plan until Saturday morning when I went into the fridge to finish the previous night's dessert crisp and discovered it was room temperature. Thankfully, my neighbor's let me store my food in their fridge for the week.
Unfortunately, the schools were on vacation, and my neighbor's took advantage of the time off to travel a little bit with their kids, as opposed to their "home all day" schedule when there are classes.
I adjusted to this uncertainty by always having some food on hand to make an easy meal, just in case they weren't home. Obviously, it wasn't as easy as reheating leftovers.
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NOW, YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, BUT HOW LONG DID THIS PROCESS OF GETTING YOUR FRIDGE FIXED TAKE
IN DAYS , NOT HOURS?
PS WHAT IS IN YOUR FRIDGE AS WE SPEAK?
The fridge was broken for six days.
I spent Saturday and Sunday trying to track down the repairman.
I spoke to him on Monday. He told me he would come by house on Wednesday morning. He showed up Wednesday afternoon and finished the work on Thursday.
Currently in my fridge: Seeds, ketchup, bbq sauce, peanut paste, yeast, margarine, bag of milk, and packet of mustard.
There is also a piece of broccoli.
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