Rant: My 1000th call was for a fridge full of melted ice cream because someone unplugged it to charge their phone.

I thought I'd seen it all, but hitting that service milestone with a job that took 30 seconds to fix just made me laugh and wonder how many other techs have a dumb story for their big round number.

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thomas.cameron3d ago

That's honestly the perfect way to hit a thousand. Makes you wonder what the very first call was like, way back when. Bet it was something just as simple but felt like a huge deal at the time. Did you have a moment where you just stood there staring at the unplugged fridge, thinking about the whole journey? Those bookend calls really put the whole job into a weird kind of focus.

patking3d ago

Right? Makes you think about all the calls in between too. Like, was there a perfect bell curve of stupidity, or did it just stay flat the whole time? That first call probably felt like climbing a mountain, but by number 500 you're just on autopilot.