It's A Little Hot in Here, Steve
Last night when we were going to bed, Steve was going to put the fan on but I suggested he put the A/C on instead. Wow, big mistake! LOL As soon as he put the A/C on, everything shut off. Only the kitchen and the rooms in the back of the villa are on. No biggie though. We've had this happen so many times. Steve tried flicking the fuses and still nothing, however still no worries because we've had it where everything just magically turns back on in the morning. Sooooo...morning came and the power is still off. Strange. On the precaution, Steve decides to send a text message to our property manager, Melvin. After a few hours, Melvin gets back to Steve and says he'll send his maintenance guy to come and fix it. It wasn't long before the maintenance guy and the guy that collects the rent come to have a look. They are here for only about 20 minutes before they tell me that they called the rental office to have the electrical company come and fix it. Oye! So we've lived overseas before, this generally means maybe they'll get around to coming out to look at it this week if we're lucky. To my complete surprise, the electrical company was here within the hour. Two guys look at the electrical box outside. However, after awhile they say they'll come back after they go to see the electrician down the street. One guy comes back after awhile and is on the phone with another. He is out there for at least 30 minutes and the other guy comes back. BINGO the lights come back on within 10 minutes! They said we have to turn off the pool pump tomorrow and leave it off for a day and then they leave. I'm like OK. Then 20 minutes pass and two other guys from the electric company show up. They look at the box outside and ask for Melvin's number which I do not have. They said they need to look at Melvin's other property next door because they believe it too has the same problem. I tried to get a hold of Steve, who has the number, but he was not available. So I told them to come back in about 30 minutes. They don't show up. Much later on after we finish our dinner, the doorbell rings. The electric company returns with about 10 guys and a jackhammer truck. They explain to Steve that they have to test the main service line connection and to do this they have to dig up our driveway. They also said it may take a few days.
All this just because I wanted the A/C on instead of the fan. Never again.
All this just because I wanted the A/C on instead of the fan. Never again.

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