Last Tuesday was the worst day I've had on the job in 5 years | Appliance Repairers

Holly Flores · 2026-07-04T09:50:04.831703+00:00

I had three calls back to back and every single one went sideways. First one was a dishwasher that wouldn't drain, turns out the previous guy had shoved a bottle cap down the drain line. Then a fridge ice maker that was dead because the owner plugged it into a GFCI outlet that kept tripping. The worst was a dryer that smelled like burning plastic, found a sock melted onto the heating element. Three hours of driving between calls too, all on the north side of town. I charged less than half my normal rate for the dryer job because I felt bad for the lady, her kid had been saving for months to buy that thing. Anyone else have a day where nothing goes right and you start wondering if you picked the wrong trade?

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