Our technicians have all had “creature” experiences of one type or another as they wiggle through crawl spaces or peek into outside condensers. I always have such fun picturing these big tough men running screaming from a flock of seagulls, or shrieking like pigtailed little girls at the sight of a mouse in the machines. So, at the risk of embarrassing said “tough men” it gives me joy to share these stories with you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

After climbing a ladder to access a ceiling-hung heating unit in a warehouse, our technician – we’ll call him Joe – found he was still unable to see the very top of the unit very well.  Determined to find the cause of the problem, Joe forged on and felt around blindly to see if he could discover what had caused the fan to stop spinning. Joe quickly discovered the culprit – a sizeable clump of dust and debris had wedged beneath the fan causing it to seize and the heater to short out. Feeling rather good about himself, Joe grabbed the clump and freed the fan.

Upon closer inspection, what he’d thought was dust was actually the carcass of a very unfortunate rodent. Though a normally level-headed bloke, the unexpected sight of a petrified critter in his bare hand was too much for poor Joe, who shrieked like a girl and flung the little mouse across the room. The airborne mouse fortunately missed the several startled employees who happened to be nearby – making the odd display the highlight of their previously dull workday. Anything to entertain our fans…