The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning serviceman had just entered from the outside.
He was telling me how much it would cost to repair the air conditioner.
He suggested that my friend and I replace the air conditioner. It would cost about $1000 more, but it would be fantastic for at least fifteen years, rather than a few weeks. He had no idea the air conditioning would survive the summer heat. I was concerned about paying the service call bill, and I hadn’t considered what would happen if the AC component needed to be repaired. I asked him what would happen if I couldn’t afford the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning repairs. He sat there as well, staring into my eyes. He advised me to contact the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning supplier and request a payment plan. He knew they did them, but he wasn’t sure if it was because of my income, creditworthiness, or simply because I was a great customer of the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C company. He wasn’t the one who made the loans, but he was the owner of the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning company. I thanked him for the information and grabbed my phone as soon as he was gone. I wasn’t sure how to start this conversation, but I shouldn’t have been concerned. Before leaving the driveway, the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C serviceman called the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C supplier to inform them of the situation and my requirements. The billing secretary asked me a lot of questions and told me he would SMS the paperwork to me and all I had to do was approve it, but no interest was charged and I had two years to pay for the current air conditioning unit.