Since our move I have had to deal with more service and repair calls than ever in my life. This has been disruptive to say the least. Sitting home for a four hour window then someone comes late, or the person never shows up or whatever. The worst was when they were late and I phoned and was told, "We were there and the homeowner refused entry into the home." Excuse me? I was sitting there waiting and no one ever showed up. (The guy went to the wrong address.) These appointments are frustrating.
One day a few weeks ago we were busy doing homeschooling lessons when the guy finally arrived. I had to show him the problem and deal with him. It was a disruption in our day but it could not be avoided. My kids were doing school work independently while I dealt with the guy, as I had to be right with him, but then my kids got distracted and stopped to see what was going on.
The guy asked why my kids weren't in school. I responded that we homeschool. In a snide manner he asked why we weren't doing lessons now. I gave a pregnant pause and gave him a firm look before responding, "Because your service call to fix this problem with your company's faulty equipment has interrupted our ability to get our work done."
He responded meekly, "Oh. Well, I'll try to finish up quickly so you can get back to your school work."
Heh heh heh.
Sometimes being blunt really is best.
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LOL. I love this.
My parents had my kids for the weekend, and went to lunch with a friend of theirs who is outspoken about her anti-homeschooling stance. She expected to catch my kids in ignorance when she asked them what they were studying and they said "botany" and "ancient Egypt"... and she asked what they knew about the Rosetta Stone... and got an earful about it, right down to its location in the British Museum, and its size.
The truly amusing thing about this is that I hadn't taught them any of that. They learned it from their other grandmother when she babysat for them and they took a big bag of activities based on Ancient Egypt to keep themselves busy, and so she told them all about seeing it last year when she was in London.
I'm hoping someone asks what they are studying right after we mummify the chicken...
And I hope the repairman shows up
while we are mummifying it.
Xa Lynn
Zing! Good for you! I've actually had only positive reactions from servicemen - but, then again, having them here is not a very common occurrence at this point. But a guy who helped with a ceiling leak last year even voiced his strong support for homeschooling and our mailman is awesome about it - lots of fun comments (on "box days," etc.). Still, I'm going to keep your retort in my back pocket in case it's ever needed. :^)
From Keri
"You Go Girl!!! ~> So loved this :) I just hate when people ask question's and put noses were they do not belong. Keri~ A Hs'in Mom"
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