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melicious
Citizen
Username: Melicious
Post Number: 97
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 2:26 pm: | 
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So, I called PSEG when my dishwasher broke. I have had it on Worry Free Contract for 2 years.
When the guy got here, he refused to work on my dishwasher because he saw a roach under it. He left, without doing anything, with me screaming "You're kidding, right???"
Not kidding, no sir. He burned tire marks into the street like James Dean...???
I don't feel worry free///
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Bobkat
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7438
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 2:30 pm: |
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It takes a brave man (or women) to admit to having roaches in their home!!  |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5329
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 3:05 pm: |
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What kind of wimp is so scared of roaches? He shouldn't be paid for his time. |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 393
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 4:30 pm: |
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Clearly this guy would never make it in NYC....
I'd call and complain to PSE&G if you haven't already and demand that someone come out there TODAY and fix it. |
Local_1_crew
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 390
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 5:48 pm: |
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i would buy a washer pan to decrease any moisture that might be collecting under my washer, thereby making a cozy environment for roaches. |
melicious
Citizen
Username: Melicious
Post Number: 98
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 7:32 pm: |
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PSEG didn't care - the supervisor asked if I wanted him to cancel my contract because "we have lots of biz and won't sweat losing yours..." NICE!!!
Just a cautionary tale for those "worry free" contracts.
I (woman that I am) called and demanded all my money back from the 2 years I have had the "contract" to fix the washer (and got it), through some boric acid around (Please!!! I am from Florida where 3 inch roaches FLY and HISS - not these baby german things we call roaches up here) and called another beloved maplewood plumber.
Shoulda done that in the first place - ARGH
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LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 396
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 - 12:39 pm: |
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Wow...I can't believe that's the response you got from PSE&G when you called. That would just send me to the moon. I swear I would find out where the president of the company lived and send a letter to his/her home. |
Rod
Citizen
Username: Skimrod
Post Number: 48
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 - 12:58 pm: |
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PSE&G's policy is repairmen don't have to work in a home with roaches. This is true..A friend of mine works there |
Dego Diva
Citizen
Username: Fmingione
Post Number: 225
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 - 2:13 pm: |
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Geee, is that in the fine print of their Worry Free contract?? Because I would think thatlittle stipulation would eliminate a good chunk of homes they could service on the east coast! |
melicious
Citizen
Username: Melicious
Post Number: 99
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 7:49 am: |
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Not roaches, ROACH. I opened up the kickplate and saw NOTHING. I mean NOTHING.I sprayed, kicked and prodded. NOTHING. I moved my stove, fridge, looked under the sink - NOTHING.
Whatever he saw was anamolous or fictitious.
That isn't cool. |
Duncan
Supporter
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 3879
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 8:55 am: |
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Ah.. as any city dweller will tell you..for every ONE roach you see, there are thousands you don't see. The contractor's behaviour aside, it is the woman at PSE&G who should be severly punished for that sort of talk. Lord knows I have lived in roche motels in every part of Boston and Detroit and seen the giant flying hissing ones of Florida(One tried to crawl into my coke can and got stuck, I have a picture somewhere). But there is no way to know if that single individual has a problem.
You were right to call PSE&G and demand satisfaction. I am glad you got it. The person on the end of the phone is the one everyone should come down on, not the contractor.
Tom, while you clearly are not afraid of or threatened by roaches doesnt mean that someone who is is somehow a lesser "man". That bit seemed a little out of character for you. Imagine if someone said something like, what kind of wimp is afraid of Surgery? Then shouldn't even get the heart bypass done. (ok so I exaggerate for the purposes of hyperbole) but I think you get my point. |
Bobkat
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7469
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 9:01 am: |
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My wife, a leader in the roach genocide movement, will tell you that there is no such thing as one roach.
When we moved here from a "roached" apartment in Brooklyn Heights she sprayed every item in every box and then sprayed me. I guess this worked as we haven't seen a roach in over 25 years.
I wouldn't go into her reaction when she spotted one of those four inch jobbers at the airport in Bermuda. Suffice to say I ended up chasing it around the hall. Yep, I caught it and got a cheer from the masses. I guess this was my five minutes of fame. |
Wilkanoid
Citizen
Username: Cseleosida
Post Number: 312
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 9:17 am: |
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I suppose that the reactions to roaches on this thread explains why people were reluctant to touch the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches at the Museum of Natural History while we were there. To my kids, they are just another interesting bug -- we don't have them in our house (yet). I grew up in Asia where smacking a cockroach with your flip-flop was just another regular part of anyone's day. The only thing that bothers me about them is the smell they leave, especially when they get whacked.
On the other hand, they are now extremely bothered by ants, which seem to have taken up residence in our spare bathroom. I haven't heard them refuse to bathe there yet, though. It's usually a chance to get the resident superhero (dad) to wield his trusty bug spray can and shut the bathroom down until the carcasses can be swept away. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5344
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 9:57 am: |
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I can see clearly that I expressed myself poorly. I hate roaches more than other bugs. Other bugs rarely give me the creeps. My point was that I don't think the sight of one creepy bug should send a worker running. He has a job to do, and he has to expect some unpleasant aspects to it, especially this one, since his job is to maintain kitchen appliances. |
Wilkanoid
Citizen
Username: Cseleosida
Post Number: 316
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 11:23 am: |
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Tom --
I agree with you completely, and I don't think that you expressed yourself poorly.
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Mr. Big Poppa
Citizen
Username: Big_poppa
Post Number: 44
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 8:24 pm: |
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Has anyone considered the repairman PLANTED the roach in order to get off from actually doing work? hmmmmm.....
I lived in Florida for most my life and have to agree with Melicious. The roaches here are "cute" in comparison to the Palmetto bugs in Florida. One time a gang of them mugged me outside my home. Took my cash, but left the plastic. |
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