In the chop room the other employees and I were discussing the strangest things every one of us had ever seen at work.
In general this is a genuinely bland and basic job, without much excitement… Every once in a while something unusual will happen.
The best stories came from the aged timers, who had been in the industry for decades. I’m blissful I didn’t speak up, because some of the aged stories were amazing, and made me feel appreciate our own experiences were dull! Gus has been with the company since it was founded over twenty years ago. I could listen to Gus talk about the “good aged days” of Heating and A/C repair all morning long! He has a story about fixing the broken a/c plan at a swingers party for senior citizens that cracks me up every time I hear it. When no 1 else was around, Gus told me another story, 1 he hadn’t ever shared with another Heating and A/C employee. In hushed tones, he explained how he had once found a giant amount of currency stashed in some HVAC duct. The currency had been all chewed up around the edges, and some of it shredded, because an animal had used it to make a nest in the air duct. Gus had no plan where the critter had found so much currency, however by the time he finished clearing out the HVAC duct he had over several thoUSAnd dollars! Some of the bills were too damaged to spend, however most of them were OK. Gus never told anyone else at the Heating and A/C company, because he wanted to keep the currency.