I’ll stay with the HVAC professional
It’s not so self-explanatory to turn down a kind gesture.
But all kind gestures are not necessarily unbelievable things.
No matter the intention, there is still certain lines that I’m not willing to cross. And I had to get that across to my really persistent neighbor. I savor the guy because he’s a sweetheart. But I’m not a helpless female. Perhaps he’s of a certain age when men feel like they have to look out for a guy residing on his own, but for sure, I appreciate the fact that his heating and cooling gesture came from a caring place. It’s just that his offer didn’t jibe with the way I run things in my home. I came cabin to the a/c not running about a week ago. I’m no HVAC serviceman even though I didn’t want to go the evening without cooling if there was something super easy that could be corrected. So I checked the breaker and everything I could guess of in the house. That wasn’t the problem. So I took a flashlight and walked out to check the HVAC cabinet outside. I guess that’s when my acquaintance saw me. It didn’t take a minute before he was across the street mansplaining all about how a/c works. That was unbelievable and I loved him coming over. But when he gave to have his guy come take a look, I asked if he was a licensed HVAC professional, he wasn’t so I said thanks but no thanks. That sort of put a damper on the encounter so I explained that my HVAC warranty clearly states only HVAC servicemans are to work on it. But I did wait until afternoon so I didn’t have to pay the emergency HVAC repair call fee. And that did impress my acquaintance in the end.