Damn it all!
I don't think any of you dear readers know the saga of my refrigerator, but it's a long and painful one.
To make a long story short: I came to China and the fridge in my apartment is 20 yrs old. The lowest temperature it will reach is 65F. I called the repairman and he recharged the CFCs in it (yes, they still use CFCs here). Then it still didn't get lower than 60F. Then, after much harrassing and pumping-of-my-fist-into-the-air, the school relented and got a 'new' fridge for me. The 'new' fridge is actually just a newer, smaller, fridge that they took from another empty apartment. Nice.
That fridge worked well for about 3 weeks, then it died completely. So the school just said "tolerate the old one". Needless to say, I was pretty pissed. I pumped both my fists in anger this time, so they decided to buy me a new one. After 2 weeks they changed their mind and decided instead to just try repairing the 'new' fridge, which has a broken compressor. That was 2 weeks ago. So for the last month I have been using a dinosaur that's old, barely cold, and growing mold on everything.
Well, today it finally gave up the ghost. The freezer is completely melted and everything is just a degree or two below room temperature. I called to see what the school will do, but they just said to call the repairman. Oh, I forgot to mention that the repairman said he was coming over to fix my 'new' fridge three days ago, but never showed up or called back. Yeah, I'm not too happy right now.
So today I am going out with a friend to buy a new fridge with my own cash. This really burns me. I only make 375 dollars a month, but I have to have a working icebox. My new one will set me back about 200 bucks.
God, this country is lame.
To make a long story short: I came to China and the fridge in my apartment is 20 yrs old. The lowest temperature it will reach is 65F. I called the repairman and he recharged the CFCs in it (yes, they still use CFCs here). Then it still didn't get lower than 60F. Then, after much harrassing and pumping-of-my-fist-into-the-air, the school relented and got a 'new' fridge for me. The 'new' fridge is actually just a newer, smaller, fridge that they took from another empty apartment. Nice.
That fridge worked well for about 3 weeks, then it died completely. So the school just said "tolerate the old one". Needless to say, I was pretty pissed. I pumped both my fists in anger this time, so they decided to buy me a new one. After 2 weeks they changed their mind and decided instead to just try repairing the 'new' fridge, which has a broken compressor. That was 2 weeks ago. So for the last month I have been using a dinosaur that's old, barely cold, and growing mold on everything.
Well, today it finally gave up the ghost. The freezer is completely melted and everything is just a degree or two below room temperature. I called to see what the school will do, but they just said to call the repairman. Oh, I forgot to mention that the repairman said he was coming over to fix my 'new' fridge three days ago, but never showed up or called back. Yeah, I'm not too happy right now.
So today I am going out with a friend to buy a new fridge with my own cash. This really burns me. I only make 375 dollars a month, but I have to have a working icebox. My new one will set me back about 200 bucks.
God, this country is lame.
2 Comments:
The first thing I am going to do when I get to NYC and after I drop off the rental car is go down to China town and make that cop car siren sound "woop WOOP" and watch all street vendors think about running for a split second.
Its kinda funny, but might get me stabbed.
Either that or all the Asian hip-hop gansta wannabe's will shoot you.
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