I had been working with Ed, the kid of the boss.
Everyone knew that Ed was a louse and a layabout, but the people I was with and I were not aware that Ed had been drinking on the task.
Thanks to Ed being totally drunk during the HVAC duct replacement there was an accident, one that sent me to the ER. The boss paid all of our medical bills, and gave me paid leave, mostly because he didn’t want me to sue his butt off about Ed! When I was mobile enough, and got a wheelchair, the boss put me to job in the office instead of the field. I needed to learn the other side of the heating and cooling business, one I was not familiar with. As I salvaged my health I learned all that I could, especially after finding out that Ed was in line to take over the Heating and Air Conditioning supplier one day. The owner wanted Ed to follow in his footsteps, even though Ed was poorly suited to manage a substantial Heating and Air Conditioning supplier love this one. The thought that one day I would have to answer to Ed made me realize that I should consider becoming a Heating and Air Conditioning business myself. I knew all about the day-to-day operations of a Heating and Air Conditioning tech, but now I was learning about the red tape, the paperwork, the insurance, and the invoices. In a few months I will be ready to get back in the field and start unquestionably working on cooling systems again, and by that point I hope to have my long-term supplier plan in place. I suppose it’s time to be our own boss.