I was pretty embarrassed by the state of my air filter the other day when my HVAC technician was at my house.
I had made an appointment to get the air conditioning system tuned up so that it would be all ready to go in the spring when the weather started heating up again.
I always try to get the A/C tuned up at the end of the hot season because I feel like I should give it a nice rest before I start using it again every day in the spring and the summer. Anyway, the HVAC technician was a really nice guy and we were talking about how important regular maintenance is to the health and quality of your HVAC system. I was agreeing with him about everything and we were shaking our heads together at the way that certain people don’t take good care of their heating and cooling systems. But then when he went to pull the air filter out of my air conditioning system, I realized that I had not changed it in months and months. The fact that I was standing there with him as he pulled it out and it was covered in months worth of dirt, dust, and grime really made me feel stupid. I stood there sheepishly and he knew that I felt like a big dummy. He just shook his head sadly, like I had disappointed him in some way. It was really one of the most embarrassing things that has ever happened to me, if you want to know the truth!