Our office secretary stole our air conditioners! When the office window air conditioners started to go missing, nobody suspected the sweet little secretary tobe the HVAC thief.
Our office is equipped with about twenty window air conditioners and a great central air conditioning unit, as well as a very good electric furnace and portable space heaters for under worker’s desks.
One hot summer day, I noticed a window air conditioner missing. I figured it was broken and the HVAC technician would have it fixed and put back. I was hopeful for this because I loved the office window air conditioners. A few days went by, and reports came back of two other window air conditioners missing, along with a portable space heater. The office secretary called for a meeting called “finding the HVAC thief.” We discussed proper cleaning and care of the window air conditioners and the central air conditioner, as well as the portable space heaters, and how to keep them safe from the HVAC thief. Everyone was weary because we all valued our space heaters and a/c units greatly. One day there was a report that three more window air conditioners, two portable space heaters were missing. I was dumbfounded that this HVAC thief was getting away with so much! I finally had enough of it one day when I heard that the HVAC thief had taken valuable parts from the central air conditioner and now it wouldn’t work till the HVAC technician came in and installed the new parts for the heating and cooling business. This meant that much of the office would be scolding hot and feel like a furnace until the HVAC technician could install the cooling parts back into the air conditioner.