Had to fix a fridge in a crawlspace no bigger than a coffin last Friday

I got a call from a lady in Bloomington whose refrigerator stopped cooling. Turns out it was shoved into this tiny basement cubby with maybe 2 feet of clearance. I had to pull the whole thing out by myself while balancing on a dirt floor with a flashlight in my mouth. The condenser coil was caked in dust, took me 45 minutes to clean it with a brush and a vacuum. Anyone else ever deal with a unit wedged in somewhere ridiculous?

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sanchez.mary9d ago

Did you at least get hazard pay for working in what sounds like a homemade coffin? That crawlspace probably has more ghosts than my grandmother's attic.

patricia2629d ago

Wait, did you actually hear about that lawsuit in Ohio where some worker got stuck in one of those tiny crawlspaces for like six hours? I saw something online about how these landlords just nail a piece of plywood over a hole and call it a maintenance access. Honestly, it's scary how many places have these death traps. You'd think there'd be a law that says you need enough room to actually turn around in there. And no, definitely no hazard pay, they just said "you're lucky you have a job" when I asked. My grandmother's attic probably has better air flow than that place did.

sethfoster9d ago

My back is still mad at me three days later. That 45 minutes on the dirt floor doing the worm with a brush nearly sent me into early retirement. At least the ghosts in your grandmother's attic probably don't judge your dusting skills like mine did.