Trophy for House Rules Eptitude

Here at The-House-Rules, we love to bitch about people who do us wrong. It could be some doof in the plumbing aisle whose motto is “You can’t do it, and we can’t help”, some doof who wanted to charge us twice for work they haven’t completed, or some doof who’s using our city as a playground for his corrupt vision of civil service. Either way, people’s work rarely measures up to our high standards. I mean, when you’re this awesome…

…how could they possibly? And we want, no, NEED, to tell you, our devoted readers, about it. Both to punish the aforementioned offenders and to use their lack of mad skillz as a means to bolster our own lagging self-esteem.

(“Quick! Look at the sucky carpenter and ignore us as we create another *&^%ing leak in this plumbing system while trying to turn off the exterior hose bibs for the winter.”)

But every so often, some people just totally impress you with their Eptitude. (Made that word up, but it totally works. DON’T ARGUE! It totally works.) Their service is awesome, their price is worth it, and they are ever so pleasant to deal with. Here’s this week’s Trophy for House Rules Eptitude…

Rick Finn of Finn HVAC: Recommended by some folks at work, Rick called me back on Thursday and set up an appointment for Friday morning because our furnace was short cycling. My wife and I both really enjoyed working with him. He didn’t make us feel dumb or pressured or anything. He charged us an appropriate rate for his time while also recommending we fix some easy things ourselves because it would be cheaper. And look at the shiny new programmable thermostat!

(Sidenote: For those who may be wondering, that top pic is Rach and I at Halloween one year. I was a Strawberry and she was Shortcake. Whether you find that CUTE or DIRTY says more about you than it does about us. But we respect you either way.)

(We just respect you more if your inclination was to find it DIRTY.)