Play it cool ...
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Revision as of 21:56, 31 March 2009
You stay right on the couch as the men walk in. There jaws drop as they see you, but you just sit, watching TV, and take a long drink from your glass.
After almost a minute, you look at them, smile, and ask "Is there something I can get you?"
They stammer, and nearly fall over themselves trying to go somewhere altogether unclear.
As they sort themselves out, one starts to say "We're here to ... ummm ..."
"Fix the AC?" you ask, an eyebrow lifting. "You guys do know what you're doing, right?"
"Yeah yeah," they both nod vigorously, and disappear.
Over the next half hour they spend time in the backyard, but seemingly too much time also in the living room, allegedly to mess with something in the small closet under the stairs, but taking long glances of your naked body on the couch.
Finally, one of them approaches you. You rise unabashedly. He stammers, and cannot take his eyes off of you.
You sigh dramatically, and cover yourself with you hands. "There. Does that help you concentrate?"
"Heh, uh, miss, it, uh, looks like you attached your hammock outside to the central AC unit sticking out of the ground. Well you damaged a component in there. I'm gonna have to take off the housing to get a good estimate, but I think you're looking at a couple thousand. And because you damaged it, it's not covered by standard maintenance."
You open your mouth and blurt out:
