Grandmother Holds Repairmen Hostage 7
Tracey Fox, 42, became so sick of her constantly broken washing machine that she decided to barricade herself against the door and refused to let the repairman out of her home. The grandmother of two said, "I'm not proud of my actions, but I felt there was no other option. It sounds stupid thinking about it now, but it was the final straw." After police were called, the situation was resolved and the company that sold the washer have since offered Tracey and her husband Terry, 44, a new washing machine. It's like I always say, If you have a problem just hold somebody hostage.
I guess you could call the situation... (Score:1)
My mom did this (Score:3, Interesting)
My mom was the chief communications technician ("Wire Chief") for the Burlington Northern Railroad. Once, after going back and forth with GTE ("the Grand Telephone Experiment") and AT&T ("jackasses"), she scheduled them both to send techs out to railroad's phone system installation at the same time. When they arrived, she told them to sort it out between themselves and locked the door. Say what you will but they got it fixed.
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I've often thought that about the Israel / Palestine conflict. Just lock them in a room and tell them to sort it out.
Would you put a big sign over the door labeling it "Gaza"?
The new washing machine... (Score:2)
...comes with a service contract. From their competitor.