You know, I'm to a point where I don't even get fazed anymore

[cleolinda]

Aaaaaaand the fridge has broken down. Again. We have evacuated what perishables we could. No one can come out to fix it until next Thursday, and my mother is MAD.

Comments

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Oh good God, Cleo. I'm torn between being pissed off at the universe for its need to habitually dump on you and yours, but also very very concerned about the health and sanity of whoever gives your mother a hard time in the next 24 hours. Hell hath no fury like a refrigerator scorned.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know, man, I know. And she was already having a bad morning anyway.

[gabsy.livejournal.com]

That's awful.

Ours is apparently still working, yet does absolutely nothing. Roommate and I are understandably angry.

[alexthedevil.livejournal.com]

Again!? Oh dear. And I have to second sigma7's comment, god forbid anybody who gets in your mother's way in the meantime.

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

Ugh. In this household, we just went through the Great No-Oven Saga of '08. It lasted a month, because the electrician the rental agency sent out was an incompetent, lazy sack of shit who didn't know what he was doing and ordered the wrong damn parts.

May your fridge soon be frosty again.

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Break out the coolers and bags of ice from the supermarket!

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

That really, really sucks.

But it delights me no end that you have a "tribulations" tag.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

I'm buzzed at seeing "fazed" spelt correctly on the internet!

[salamandersam.livejournal.com]

Oh God, that sucks. And pity the person who has to deal with your Mom.

[sweetsyren.livejournal.com]

9 days without a fridge??

I see lots of noodle based meals in your future :P

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, the last time it happened (late June?), we ended up going about two or three weeks without one. That was fun.

[lafemmezilla.livejournal.com]

Ugggg you're like the fourth person this month who's been fridgeless, myself included. You have my sympathies!

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Well fuck! *kicks fridge* :( *sends hugs for you and some good tea for your mom* I'd offer to let you guys store stuff at my house, but Louisiana's a bit of a drive. :/

[blackdiamants.livejournal.com]

Bonjour, cher! *waves from Shreveport*

[editornia.livejournal.com]

Well, shit. I sure hope you get good Karma next year!

I hope your mother finds and kicks the person idiot who "fixed" your fridge the last time. *shakes head ruefully* They sure as hell didn't know what they were doing, did they?

I hope the store fires the last person who "fixed" it gives you a whole new fridge this time! Gosh knows Y'all deserve it!

[eilonwey.livejournal.com]

I agree! They obviously sold you a lemon --- they should replace it. Tell them it will save them money on repairs over the long haul.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

At this rate, time to get a new one?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, but we don't have the money. I mean, we'll have to find the money somehow if it's that or no fridge, but we're going to have to keep this one limping along if we can. If it's the compressor (which was just replaced), we still have a 90-day warranty on that.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that. I wonder why it takes so long to get major appliances fixed? They shouldn't break often enough to produce a wait!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know, seriously.

[blackdiamants.livejournal.com]

Ice cream time!

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

But to make you feel slightly better, maybe, check your SF PMs.

P.S. Isn't this icon just so appropriate? I definitely feel like this sometimes.

[kopernik.livejournal.com]

If you were one of the Boxcar children, there'd be a cold stream handy and you could build a dam and keep your butter there. [/extremely helpful]

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee. I should get out my Laura Ingalls Wilder books for food preservation advice.

[artemis-archer.livejournal.com]

How frustrating, it's bad enough that it's broken again but now you have to deal with more crummy service schedules. Sorry you're fridgeless :/

We have evacuated what perishables we could

Salami: Everyone stay single file.

Turkey Breast: Liverwurst where are you!?

Liverwurst: Mom don't call me that in front of everyone! My name is Ken!

Provolone: Stay together kids, if you fall on the floor the dogs will get you.

Pepperjack: Monterrey, Colby, stick close! We're almost out.

Bologna: Get out of my way! I won't rot here!

Ricotta: Shut up Oscar! We're all scared of molding!

Swiss: I'm staying out of this.

Gorgonzala: I don't understand what you're all so worried about...

I hope that repair man comes soon!

[fangulation.livejournal.com]

Does Ken play with Barbie the Watermelon?

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

GAH. That really, really sucks. At least if it was wintertime, you could stick your perishables on the windowsill! (Well. Maybe not down South where you are. Meh.)

Anyway, does the manufacturer or seller not offer some sort of temporary equipment rental service? I've never actually owned a large appliance in the USA, so I have no idea what your options are, but from my experience as a homeowner in Spain, that sort of service was pretty standard there. (Like, if your fridge busted under warranty, and they couldn't send anyone to fix it til next week, they'd rent you a minifridge for a nominal fee - 2,000ptas a day or something - and deliver, install, and pick it up later for free.)

[fangulation.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't be singing "peanut butter & jelly time" in honor of this post, should I?

Break out the coolers and ice blocks!

[rhodynne.livejournal.com]

Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.

You'd think Sears would have figured that out by now.
?

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Oh good God, not again. There's no chance anyone in the house is manifesting some kind of appliance-wrecking superpower, is there?

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

If there is, then God forbid her family's descendents and min ever procreate, because between my husband's ability to break things whilst trying to fix them, my complete lack of competence when it comes to anything electronic, and I'm pretty sure something my magnetic field that FUBARs things much like an EMP, and Cleo's plain bad luck, I'm pretty sure that would be considered a mutant ability.

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

at this point, I would consider getting a 2nd, "backup" fridge. If your computer were giving you this much grief, you'd get a spare, right?

http://bham.craigslist.org/search/hsh?query=fridge&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max (I'm guessing Birmingham -- I know AL, but I don't know what city you're in). Spares are also awesome for long term storage frozen stuff (and hurricanes (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov).

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, I mean, we do have a spare in the basement--the one from the old house (the broken one was left by the previous owners when we moved here). That's where we evacuated the perishables to. Usually we just keep soda and bottled water in it.

[t4-flirt.livejournal.com]

I'd be buying one of those dorm-room sized mini-fridges and keep it for emergencies. Like this one. I think I saw Target advertising one for around $100.

May the gods have mercy on whomever your mum unleashes her fury upon.

[elbales]

This is ridiculous. I know you said the compressor is under warranty, but isn't the fridge as a whole under warranty, too? Pity the fool who has to deal with your mom.

Your icon is most wonderfully apt.

[ruffwriter.livejournal.com]

Oh God, my fridge broke down earlier this summer. I'm so sorry for you and your mother, especially since you're going through it again!