The new house has come with a few fix-up projects, most of which Dave has handled because, well, he's handy. I offered to tackle the purchase and install of a new dishwasher, though, because it required only a visit to Sears and being around for the install. No problem.
Last week the new dishwasher gave us this message (on the display screen?!): NOT ENOUGH WATER TO FINISH THE CYCLE. SEE USER GUIDE.
Being in charge of the dishwasher and all, I saw that user guide. And found nothing related to this message. Hmm. Being in charge of the dishwasher and all (still!), I called Sears, described our problem (twice, actually, because I got disconnected), and scheduled service for the next day. No problem.
Keith, our friendly service man (who wasn't the artsy-type we wanted to befriend), stared at that dishwasher for 30 minutes waiting for it to display the same error message. Then he looked through the user guide for five minutes trying to find something (anything!) about this message. Needless to say, Keith left without finding a problem or making a friend.
Last night, when the dishwasher stopped mid-cycle and the display screen gave us the NOT ENOUGH WATER message, I told Dave I would handle it. I jumped online, searched for "Bosch dishwasher not enough water" and found that several other people had had the same problem. After reading about the problem and its possible solutions for twenty minutes, I shared my fine detective work.
"Dave," I said,"I think we may have purchased the wrong dishwasher. I've been doing some research and I found this." I showed him the screen.
"Nice work," he replied. "But why don't you just call and set up service?"
"Because I'm going to be informed when I call this time," I told him.
"Then you should look up Kenmore dishwashers because that's what we have," he offered.
How dare he commandeer MY house project like that? The NERVE.
So. We have a serviceperson coming Tuesday. You know. FOUR days from now. And in the meantime, for that little bit of attitude, Dave will be handling the dishes.
3 comments:
I think you should eat out or the next four days, so don't have as many dishes.
BTW- I had to Google DIY because I didn't know what it meant.
Every odd once in awhile I like to take charge of a project.
But most of the time, I put Husbandman on the job. He's amazingly efficient and stuff just seems to get done when we go this route.
I admire your tenacity!
Executive decision: We are getting a new dishwasher. I hate this one.
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