I broke a glass putting it into the dishwasher. I picked up pieces from the floor and checked the well of the dishwasher and then I noticed it heating up. So I finished loading it and ran it even though it was early in the evening. When it was done, the heat went off and I thought maybe it was a one -time thing. No. It happens every time I roll the bottom tray out and a GE repair guy told me on the phone this morning that he shouldn’t come after all because he didn’t have the unit he needed to replace so that the electronics could go back to normal. So he’s coming next week instead. I can manage till then, being sure not to keep the bottom tray rolled out for too long.\

Meanwhile, back to the original incident, I hadn’t realized that I cut my index finger and it had been bleeding as I pursued my chores and by the time I noticed it, I had a trail of blood on the tile, on my pants, on the carpet, and on everything I’d touched. I had to use a plastic glove over the hand because I have my hands in water so much that the bandage kept peeling off. This went on for three days. It was, apparently, a deep cut.

The other thing about the unit is that it has become displaced in the well so that the upper tray rolls out without one bidding it to. This is truly annoying. The repair guy said that wasn’t his thing, but that if he could reset the washer without having to unscrew anything, he would do it, else I’d have to call the outfit that installed it.

When I had called GE to set up the repair appointment, I got a woman who had to be watered in order to function. She asked for the model no., I gave it to her. She repeated it back and got it wrong. I gave it to her again. This contretemps happened with the serial no., with my address, with my phone no. and with Ed’s last name (I use a hyphenated name). I was very patient. Also, although I spelled the name three different times, she kept using it with an “n” in it and there is no “n”. Then she started talking about charges and I said, Whoa, we have had this dishwasher less than a year and it is under warranty. So she said okay. So when the repair guy called this morning, the first thing he wanted to do was go over the charges. So I put him straight. In this economy, it is brutal to put someone out of a job, so I did not complain, but, truly, she needs to be doing something else. Perhaps standing on a street corner with her arms out because there is no stop sign.

I continue to post responses to inane interviews I see on TV, where a Republican puts forth his agenda that differs not at all from the one that voters rejected. I find the person on Facebook, and set him or her straight. Hey, it’s a pastime and is very good for my blood pressure.

xx, Teal