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| - So last night, against my own best judgment, I stuffed a huge pile of strawberry stems and cores down my disposal, hit the switch and prayed. It only took a second to realize what a stupid move that was as black, oily, smelly nastiness started backing up in my sink.
I'm sure there's a lot of you people out there who already know the basics of how to remove the pipes under the sink to dislodge whatever is clogging up the machine, but I wasn't one of them. After a STELLAR previous experience when Apple replaced a broken kitchen faucet for me in lightning fast time, I decided to call them again to clean up my mess.
The answering service gave me a service window for this morning from 10-1 which was perfect because I'm out schlepping my kid around town every day from 2pm til who-knows-when. I got a little bummed when the office called me around 9 this morning to say that the answering service got it wrong somehow, and there really wasn't a good time today. I explained my situation (nicely, by the way - you should try it the next time you need someone's help), and the very nice lady on the other end said she'd try her best to juggle things around and squeeze me in. I didn't expect much, but I really wasn't overly concerned. A clogged disposal isn't life or death...
Fast forward to 10:30 and my phone rings. It's Grant from Apple Plumbing saying he'll be by in 5 minutes! Fast forward another 30 minutes and he's giving me a little tutorial on how to remove my pipes if I'm ever stupid enough (my words, not his) to do this again. So yeah, now I know how to fix my own clogged disposal. I'm in the club! :-)
Seriously, thank you Grant for the excellent education and tutorial, but most importantly, thank you for lugging all that filthy black stink that blasted out at you from my sink pipes out to the street. You're the best!
Call them, people. Obviously, I highly recommend them!
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