Hello Fellow Splitsters. While we usually only share suggestions from our fellow split supporters, today’s split hack is brought to you by one of our very own Splitsters. To protect the guilty, I will remain nameless (hint…my name rhymes with sham). After my split and like many of you, I found myself in the unenviable position of having to deal with all manner of brokenness. I’m not talking about hearts here, but rather appliances and whatnot. The first to go was my vacuum cleaner cord (who knew you couldn’t close the cord in a door and WHY wasn’t this hazard even mentioned in the $#@%! instructions?) Next was my vegetable chopper thingy, then my remote control. While my initial solution was to overlook dust bunnies, switch from vegetables to cheese, and swap Netflix binging to online shopping, the final straw was when my coffee bean grinder quit grinding. Even with the best cheese I could afford, I was no longer able to face the growing tumble weeds and amazon box piles without coffee. So, I did what any woman in my situation would do…I searched online dating apps for one that specializes in eligible bachelor handy men (and not the groping kind). Stunned that no such site exists (but happy about a good business idea), I resorted to Plan B: I tried every high-tech solution I knew. When “righty tighty lefty lucy” didn’t work, I knew it was time for a non-high-tech solution and herein lies my hack, or what we like to call my slack.
Step 1: Find an attractive but sturdy “catch all” container (it will get a LOT of use…trust me!)
Step 2: Pile all your broken appliances in it and place it in your car so it’s with you at all times.
Step 3: Go about your normal business whilst conducting continual environmental scans for people who can fix things. For example, today in a longstanding meeting with my insurance agent, I whipped my remote control out of my purse “accidentally” whilst “looking for a pen” to sign papers and ever so casually said…”Hey by the way, do you know how to get the cover off this remote control?” Presto…my hero and hello Netflix. Then I went to the hardware store while “inadvertently” dangling my vacuum cord and looking for my next victim hero while appearing perplexed about all the things. You know how this movie ends, I was scampering back to my car in no time with a repaired cord and my wallet undisturbed…goodbye bunnies! I’m now working on my coffee bean grinder plan. I will have to get back to you about that slack but I did have to switch to a bigger purse. A small price not to pay for getting free appliance repairs.
Your appliance whisperer,
Sham
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