Malfunctions Always Come in Twos

Usually when I have to get repairs done for my home, I have to get them done in pairs. One thing just never breaks on its own. It always has to break with something else. When my car stopped working, I also had to get a new stove. When my microwave stopped working, I also had to get a new clock. This time, it was my air conditioner and my television. I didn’t expect either to stop working, but they did, and I had to get an AC repair in Queens, and I had to get a new television, because it would have been too much money and trouble to pay someone to fix the television.

I wasn’t necessarily bothered by the air conditioner breaking, because it was an old system and I was long overdue to get some repairs done to it to make it more energy efficient. …