Basically, I work in paradise. My daily schedule is fairly flexible, but my on-calls hours are around the clock, and that is not flexible at all. I am one of the head techs at a ritzy beachside resort. I live here, at a small cabana overlooking the beach, and although the work is hard the pay is great and the view can’t be beat. The clients who visit the resort pay top dollar and expect the best of everything, including climate control in their suites and villas. Many of our clients are rich, spoiled, and entitled, but I know how much they pay to rent these places, so if they say the air conditioning isn’t cold enough then I just say “yes sir” and “yes ma’am” and get to work. They have gone through a lot of HVAC techs in the past in this position, because most people don’t like to be talked to this way. I get yelled at, chewed out, and disrespected by the guests, often while I am engaged in fixing their air conditioner, and not everyone has the disposition to tolerate that. For me, it’s about that paycheck. This gig pays more than any other HVAC job I have ever worked, and by a wide margin at that. If I have to listen to rich old snobs talk smack for this kind of money, then that’s what I do for the sake of this HVAC job! I usually wear earbuds while doing HVAC work anyway, so I can’t even hear most of what they say to me.

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