ITNJ Electric

Okay, so I’m one of those people who can’t sleep without cold moving air and/​or a low humming noise. Unfortunately, the pull chain on my ceiling fan broke and there was no way to turn the fan on without replacing the entire pull chain mechanism.
The electrician I used to use retired, so it was time to find someone new. I’d already waited three days to call someone and I wasn’t sleeping well, so I looked on Craigslist. I sent four emails and one responded within about 5 minutes: Augie Lopez with ITNJ Electric. We agreed on a price before he arrived.
Now, it’s a holiday (President’s Day). Augie lives in Taylor but he was Georgetown when he called me back. I live in South Austin, but it’s 8am and he says he can help me today! Imagine my excitement. .. I’m going to sleep well tonight! I remembered I had a dental appointment at 11, so Augie says he’ll just come down now and do the job.
He was here by 9. It’s cold and wet outside, but he did all the stuff that makes you appreciate good service. He put booties on over his shoes and he wrapped and taped booties to the bottom of his ladder.
The last time the pull chain part got changed (over 10 yrs ago) I did it myself. I thought it was going to be a simple job, but it took me two hours and when I finished everything worked, but the order of the clicks was wrong (High, then Low, then Medium, then Off. Really, I was just glad it worked). I mentioned this to Augie and told him it was okay in that order, I just wanted the fan to run.
Well, 30 minutes later he’s replaced the part, offered a suggestion that I pull the chain at a slight angle instead of straight down to help avoid a break in the future. .. AND he’s fixed the order of the clicks. I feel like I got a bonus for free!
Augie will be my new go-​to electrician. He’s fully licensed so maybe now I can get some of those bigger jobs done (the ones I’ve been putting off because they were for convenience only).
And best of all, he’s super nice.