Tots100 and PartSelect are giving bloggers the opportunity to win a professional house clean and £250 to spend on an appliance. This post is all about sharing some appliance love, in turn telling a cautionary tale.
If we had a coffee machine, that would be my most loved appliance. As we don’t it a toss up between the retro fridge and the Dyson. This post relates to the latter.
Last year our Dyson stopped working. Usually it would go to Dyson heaven and we’d replace it. On this occasion we decided to try and get it repaired. I suspect as we’d received a timely offer in the post for a service.
When the engineer arrived it became apparent very quickly that he was knowledgeable about all things Dyson. It was quite refreshing and a new experience for us given we’ve never serviced anything before. Other than the car.
Our toddler was under two at this point. The engineer had said hello to her when he arrived then focusing his efforts on the Dyson.
Retrieved objects included the obligatory string, hair and elastic bands along with a giant fluff ball, plastic and plastic. We’d had some building work done a few months earlier so the plaster find wasn’t as strange as it seems. Despite laying all his findings out on the floor, POD continued to be well behaved and stayed out of his way.
Despite removing all blockages and replacing a clearly past it filter, the Dyson refused to come back to life. Further inspections were undertaken and the Dyson was turned on and off several times in the process. Further dismantling was necessary and it wasn’t long before the engineer’s hands had vanished into a Dyson abyss.
I asked if I should unplug the Dyson from the wall and the response was “don’t worry I won’t lose my fingers”.
He nearly did when out of nowhere our toddler turned on the Dyson. To this day I have no idea how she found the strength or turned it on so fast, she was only little. Thankfully my record breaking dive to the off switch saved all his fingers, he just hurt his pride. But he did a fabulous job mending our Dyson.
This post about our Dyson being serviced is an entry into the Tots100/PartSelect ‘Love Your Appliance’ competition.
