This very sad story was brought to you by Garage Door Openers Company, who would like to remind you to think ahead. If you notice that your garage door opener is acting up – even a little bit – it’s time to call the real professionals.
DATELINE Saturday, 1 PM: Your garage door opener hesitates for a second while the last panel on the door rounds the corner. You notice it, but you hope it’s just a glitch in the track that will adjust itself. You’re more concerned with that important meeting coming up first thing Monday morning, and with the Powerpoint presentation, you have to emcee.
DATELINE Sunday, 6 PM: By now, the garage door opener is getting cranky, sometimes lifting the door on cue, sometimes not. At times, you have to depress the remote button continuously to get any response. At this point, you are in “Liftmaster Denial,” a state of refusing to face the fact that your garage door opener is ill. By the way, the top garage door company in the area, is open Sundays (and every day!). But they can’t help you until you call.
Beginning Of The Week With A Garage Door Not Opening
DATELINE Monday 6:49 AM: You wake up early and decide to leave for work earlier than usual so that NOTHING can go wrong with your Powerpoint presentation when…lo and behold, your garage door opener has now shut down completely. You think, “What a time for this to happen!!!!” before you realize that Mr. Murphy, who authored Murphy’s law, probably owned a garage door, too. By the way, Instead, you’re in such a panic that you speed-dial the first ten garage door repair companies you find on Google. None of them is open yet, unlike our Garage Door Openers, who are ALWAYS open. You leave a few desperate messages on their answering machines. You call your boss and tell him the bad news, as you feel your career slipping through your fingers.
DATELINE Monday 7:45 AM: Your boss suggested unplugging your garage door opener to use it manually. Too bad he didn’t suggest calling Garage Door Repair Company, because they specialize in repairing door openers, usually within an hour. Instead, you unplug your opener and start to lift the door by hand…. CRACK…you realize the root of the problem is a chink in the garage door track system. Your door is now ajar, askew, and lopsided, not to mention immoveable. On a brighter note, you get a callback from the Two Guys From Italy Garage Door Company, who promises to have a technician out to you by noon…tomorrow.
DATELINE Monday 8:01 AM: Your next-door neighbor has a similar problem, and can’t get her garage door opener to work. She calls our Garage Door Company right away, and they arrive in minutes. Meanwhile, you have to participate in your meeting by conference call, and listen to your boss butcher the Powerpoint presentation.
The Same Day Garage Door Opener Repair Company
DATELINE Monday 8:35 AM: Like throwing salt on your corporate wounds, the our truck is now leaving your neighbor’s driveway. They have just installed a brand new belt-drive garage door opener in her garage in under 30 minutes. You’re so angry that you forget to take note of the name on the side of the truck: Garage Door Company. None of the other garage door companies have gotten back to you.
DATELINE Thursday 3 PM: You’ve been laid off, and forced to sell your house and move in with your in-laws, directly resulting from your missing the important Powerpoint meeting. Naturally, the lopsided garage door brings your asking price way down, and it mocks you as you pack up and vacate.
DATELINE Friday 6 PM: The Two Guy From Italy Garage Door Company repairmen finally show up to fix your garage door emergency. They are so steamed the house is empty that they kick the garage door on their way out. It falls off the track and onto the driveway.
