I decided to use some of the money to get an HVAC service contract
I started working for the present company about two years out of college, which happened to coincide with the birth of my daughter. This was a stressful year and I realized I wouldn’t afford a child unless I got a better job than bagging groceries at a retail store. My cousin told me that I should consider going into sales at a company that partnered with his employer. I had absolutely no expectations that this would result in anything more than a temporary position, but I was extremely relieved when they begged me to stay as a fulltime employee once my normal probationary period had elapsed. To be honest, I never saw myself as a salesman or as anyone that would have any conceivable form of success in the industry. But life at this company has been kind to myself and my family, and recently I was given an unexpected bonus at work along with all of the other employees in my department. My wife and I were up to date on our finances with all of our credit cards paid off in full when I received the totally unexpected work bonus. I decided to use some of the money to get an HVAC service contract. Usually I’d pay to get the machine serviced once a year, but an annual service contract would give me four visits for the price of two traditional ones. And it was through this HVAC service contract that we were offered such a good deal on a new heating and cooling system when our old one reached its 15 year mark.