{"id":2488,"date":"2012-03-05T07:49:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T15:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindworkshypnosis.net\/hypnotizer\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2013-06-07T09:59:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T16:59:15","slug":"the-saga-of-the-raging-bull-washer-or-skill-makes-all-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindworkshypnosis.net\/hypnotizer\/2012\/03\/05\/the-saga-of-the-raging-bull-washer-or-skill-makes-all-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saga of the Raging Bull Washer – or, Skill Makes All the Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wash problems out of your life with hypnosis.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Storytime!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Well, Michael and I moved into a new place recently.\u00a0 It included a lovely set of “new?” appliances.\u00a0 Or, so it was purported.\u00a0 The washer and dryer sitting in our laundry room\u00a0looked beautiful.\u00a0 Uber fancy!\u00a0 Digital.\u00a0 Lots of controls.\u00a0 Front loading.\u00a0 However, the first time I tried to wash some clothes I encountered a frightening problem.\u00a0 The thing jumped around the room like a raging bull on steroids!!<\/p>\n

I mean scary\u00a0movement.\u00a0 Possessed.\u00a0On the spin cycle,\u00a0the washing machine repeatedly jumped violently–smacking the pipes, the dryer, it hit the wall again and again to the point that it\u00a0gouged out a nice hole in the paint and plaster.\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 I had set some clothes on top of the machine, they were flung around the room.<\/p>\n

I set the spin to “slow.”\u00a0 Same deal.\u00a0 My adrenalin was pumping.\u00a0 I unplugged it from the wall.\u00a0 What to do?<\/p>\n

Michael and I tried to figure it out.\u00a0 We know NOTHING about washing machines.\u00a0 The thing was installed on a white plastic tub\/liner on top of a linoleum flooring.\u00a0 We thought “Perhaps it’s that liner that’s sliding, it’s not sitting on a steady surface.”\u00a0\u00a0 So, we removed the door to the room so we could maneover around in there and tugged and tipped and pulled to get the washing machine (weighs a ton) off of the liner and sitting firmly on the\u00a0floor.\u00a0 We did it!<\/p>\n

It still\u00a0jumped around the room like a raging bull!<\/p>\n

The next day we were at one of those large home supply stores and talking to appliance clerks about the problem.\u00a0 They had no advice for us, except that we should buy a new machine.\u00a0 Well, we could do that.<\/p>\n

When we moved into our place we had\u00a0found a “handy man” to help us install some blinds.\u00a0 We called the handy man–he had said he was knowledeable about appliances and could fix them.\u00a0 He looked at it, played with the feet, pressed buttons, etc. and did nothing at all useful to fix the problem.\u00a0 We paid him $100 for his time–but nothing changed.\u00a0 The bull still lived in our laundry room.<\/p>\n

We thought:\u00a0 this is ridiculous.\u00a0\u00a0So we called in a\u00a0real live appliance repairman\u00a0to help us.\u00a0 An expert, someone actually trained in washing machine repair.\u00a0 Someone who knows what the hell they’re doing.<\/p>\n

So, we waited for our appointment, and the repairman came.\u00a0 He took 5 seconds to figure out the problem, and about 3 minutes to fix it.\u00a0 Turns out the shipping screws were still\u00a0installed in the back of the machine, next to plaques reading “remove before use.”\u00a0 Whoever had set up the appliances in our home had not done that.\u00a0 Those screws were holding the drum\u00a0in an unnatural\u00a0position, so that it couldn’t spin properly.\u00a0 That was all of it.\u00a0 He removed the screws and the thing works perfectly!!!\u00a0 Spins perfectly, sits steady, purrs like a kitten.\u00a0\u00a0 And washes clothes like a dream.\u00a0Yay!!!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The point:\u00a0 when somebody is skilled and trained and knows what they’re doing, it makes all the difference in the world.\u00a0 And they do make it seem so “easy” to fix things.\u00a0\u00a0Because it is, to someone who is the real deal.\u00a0 Our washing machine repairman was the real deal.<\/p>\n

There’s a lesson here, for me and Michael, and for everyone.\u00a0 Go for quality.\u00a0 Find someone well trained who can really help you when you have a problem.<\/p>\n

This is applicable to the work I do as well.\u00a0 If you’ve got behavioral “repairs” to make, you can ask your neighbor, ask the butcher at the market, ask\u00a0Dear Abby,\u00a0go forever\u00a0to bumbling talk therapists or\u00a0take a chance with\u00a0abysmally unskilled script-readers posing as\u00a0“hypnotists” or you can come to people who know what the hell they’re doing and make short work of the problem.\u00a0 That’s Michael and me.\u00a0 We’re the real deal.\u00a0 Clinical Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapists and Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming\u00ae<\/p>\n

Call us for a free consultation if you’d like to learn more about our professional services:\u00a0 (425) 564-8608.<\/p>\n

Warm Regards,
\nConnie<\/p>\n

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