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Why He Couldn't Stop Shopping After the Heat Pump Was Chosen

There were four quotes fanned out on the kitchen table, and mine was the one on the end. It was late July, the kind of week in Kingfisher County where the heat sits on the roof all night and never really leaves. The house was a ranch, built in the seventies, brick on the front, a good solid place. The system was original to a remodel from twenty-some years back, and the compressor had finally quit on a Sunday afternoon. This homeowner is a composite. I have met this person dozens of times over 47 years, in different towns and different houses. Smart, careful, did their homework. Nobody I am…

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