Had a burner guy come over and spill some oil in my home. I suppose if his boss had said “I’m sorry” instead of “My son’s asthma was much worse than it sounds like your kid’s is-just leave the windows open for a few days in November” I would be less upset. Or maybe not. Maybe I would still expect the luxury of closing my windows in the evening. —Little B

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  1. Ok, you burn fossil fuels in your home. Sometimes there will be a little leakage, get over it. Would you prefer to be in a tent burning firewood? I have an oil heated house as well. Maintenance time is a little smelly but it passes.

    This is a first world problem. Get over it.

  2. If it’s only a couple of ounces OB, use Fuller’s Earth aka Kitty Litter.

    If it’s a couple of Liters, they have to clean it up, IAW the Enviroronmental Act.

  3. Get a big can of cheapass coffee, dump it on the spill, let sit for 24 hours, sweep. If it still smells, repeat.

  4. …and next we’ll hear that the Sleep Watcher crawled in through that window. OB, if the oil burner technician knew what he was doing, there would not be oil on the floor.

  5. “Had a burner guy come over and spill some oil in my home.”

    And you guys are bitching at the OP because a worker came into their house and left a mess?

    “Yeah the roofer plugged your gutters, just get up on a ladder and clean them out!”

    “The mechanic left grease footprints in your car? What are you lazy? Get down there and scrub them out”

    Sounds like moron-commenting problem.

  6. You had better be careful and start doing some research. There was a case near me where a woman developed MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity) after an oil truck spilled oil in her house! She sued the oil company and won.

  7. I don’t think it was a moron commenting problem…
    I just didn’t know what the fuck she was on about.

  8. Oh, that’s so cute, Painey! I once had a friend whose family had a giant 3 storey + garret house with a parrot and a Great Dane. When the parrot got lonely, he could call the dog, sounding like anyone in the house! Or she would cry “Larry, telephone!” sounding just like his mum. Larry would come running down from the top floor to find only the bird, bobbing with pleasure at having tricked him!

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