I never thought of myself as looking young, however then most of the people I knew were my age.
I was 22, and yet everyone thought I was just a teenager… After getting my Heating, Ventilation, and A/C technical certificate, I was uneasy to get out into the field and do some work.
I joined the local Heating, Ventilation, and A/C business as 1 of their Heating, Ventilation, and A/C specialists, and I was passionate it. It wasn’t until they let myself and others go out on a call by myself, that I realized I was going to be a bit of a problem. The first home that I was assigned to go to to do a service on their heating system, had myself and others laying out on the porch. The older lady who owned the house, was afraid to let myself and others into the house, however she even called myself and others a juvenile delinquent, and told myself and others to go back to college. I showed her my Heating, Ventilation, and A/C identification tag, but she thought I had taken it from someone else. I had to call my boss, and have him supply her a call to let her think that it was okay to let myself and others into the house. It got quite a chuckle out of all the other gentlemen at the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C business although I didn’t adore that chuckle being at my expense. The fourth heating system service that they sent myself and others out on, had an older gentleman ready to call the police. I showed him my badge that had all my ID information including my picture. He still wasn’t having any of it. He insisted I had to install the tag and put a fake picture in it, and there was no swaying him, and once again, my boss had to intervene so I could get the task done