Why I Love Living in a Small Town
I hear all the time people bad mouthing small towns. How there is nothing to do or they are behind the times or all the gossip, etc. I want to give you a perfect example why I LOVE living in a small town.
Yesterday my dryer quit heating. I am not a dryer tech by any stretch but I know a few things about them. I got out a voltmeter and checked continuity on everything and thought I had a bad thermostat. The element was fine.
So I take this thermostat down to Dyer's (where I always go) and show the element to a couple of people. As I walked in the door, Harold Dyer was carrying a trash can, a broom and a dust pan. He dropped all those items to give me a handshake and genuine "good to see you." I saw Chris Stamper who directed me to Tony Dyer who took it and went to find a replacement for me. But before he sold it to me, he said, "Let's check that one just in case." It turns out the one I had was good.
Next stop, Harold. I explained what was happening. Rather than say, "bring that thing in and we will fix it for you or sell you another one," Harold told me exactly what was wrong with my dryer just by the sound. Reminded me of Wally the mechanic on the Andy Griffith Show. I went home, did what he said and it is working perfectly today.
If I had lived in a "city" do you think I would have gotten out of that store without paying something? I bet I would have had a couple hundred dollars of repair bills or a new dryer. But instead I got a handshake, a smile and advice from a man who knows how to do business. When this dryer does go bad, where do you think I will get a new one?
That's what I love about small towns. Yes, the gossip, politics and several other things can get to us all. But there is no way I could live where people didn't know care about me. With all her faults, Grayson, KY is pretty wonderful place to live.
Yesterday my dryer quit heating. I am not a dryer tech by any stretch but I know a few things about them. I got out a voltmeter and checked continuity on everything and thought I had a bad thermostat. The element was fine.
So I take this thermostat down to Dyer's (where I always go) and show the element to a couple of people. As I walked in the door, Harold Dyer was carrying a trash can, a broom and a dust pan. He dropped all those items to give me a handshake and genuine "good to see you." I saw Chris Stamper who directed me to Tony Dyer who took it and went to find a replacement for me. But before he sold it to me, he said, "Let's check that one just in case." It turns out the one I had was good.
Next stop, Harold. I explained what was happening. Rather than say, "bring that thing in and we will fix it for you or sell you another one," Harold told me exactly what was wrong with my dryer just by the sound. Reminded me of Wally the mechanic on the Andy Griffith Show. I went home, did what he said and it is working perfectly today.
If I had lived in a "city" do you think I would have gotten out of that store without paying something? I bet I would have had a couple hundred dollars of repair bills or a new dryer. But instead I got a handshake, a smile and advice from a man who knows how to do business. When this dryer does go bad, where do you think I will get a new one?
That's what I love about small towns. Yes, the gossip, politics and several other things can get to us all. But there is no way I could live where people didn't know care about me. With all her faults, Grayson, KY is pretty wonderful place to live.
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