He was cursing up a storm and was saying how much that hurt.
I was extremely nervous when a good friend of mine asked if I could help him work on his HVAC system. He said it was something he did all the time so it wasn’t a huge deal. I asked him if he was not concerned about the warranty for the HVAC system. He laughed and said it was about 8 years old anyway and most warranties would only last around 10 years and then the HVAC would work depending on how often it was serviced. That made me feel a little bit better, but I still worried about him being a non-professional with this sort of work. I have heard that people have died from working on HVAC systems. Well, I was there just waiting for my buddy to tell me what I could do while he was opening the cabinet to the HVAC unit. He had a bunch of different tools ready and he seemed pretty serious. When he reached into the HVAC unit, there was a spark and he snapped his arm back and almost elbowed me. He was cursing up a storm and was saying how much that hurt. He said he was so stupid to forget to shut the power off to the HVAC unit. He said he usually does this work on his own and he supposed he was distracted with me being there. I told him not to blame me, he was the one who supposedly did this type of work all the time regardless of voiding the HVAC warranty. When he asked if I would still help, I told him there was no way I was going to continue watching him get himself killed or destroy his HVAC equipment.