How A-EV Installs saved Christmas
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Cindy, who loved to drive her Tesla. But all Cindy had to recharge her Tesla was a mobile charger, and a 50 amp outlet in her garage, which was both slow and inconvenient. Cindy secretly wished she had a Tesla wall connector charger, but she couldn't afford one.
Well, it was getting close to Christmas, and up at the North Pole, Santa and his elves were hard at work getting ready for Christmas Eve. It had been a long time since Cindy believed in Santa, but Santa hears wishes from children of all ages, whether they believe in him or not. So because Cindy had been a good girl, Santa decided to bring Cindy a wall connector for Christmas, and leave it mounted on her garage wall, wrapped in a shiny red box.
Unfortunately, due to the effects of global warming on the reindeer, polar bears and other North Pole creatures, the power of Santa's magic was very low, and his elves couldn't afford to make any more brand new Tesla wall connectors.
Fortunately though, one of Santa's electrician elves found a new wall connector, from the Island of Misfit Toys, on eBay! It seemed Cindy was going to get her wall connector for Christmas after all. But when it arrived via elf mail to the North Pole, just ONE DAY before Christmas Eve, the elf was horrified to find it had no mounting bracket or screws! (which is probably why it got sent to the Island of Misfit Toys in the first place) The elf called Tesla, and tried to buy a replacement bracket, but Tesla doesn't sell replacement wall connector parts (naughty list for Elon Musk!)
It looked like Cindy's Christmas would be ruined. Without a mounting bracket and screws, Santa wouldn't be able to install Cindy's charger on her garage wall, and because it was so close to Christmas Eve, it was too late for the elves to make another toy for her. That meant Santa wouldn't have a Christmas present for Cindy, which made Santa very sad, because Cindy had been so good, and Santa liked her so much.
But then, the electrician elf got an idea: maybe a company that installs Tesla wall connectors could help! So the elf got back on the phone, and started calling electrical contractors listed on Tesla's installation website, asking if they had any spare mounting brackets Santa could buy. At contractor after contractor, the elf encountered people who just said no, or weren't interested in helping Santa.
But then, the elf called A-EV Installs, and spoke with the owner, Mark Phillips. Mark was very friendly, and agreed to try to help. Mark immediately called around to his employees who were installing Tesla wall connectors, found a spare mounting bracket, then took an hour out of his own personal time to go get it that same day. This friendly, kind, personal customer service was totally different from the grinchy way the elf had been treated by all the other, bigger name installers on Tesla's list.
Using some of Santa's magical flying reindeer dust, the elf went to meet Mark. Mark not only gave the elf the mounting bracket and screws Santa would need to install Cindy's wall connector, but after learning the charger just would be plugged into an outlet (for now), gave the elf an industrial-grade 50 amp outlet to replace the one already in Cindy's garage. Those Leviton outlets have a tendency to melt, Mark cautioned, so we only use these industrial grade outlets in our installations, because they're much better.
Most amazingly, after learning this was a Christmas present from Santa, Mark refused to take a penny of compensation from the elf for the bracket, screws, or the outlet! Instead, Mark offered the elf a job with A-EV Installs. Mark told the elf he had built A-EV Installs from the ground up, only wanted to hire the best electricians, and showed the elf some amazingly neat and clean charger installations A-EV Installs had done. Mark explained that while every A-EV Install had to be done neatly and correctly to code, the most important thing was to always find a way to solve any problem the customer had, and that the elf's friendly personality, and problem-solving skills, were what he was looking for in an A-EV Installs employee. (The elf was very flattered, but told Mark he already had a job at Santa's toy factory, which came with all the Christmas cookies the elf could eat!)
Thanks to the incredible kindness, generosity and customer service attitude of A-EV Installs, Santa was able to leave a beautiful new Tesla charger on Cindy's garage wall for Christmas, carefully wrapped in sparkling red, silver and gold. The elf took some photographs. Cindy was totally surprised, and at first, had no idea where it came from. But eventually, she realized Santa had heard her wish after all, renewing her faith in the magic of Christmas.
And that is how Mark Phillips and A-EV Installs saved Christmas, and earned a spot on Santa's good list.
The End