Businesses operating during the pandemic, thanks, but no thanks Review #4
every time i think ASAP's the most useless company i've EVER dealt with, they raise the bar even higher.
already up to our eyeballs in the ample challenges of Covid-19, A SERIOUSLY AWFUL PLUMBER (ASAP for short) shut off the water to one of the buildings in the Pacific Pines Racquet Club (where i own a rental) in Encinitas. even if that was necessary, a little heads-up (before, after, during) would've been nice.
so, first-thing Saturday morning (7/11), my tenant and her family was quarantined (read: stuck) in a condo with no running water for showering, drinking, washing dishes, or even for flushing the toilet. when she asked the bumbling idiots from ASAP how long the water would be off, she was promised they'd have it back on BEFORE they left that afternoon (7/11).
guess how that turned out?
when i drove down to check things out Sunday afternoon (7/12), the guys, who were supposed to be working, were standing around the parking lot smoking cigarettes and playing grab-ass.
starting Sunday, i put the tenant and her family up in a hotel so they could shower and flush the toilet.
after more than a dozen calls to the property management company Sunday and Monday (NONE of which were returned), started leaving messages with ASAP directly for status. NONE of those phone calls were returned either.
this morning (Friday, 7/17), i got a text from the tenant who let me know the water's still off and she can't shower for a job interview (double whammy here: a Covid layoff and a grossly incompetent plumber) she has this morning.
if you're desperate to be ignored and jerked around, ASAP Drain Guys & Plumbing are your kind of folks. if you want your job completed by a competent crew who gives a hoot about the problem you need solved in a hurry, hire somebody else.
ps: just called ASAP again -- expectations are LOW. do you think the company's called ASAP because Slower Than an Octagenarian Wearing 100-lb Ankle Weights was already taken? I'm guessing not. even an octagenarian in ankle weights can return a phone call.
pps: yesterday (7/20), finally got the first ASAP callback but the problem's still not fixed. today's day eleven and the tenant still can't take a shower.