Every once in a while I get to be a hero.
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Tonight was one of those nights.
It was going to be a usual Tuesday. Dinner, dishes and some living room dancing
Photo originally posted here
Then I realized that I hadn’t started the dishwasher - No big deal - add pod and press play.
Then it happened. The three beeps.
Pro Tip: If anything with a CPU or processors beeps at you more than once it means problems and it seems tonight’s were brought to you by Samsung.
I did what everybody does now: I took a photo of the serial number and asked AI.
AI came back to me and basically said: Something’s stuck you idiot.
The child and I troubleshot the issue together.
Maybe it’s the cutting board getting in the way? NOPE The steak knife? NOPE The coffee cup? NOPE
She kept on pulling out steak knives convinced that this was the issue - as if solving it would be as simple as playing a game of steak knife jenga
We hummed and hawed and tried to run it without the bottom rack in it.
It works!
That means that there’s a block somewhere. We tried a few things and then I realized that there was a bowl with a handle that was poking out of the bottom of the rack. 1
I was pretty sure I had solved the puzzle, but to be sure we reset the cycle on the washer. The machine swooshed and swished and greeted us with a beep-less existence once again.
Well.
You would think I just invented the cure for cancer. 2
She ran around the house telling anybody that would listen that DAD FIXED THE DISHWASHER. . She ran to tell BW and then I am pretty sure she went to find the dog to tell it the good news too.
“You’re the best DAD”, she tells me tonight at bedtime.
Tonight, I’m the hero.
We shall see what tomorrow brings. :) 3
Until Next Time,
TH and Co.