Impressed

So let me set the scene.  I have had many issues of late that have required the services of contractors and others.  Starting with the ants after we moved in.  Moving on to the rats and the damage they did.  That really called attention to the siding that needed replacing. 
It has been my great experience that contractors and people for hire are very hard to find.  They do not like to return calls.  They are known to not show up.  They are just a hassle.  But rats are more than I could deal with. 
So I had made quite a few calls and found Bill from All Season Pest and he is wonderful. He gave me the names of three contractors for the siding.  I really was not leaning towards Janie, but she was the only one I could get on the phone.  And when she showed up with her crew in tow I was relieved.  I was trying to picture this woman manhandling sheets of siding and just could not do it.  And that doesn't mean that a woman can't.  I just can't picture it.  Obviously I hired her. 
So about four weeks ago the little man thought he would get his sister's goat.  And he did.  He took one of her My Little Pony People and flushed her down the toilet.  Oh yes.  It got stuck.  And stuck it stayed. 
I have a woman contractor here who isn't super comfortable just using the bathroom in my bedroom.  She does, but she keeps asking if I got that toilet fixed yet.  So after the third time....I decided to get off my duff and make some calls.  I had posted on facebook looking for someone, but it hadn't panned out.
So my first and only call was to Sarkinen Plumbing.  The owner has posted in our sale group a time or two and I think I drive past his place of business a lot.  The woman who answered the phone was pleasant and told me she could get someone out today. Wait...what?  The phone got answered and I could have someone today.  Sold.  Absolutely sure I was going to pay for all that good luck.
Anyway Jeremiah came out when he was scheduled to, with a call before he got here.  He came in and told me what it would cost if it came out or went down with the auger.  He offered me a $50 coupon.  So while I was expecting almost $400 (Sears scare tactic to get you to purchase their new home security for all your appliances, etc), it only cost $250. 
Obviously the toy went on its way through the drain pipes.  Jeremiah did tell me it could have been $400 if he would have had to pull the toilet.  I'm just happy that didn't happen and that we have a working toilet again.