This contractor does not believe in Covid precautions and actively does its part to spread the…read morecoronavirus to customers' homes. The statements on its web site to the contrary are false.
Its service man (whose name I am not disclosing) was at my house for routine maintenance a few days ago.
At no time did he wear a face mask. I'm vaccinated, and all the other contractors coming to my house recently have been vaccinated, too -- at least they say they've been. I'd think that vaccination would be good for business.
At the end of the Hannabery call, when the service man asked for payment, he came into my home office and came closer than six feet to me as I handed him the check and signed his computer.
Given the absence of a mask, I assumed that he had been vaccinated, but I asked him anyway if he had been. He immediately became hostile and said that Hannabery doesn't require vaccinations or masks and that he would neither confirm nor deny if he had been vaccinated. I said that if I had known he hadn't been vaccinated, I would have been wearing an N-95 mask, which I have. He responded that even N-95 masks don't protect against the coronavirus, which is patently false. He left the house in a huff.
Apparently, Hannabery and its service man believe the anti-vaxxers, rather than Dr. Fauci, the Food and Drug Administration or the Centers for Disease Control.
After he left, I had to open all the windows and wear an N-95 mask because I had no idea what the service man may have left behind.
It is the service man's defiant attitude that is spreading the Delta variant and making people sick.
The Hannabery web site says, "Our technicians wear gloves, face masks and booties." In fact, they do not.
A few days before the appointment, I received an e-mail from Hannabery with the service man's bio. According to Microsoft Word, the e-mail contains 413 words. It's in a tiny font. At the very end, the e-mail has the following disclaimer, "***Effective 06/28/21 the Pennsylvania mask mandate is being lifted. If you still prefer our technician to wear a mask while in your home please contact our office prior to your scheduled service call.***" I didn't even notice it.
I would like to know how this disclaimer in the e-mail squares with "Our technicians wear gloves, face masks and booties," which appears on the web site and DOES get noticed.
In my house, I will determine who enters and who does not. If I'd been warned that the service man wasn't vaccinated, I would have canceled the service or refused him entry.
On the same day I had this experience, I e-mailed service@hannabery.com about my concerns. They never responded.
Hannabery can take its anti-anti-Covid crusade to like-minded customers who also feel that the pandemic is a hoax. I have a relative who died from Covid after being on a ventilator for two weeks.
I never gave informed consent to Hannabery about having an unmasked, unvaccinated employee in my house.
Because of this incident, I've gone for Covid testing and am waiting for the result.
This is the end of my eleven-year association with Hannabery. When I need routine maintenance next year, I will be hiring someone else. Apparently, their principles are more important than my money.
