15 desk phones, 8 alarm clocks, 2 fridges, a drier and a washing machine, 6 smoke alarms, a fuse box timer, several sinks and toilets, a hot water dispenser, and a computer - this is what I have had to replace in recent years in SSOI. I'm not talking about batteries here but rather the entire device. At this moment, I have leaks in a toilet and a sink. I already fixed a toilet and a sink. Two doors won't close even though we have had them fixed twice. The doorbell has never worked.
At the shul where I daven, all the door handles to the toilets are broken as are two of the toilets. The floor keeps flooding.
I have fixed my water heater twice, and even when it works, it doesn't provide enough hot water for a full family to shower within two hours of Shabbos. And you have to remember to turn it off for after a few hours it can explode. Yes, explode.
Because in this land of alleged "all the modern conveniences" the devices keep breaking. In the store, there are few choices, maybe 2 types of alarm clock 4 types of phone, all of which the store keepers know little about. But they all break. They sell junk here. My pants fall apart too. I keep replacing them. And it's more expensive too. Polyester pants that fall apart are $60. In America, cotton pants that last a decade are $20. Computers and cars twice the price. And salaries are 1/4 what I had in America.
I dare say that nothing I buy here works.
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