​The Dangerous Price of "I Fix Am Well": A Story of Near-Disaster

 I installed an inverter ceiling fan last month, and since then, I’ve had the same disturbing dream three times, that the fan, while spinning, falls right on me while I’m in bed. Each time, it’s been bad.


Sometimes, I’d just be lying in bed watching a movie or working, and I’d suddenly slip into this brief trance where I vividly see the fan falling and slicing me. I’d snap back to reality, bind it, shake it off, and continue what I was doing. But other times, because of how real it felt, I’d turn off the fan completely or avoid my bed altogether.


What makes it even stranger is that with my previous fan, I never once had such a thought or dream. Not even for a second. So what was it about this new one?


At some point, I reached out to the person who installed it. "Abeg come my house come check this fan way you install ".

“Mama, you too dey worry. You na perfectionist. I fix that thing well,” he said.


I didn’t push it further cos I was still relieving the experience from the other solar installer.


But today, I woke up with a very strong urge to call another electrician. I didn’t explain anything to him. I just asked him to come and check the fan.


I was in the kitchen preparing lunch when I suddenly heard him shout. I ran to the bedroom.


Apparently, the two main nuts holding the ceiling fan were already loose. No fan clip was used. Maybe he forgot to clip it. It was only a matter of time before the screws gave way completely and the fan would come crashing down, just like I had been seeing in my dreams.


I’ve been shouting ever since.


Because with my old fan, which I used for three years, I never had such a dream. Not once.


This is one of the reasons I never ignore my intuition.


Artisans call me a perfectionist, sometimes even mockingly and some see me as a difficult client, and I’ve tried to ignore certain instincts because of that. But the truth is, I don’t rest until things are double-checked and resolved. That’s the only way I have peace.


If I hadn’t followed that nudge, that fan might have fallen one day.


God have mercy.

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