I met him when having dinner at the restaurant where I was a regular and he was the sous chef.
We then bumped into each other at a convenience store where we exchanged numbers.
I would, in later days, come to the hotel for a private dinner. We talked about ourselves and our professions. He was fascinated to hear that I was an HVAC specialist. I went back for dinner several times, and I remember that the wireless thermostat was not working on the third date. The hotel was freezing. They noticed that the regulator stopped working during closing hours. The first thing an experienced HVAC serviceman does when troubleshooting a WiFi device is to check on the internet connection. The internet connection was working fine, and so was the electric HVAC, but we needed to turn up the temperatures, but we could not. I then checked whether they had the latest HIve app on their tablet that would allow them to control the electric heat pump. They still needed the latest update, so I updated the app, but it could not reach the heating equipment. I remember one time, my team and I went for heater maintenance, and the regulator was not working. The senior HVAC supplier only needed to change the batteries, and the regulator was able to communicate with the heat pump installation. I finally found the issue: dead batteries and the distance from the electric heating system. As the system turned up, we settled down for the cheesecake and ice cream dessert he had prepared. I advised him on the best quality filters, the HEPA filters. As it is my nature as s heating technician, I shared some energy-saving tips with him before leaving. Much later after that incident, he asked me if we had HVAC products for sale since his boiler was acting up.