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"And now moving on to the weather report, today is the hottest day of the year with a maximum temperature of 104° F and minimum temperature of 96.8° F. Heat weave will continue this week. We recommend you to stay indoors mostly. Take an adequate amount of water with you, if you are going out." The news reporter on the big screen said.

Mr. Jones just left his office and saw the news on the big screen. No doubt it's really hot today. Although it was already past evening time, the temperature didn't decrease.

'I will just go home, take a long bath, and drink beer with the air conditioner on', thought Mr. Jones. It took him 45 minutes to reach home because of less traffic because everyone was trying their best to avoid the heat today.

Mr. Jones walked to his block and he could make out the nameplate on which it was written 'The Jones.' 'Ah! I am so happy to see my house. In a few moments, I can have a chilled beer under the cool air from the AC.'

With that thought, he opened the door. But it turned out completely different from what he expected. It was much hotter than outside. "Am I in a sauna?", he asked.

Mr. Jones saw his wife sitting on the living room sofa looking tired. He asked "What's going on? Why didn't you turn the AC on when it's so hot?"

Mrs. Jones replied tiredly, "The AC is broken."

"No way! Why of all day?! Today is the hottest day this year", Mr. Jones shouted. It was hard for him to believe that his earlier plan chilled beer and cool air from the air conditioner won't happen anytime soon. "Give me the remote." He ordered Mrs. Jones. It looked like Mr. Jones won't give up soon.

Mrs. Jones passed the AC remote control to her husband. Mr. Jones pressed all the buttons of the remote repeatedly times but nothing happened. "Ugh! What's going on?!", frustrated, he threw the remote away.

"I told you, it won't work. It was 'spitting' earlier", replied Mrs. Jones.

"What do you mean by 'spitting' earlier?", asked Mr. Jones.

"Well, I was cleaning the house, and drops of water were coming out instead of cool air. And so...I hit it with the...uh...vacuum-cleaner...just a little", Mrs. Jones recalled the earlier incident.

"You hit it?", asked Mr. Jones.

"Yes, to make it work only. You know, how TVs and washing machines work when you hit them...", Mrs. Jones continues.

"Now if you hit them repeatedly, they break, They're precision IC-Controlled instruments", Mr. Jones replied pointing towards the broken AC.

"IC...what?...", asked Mrs. Jones tiredly.

"Anyhow, you should not hit them", screamed Mr. Jones. The heat was taking a toll on him.

Mr. Jones continues, "Did you contact the repairman?"

"Yes, they're coming tomorrow", answered Mrs. Jones tiredly.

"What?! They tell us to call immediately if we need anything, and now they're doing this?!", shouted Mr. Jones.

"Honey, if you get angry like this, you will only feel hotter", replied Mrs. Jones.

Although Mr. Jones was angry but he knew his wife was right. So, he calmed down a little and asked, "What about the kids?"

Mrs. Jones pointed towards Eddie's room. All of them were hanging in Eddie and Sophie's room who had the air conditioner apart from the living room. They were planning to buy a new AC for their own bedroom which won't be possible until the Christmas bonus.