Monday 18th September 2023
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Report written by Madhan
Finding Ms.M's house was not that hard as the mission description mentioned to call Ms.M if I couldn't find her flat. The stairs in the building were comfortable to walk as it barely added any stress to my knees when I walked 3 floors up.
Ms.M was tired when I asked her how she was doing. Two GoodGymers recently visited Ms.M to help fix her curtains. She pointed me to the washing machine, which is where today's task was focused. She had the manual ready on how to clean the filter.
As Ms.M couldn't bend much, she couldn't access the filter on the bottom of the machine nor access the water pipe which needs to be turned off before opening the filter. She already placed a plate under the washing machine to hold the water. We built a dam around the filter using three towels so that the floor was not flooded(just in case).
The filter looked clean when I took it out and gave it a wash under the sink and put it back. Ms.M pointed to the manual and said something else needed to be done along with what I just did. Then I noticed a valve needed to be taken out and emptied. When doing that I accidentally broke a plastic clamp near the valve. It was one of the three clamps that were holding the filter cover. Even without that, the filter cover was able to lock properly.
I asked if Ms.M had any superglue. Ms.M took some time and eventually got a super glue for me. After fixing what I'd broken, I asked if she needed any additional help. She asked me to help her align the curtains as she couldn't reach them. The curtain rod was not aligning properly on the hook. I tried my best to explain that to Ms.M. After some time we got into an agreement and decided to finish aligning the curtains.
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