This sh** can NOT be taught!

My home phone has been statickey to the point of my not being able to hear callers AT ALL (leading to a really very nice justification of my unwillingness to actually answer the phone ever) for the last 6 months but I think it got fixed yesterday. I do feel the need to point out the fact that I am well aware that waiting the better part of a year to get something as intrinsic as my home phone fixed raises my "slacker" quotient to heretofore unimaginable heights but that being said, I say "I think" because the nice repair guy (if that's who, in act, he was!) stopped by, had a quick glance around my house, asked if I had kids (to which I replied in the affirmative) then said, and I quote: "K. Well, I don't think the problem is inside. I'll either be back or I'll call you with an update." Then he left not having actually at any point examined the inside wiring. Further, when I checked the line at a later point in the evening, I found it too be static free (Yay!) but (again) the repair guy never showed back up, nor did he "call." At no point was I asked to sign anything... I just think it's really wierd that he just came by and fixed something, then left without letting me know he was done or asking me to initial anything. The only thing I can think is that maybe the fix was going to cost me and he didn't feel like charging some "Af-Am-single-mom-with-kids" for the service... I dunno. Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing...?