Reasons to move.

[icarus]

Reasons to move:

5 - I'm sick of listening to wildernessguru whine about how we don't have enough space.

4 - We don't have enough space, as evidenced by WG's outdoor gear all over the place.

3 - I'm sick of listening to wildernessguru whine about the noise in the park.

2 - They raised the rent to a level that's just not worth it to me.

1 - Tonight, my downstairs neighbor pounded on my door complaining about water coming through her ceiling.

Yes, I had the lovely experience of meeting my neighbor in my underwear, then, minutes later, the joy of having my landlady arrive with the plumber. He suggested not too subtly that I must be lying when I said that, no, we did not spill water on the floor, and that in fact, wildernessguru only just took a bath. My landlady and the plumber ignored me as they examined the bathroom.

"Aha! Wet footprints on the floor," said the plumber.

"That's because [WG] just got out of the bath," said Icarus.

The landlady kneeled, checking the seal at the edge of the tub and the floor. "The water could have gotten through here," she said.

"There was no water on the floor," said Icarus. "[WG] just got out of the bath. Maybe there's a plumbing problem. We did have the entire wall torn out a few months ago."

The landlady looked at the low spot on the floor by the sink. "The water would have gathered over there," she said, then cringed at the plumber. I'm standing right there being ignored, by the way. "They are old pipes...."

The plumber nodded. "It is strange that the water is cold though."

What am I, invisible here?

"That's because [WG] rinses off with a cold shower. Which is strange if you consider cold showers strange. Which I do," said Icarus.

Note that wildernessguru was standing in the kitchen in a towel, dripping, throughout all of this. Also note that the apartment was a mess and I was very unhappy having anyone in there. I've no time or interest in cleaning my apartment despite the fact that, yes, they will be here tomorrow to fix their plumbing problem.

I am officially pissed off. wildernessguru has been simmering all evening.

I've had it with this place.

Comments

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

That plumber sounds like an asshole. A couple wet food prints don't cause water to seep through the ceiling and I doubt that if you had flooded the bathroom enough for that to be the reason for your neighbors drippy distress, you could have gotten rid of all the evidence in the little time before the landlady showed up.

Hope you find something bigger and affordable soon, and maybe get rid of some of WG's outdated outdoor stuff in the process. I hate moving but I found it very effective for downsizing clutter.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to bet that it was his boys that did the work on my bathroom over the summer so he doesn't want it to be their fault.

WG regularly clears out his old outdoor gear, donating things to Goodwill, giving them away. His last run was a month ago. What he has, he uses.

Bigger and affordable sounds good. WG has been pushing to move out of the gay neighborhood and I don't want to. I know he wants to move out of Capitol Hill because he doesn't like the image it gives him at work. *eyeroll* Never change what you do for the sake of detractors. It gives people you don't like power over your choices in life.