livingoutloud

ugg. I went to bed around three. Not particularly unusual...except I awoke aorund 7:30...to the sound of incessant banging on my door. The guy fromt he apartment directly beneath me wanted to know why water was pouring through his cieling.

I ran to the (newly renovated)bathroom and found it flooded. Water was steadily gurgeling up through the shower drain. There was some scremaing, some curseing, some tossing of towels...then we both ran to the super and found a whole army of folks banging on his door. It seems the whole line of apartments was flooding.

After much bullshit and caffiene, the source of the great flood of 2004 was discovered. The apartment directly next door had a drainage issue. Actually, the folks next door have a cleanliness issue. They are this rotting older couple that have been in that space since the dawn of time and haven't cleaned it once. It's the kind of place you have to hold your breath as you walk by. It seems they got a clog a while back and never handled it, it finally let go today and a whole basin of water flooded the system, forced its way up the pipes into our apt, and then trickled down into everyone elses.

So let this be a lesson to all of you: Clean up your shit!