After the Apartment Waterfall

[roseembolism]

All in all, coming home at 1:300 AM to find a waterfall cascading down the steps from our apartment really isn't that bad as far as "coming home to find disaster" stories. It's nowhere as bad as coming home to for example meet a woman waiting for you, saying "Hi, you may not remember me it was so long ago, but this scowling teenager is your son." We're talking temporary frustration, not total rearrangement of our lives.

In fact, the apartment manager assures me on a scale of 1-10 we rank at most a three, while our neighbors below got up to about a five. They'll be out a full week, while we might be able to go back in on Wednesday, depending on how fast the concrete dries.

We are very fortunate, all things considered; though last night pushed us near the ends of our endurance, Sandpanther has offered to take us in for a couple days, and our renter's insurance should cover most of the damage. Finances will be very tight for the rest of the month, what with the convention coming up, but we're surviving.

These things happen. We just gotta remember that things will keep getting better.

Comments

[tronpublic.livejournal.com]

So, for the morbidly curious, what happened to the toilet?

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

Did a pipe burst?

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

As far as we can tell, a connector was loose, and worked it's way free. Fortunately it was for the pipe going into the toilet.

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

while our neighbors below got up to about a five

The tremendous racket of their baby probably broke the pipe. ;)

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

KARMA, BITCHES

[tronpublic.livejournal.com]

Tell the downstairs neighbors that it was the pipe going _out_ of the toilet. Even if they can't smell anything, they'll be afraid of everything about the apartment for years to come.

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

"The complex flooded the neighbors."

[silverstreak.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you have a handle on the whole perspective thing. Things like this can seem a total, life wreaking disaster unless you look at it the right way...mainly that your annoying neighbors got things far worse than you did!

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

SEE ABOVE

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

I can't help but feel sympathetic to them, having seen the husband leading his wife (still in her pyjamas) out to the car.

Of course that sympathy has a limit when it comes to the insurence claim. But I think we might bake them a cake or something.

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

Talked to the insurance guy: it would be an excellent idea to let the downstairs folks file their own claim and don't take any responsibility at all for this-- we really want the apartment liable, not ourselves. Cake implies a certain amount of guilt. I'm not getting involved, and I suggest you don't, either.

[etoilenoir959.livejournal.com]

Ya'll situation is the ultimate of boogers, and I'm sorry it had to happen to you guys. But I'm glad to hear that you're taking this in stride.