We still have no water in our apartment building and the reception guy is saying it looks like a minimum of another 48 hours with it off! When we walked in and there was water covering the floor in the stairway, I knew they'd tried to turn it on and something leaked or burst. Apparently, so many people were complaining, that they promised they'd switch it back on today "no matter what" but when they did, they blew a pipe. I knew something like that would happen, I told Steve "If they turn it on before it's ready, they'll just make it worse and then how long will it take to fix it?" This is what happens when people have no patience. I admit the lack of water is beyond annoying but sometimes you just have to let people do their job and throwing a tantrum isn't going to make the situation any better.
And you want to know what caused all this in the first place? Well, I don't know the technicalities but several months ago, they warned residents that they'd be shutting off the water for a day for mandatory maintenance. But so many people complained that they cancelled it! Steve and I thought "so does that mean they're just going to wait until something goes seriously wrong?" Which is exactly what happened. If people had just accepted ONE day without water, this would have been resolved long ago. But now we're all suffering 3+ days without water because some spoiled brats decided they were too important to go one day without it!
The management has supplied us with as many free bottles of water we want though and also with buckets to flush the toilet (and a hose out back to fill it with). The poor reception guy looks extremely stressed out, he's probably getting all the harassment even though he can't do anything but offer updates about the situation.
And to top it off... I have Steve's cold so I don't even have the energy to go to the health club to shower (the showers there have been open to residents in light of the situation). Ugh, what a crappy day!
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