A new episode of this pre-war building
Read the title in the same tone as this old house, but a lot less fun.
First, my roomies are awesome. Do not assume for a moment that any of this means to insult them at all, not even their way of dealing, because usually putting a bucket there will work as the sink usually very quickly stops leaking of its own accord.
But without further ado...
The sink's apparently been leaking since my roomies got here. On the advice of the super, they put a small bucket under it.
Well, the bucket must have overflowed at some point and the water sat there eating away at the paper and wood-like stuff that was (on) the bottom of the cabinet. Today it started pouring out and someone put a towel under the sink. Well of course when i was scrubbing the remains of the leftovers from the short ribs i made a few weeks ago (a swearing that i would never let anything get that vile again), when i realized the sink had leaked out in front of the stove and started down the hall towards the bathroom. I dried the floor, Wring the towel out in the bathroom and open the under the sink to see how bad the damage is.
Two towels, a spunge, and a lot of suppressing my gag reflex later, i have finally the rotting mess cleaned up. And if you were curious what rotting paper does when it rots... it is very similar to the consistency of snot.
Eww.
Well, tomorrow the super is being called, and in much the same tone of voice as I used earlier today when explaining that the idiot who had been supposed to make my phone run droid had failed to do so (when I'd specifically gone in the to get her to do it) and thus I incurred an additional $200 charge (because my previous phone didn't run the internet), I will get this fixed.
At least the chicken and leek pie leftovers were tasty, but probably should not have been microwaved.
First, my roomies are awesome. Do not assume for a moment that any of this means to insult them at all, not even their way of dealing, because usually putting a bucket there will work as the sink usually very quickly stops leaking of its own accord.
But without further ado...
The sink's apparently been leaking since my roomies got here. On the advice of the super, they put a small bucket under it.
Well, the bucket must have overflowed at some point and the water sat there eating away at the paper and wood-like stuff that was (on) the bottom of the cabinet. Today it started pouring out and someone put a towel under the sink. Well of course when i was scrubbing the remains of the leftovers from the short ribs i made a few weeks ago (a swearing that i would never let anything get that vile again), when i realized the sink had leaked out in front of the stove and started down the hall towards the bathroom. I dried the floor, Wring the towel out in the bathroom and open the under the sink to see how bad the damage is.
Two towels, a spunge, and a lot of suppressing my gag reflex later, i have finally the rotting mess cleaned up. And if you were curious what rotting paper does when it rots... it is very similar to the consistency of snot.
Eww.
Well, tomorrow the super is being called, and in much the same tone of voice as I used earlier today when explaining that the idiot who had been supposed to make my phone run droid had failed to do so (when I'd specifically gone in the to get her to do it) and thus I incurred an additional $200 charge (because my previous phone didn't run the internet), I will get this fixed.
At least the chicken and leek pie leftovers were tasty, but probably should not have been microwaved.