What in THE Hell is going on??????????
This is absolutely beyond surreal.....
I keep having to pinch myself.
So, I just rolled out of bed about 10 minutes ago, and headed into the kitchen for some water before hitting up the shower. Now, if someone can explain this to me, there's a reward in it for you. As I stepped on the rug in front of the kitchen counter I heard a squish and noticed my sock was wet. I turned on the light, and what I saw I cannot explain....
The rug is totally soaked, but the left 10% of it is totally dry. The floor around the rug is all wet as well. I opened up the cupboard underneath the sink, it's totally soaked as well, as is everything inside of it. Here's the (second most) strange part: The kitchen counter is soaked as well, but only to the right of the sink. But that's not the really really odd part..... are you ready for this? To the right of the sink, the really wet part, there are what appear to mashed potatoes all over the counter. Yeah, you read that right. I've lived here for two years and have never had mashed potatoes. So, I call the maintenance people, and a VERY pissed of girl answers the phone (understandable given it's a holiday). I tell her what happened, she tells me the repair guy will call me back. A couple minutes later my phone rings and I explain what happened to him. He didn't seem all that confused - he said he's seen that happen before. He says it happens when a waterline outside the building gets clogged or shut off, and someone in the apartment above you runs their water. It apparently causes water to back up into your sink and all over the place, and usually needs repaired, as the sink becomes perma-clogged.
Ok, fair enough. So then he tells me how to test for such a thing. Stop up the sink, fill it up with water, and then pull the plug; if it doesn't drain, then there you go. So I do this, and the sink drains completely fine. I also explain to him that only the right side of the sink is wet, but the counter is level, which doesn't add up. On top of that, the sink itself was totally dry, as were the crumbs in it. He then gives me the only explanation that even remotely makes sense, "Well, just clean up whatever mess there is, go about your life, and if something else happens, call us, otherwise pretend it never happened."
Good advice Kevin the Maintenance Guy.... I think I'll just do that.....
Oh, and as a fun tribute to Murphy's Law, every single major holiday since I've lived here, something has gone wrong, usually with my water.
Thanksgiving '06 - water-main explosion, no water at all.
Christmas '06 - water heater dies, hot water goes offline for two days
Easter '07 - hot water gasket breaks, hot water can't be turned off. Also, dad's basement floods.
4th of July '07 - water starts leaking in shower from apartment above
Thanksgiving '07 - "The Mashed Potato Incident"
Christmas '07 - ????
EDIT::: AWESOME!! My entire silverware drawer and all my pots and pans are full of brown water!! SUPER BONUS!!!! this doesn't put a hamper on my cooking for the day at all!!!
EDIT 2: And apparently my grandmother just died.... and my grandfather had a stroke and isn't expected to survive through the weekend. Wow, best thanksgiving ever. You can't make this stuff up, folks.
I keep having to pinch myself.
So, I just rolled out of bed about 10 minutes ago, and headed into the kitchen for some water before hitting up the shower. Now, if someone can explain this to me, there's a reward in it for you. As I stepped on the rug in front of the kitchen counter I heard a squish and noticed my sock was wet. I turned on the light, and what I saw I cannot explain....
The rug is totally soaked, but the left 10% of it is totally dry. The floor around the rug is all wet as well. I opened up the cupboard underneath the sink, it's totally soaked as well, as is everything inside of it. Here's the (second most) strange part: The kitchen counter is soaked as well, but only to the right of the sink. But that's not the really really odd part..... are you ready for this? To the right of the sink, the really wet part, there are what appear to mashed potatoes all over the counter. Yeah, you read that right. I've lived here for two years and have never had mashed potatoes. So, I call the maintenance people, and a VERY pissed of girl answers the phone (understandable given it's a holiday). I tell her what happened, she tells me the repair guy will call me back. A couple minutes later my phone rings and I explain what happened to him. He didn't seem all that confused - he said he's seen that happen before. He says it happens when a waterline outside the building gets clogged or shut off, and someone in the apartment above you runs their water. It apparently causes water to back up into your sink and all over the place, and usually needs repaired, as the sink becomes perma-clogged.
Ok, fair enough. So then he tells me how to test for such a thing. Stop up the sink, fill it up with water, and then pull the plug; if it doesn't drain, then there you go. So I do this, and the sink drains completely fine. I also explain to him that only the right side of the sink is wet, but the counter is level, which doesn't add up. On top of that, the sink itself was totally dry, as were the crumbs in it. He then gives me the only explanation that even remotely makes sense, "Well, just clean up whatever mess there is, go about your life, and if something else happens, call us, otherwise pretend it never happened."
Good advice Kevin the Maintenance Guy.... I think I'll just do that.....
Oh, and as a fun tribute to Murphy's Law, every single major holiday since I've lived here, something has gone wrong, usually with my water.
Thanksgiving '06 - water-main explosion, no water at all.
Christmas '06 - water heater dies, hot water goes offline for two days
Easter '07 - hot water gasket breaks, hot water can't be turned off. Also, dad's basement floods.
4th of July '07 - water starts leaking in shower from apartment above
Thanksgiving '07 - "The Mashed Potato Incident"
Christmas '07 - ????
EDIT::: AWESOME!! My entire silverware drawer and all my pots and pans are full of brown water!! SUPER BONUS!!!! this doesn't put a hamper on my cooking for the day at all!!!
EDIT 2: And apparently my grandmother just died.... and my grandfather had a stroke and isn't expected to survive through the weekend. Wow, best thanksgiving ever. You can't make this stuff up, folks.