Inconsiderate pricks upstairs

The BBQ Pit
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I just moved into a new apartment a little over a month ago. Cute, quaint, everything I could ever want in a little place of my own, including a claw foot tub. Yay me.

But a few weeks ago I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth when PLOP goes a little drop of water on my arm. Looking up, I saw that the ceiling was leaking. Awesome. So a quick call to the landlord to let her know, and I was merrily on my way, certain that this issue would be taken care of swiftly. After all, leaks are generally high on the priorities of landlords, considering the kind of damage water can do if left to rot out the floor joists and wall studs.

Over the next few weeks, I only occasionally saw a tiny bit of water drop from the ceiling. Maybe 8 oz. total over several weeks. And I hadn’t seen any drips at all for a couple of weeks, so I assumed the problem had been fixed. On Saturday, however, as I was getting ready to go out to lunch, I heard a strange trickling noise coming from inside the wall and suddenly splash a stream of water issues forth from underneath my medicine cabinet. Sweet. Called the landlord to let her know, and in an hour or so 2 maintenance guys come over to take a look. I point to the ceiling, which has obviously been patched, and one responds, “Yeah, I’ve patched that once already” to which the other replies, “And I patched it again.” So the 2 head upstairs to my upstairs neighbor’s apartment, the apparent source of the trouble, and I’m left to wonder if my landlord is really as great as I thought. Hmm, patching a ceiling multiple times but obviously not fixing the leak? Great job, there, sport. :rolleyes:

So today I’m relaxing at home when I hear a splashing sound from the bathroom. Lo and behold, the ceiling has started to sag and there’s now a torrent of water pouring down my wall. Another call to the landlord, and in 5 minutes there’s another maintenance guy there. I show him Niagara Fall O’er the Crapper, and he fills me in on the situation. He’d just been upstairs to my neighbor’s, since he’d been in the building repairing something when my landlord called and told him to check out this problem pronto.

Seems my neighbor had just taken a shower, and since she can’t be bothered to buy another shower curtain, she’s just been letting the water pool up on the bathroom floor. See, it’s a clawfoot tub, so if you want to shower in it you need more than one shower curtain to contain the water. But she doesn’t care- why should she, she doesn’t own the building.

The maintenance guy told me they’ve ripped the walls and ceiling apart looking for this leak, tested all the drains upstairs, and were completely flummoxed. But since he happened to be right down the hall when the ceiling started to leak this time, he got to see the massive puddle of water upstairs and made the connection. So he bought a shower curtain for them upstairs and tried to impress upon them the importance of using it.

On to ranting. What the fuck is your problem, you idiotic sacks of shit? Did it ever occur to you that flooding your bathroom every time you shower was perhaps not the most prudent action? Leaving out the other issues that are obvious to anyone with the brain capacity of a slug, why the fuck would pools of water on the floor and slimy, mildewy walls be acceptable living conditions for you? I suppose that considering the consequences of your actions would be so taxing for you. You know, structural damage due to water seeping down through the floor and walls. Or the nuisance of cleaning up water in my bathroom whenever you fuckheads take a shower. Or the possibility of mold and mildew growing unseen.

But you know, even without consideration for others, I’m appalled that you are willing to live like pigs. It’s a fucking shower curtain, for Christ’s sake. They’re all of $2 in Wally World. Fuck! And how did it never occur to you after multiple visits by the maintenance crew looking for, and failing to find, a leak in your plumbing, that maybe your disgusting and idiotic showering habits might be to blame.

So this is it. I officially hate my neighbors and will do anything in my power to hasten their demise. Next time water starts flowing from the ceiling, it’s on. If you can’t trouble yourself to hang up a fucking shower curtain (the maintenance guy offered to hang it himself, but she insisted that they would do it) and close it when you take a fucking shower, then I won’t trouble myself pretending to be a nice neighbor.

FOAD. Preferably by slipping in a puddle on the bathroom floor and incurring massive blunt force trauma to the back of the skull.

:mad:

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Uhh for real? These people (who I assume do not have a drain hole in the floor) and really just letting their shower water sit on their floor? Gross.

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<inconsiderate prick>
I can do what i want. You’re not the boss of me. If the apartment gets too gross and disgusting, i’ll just move to another one. I just don’t really give a shit. I look after me, myself and I, and I don’t give a toss about anyone else in the entire world. </ip>

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Apart from that unpleasantness, congratulations on getting your own place!

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I’d be really concerned with the whole ceiling and the tub above crashing through one day.

I would get out ASAP.

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Isn’t this grounds for eviction?? She’s destroying not only her place, but the downstairs place as well!

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As I type my landlord is in my bathroom repairing flood damage. I reported it two weeks ago and he came by and just painted over it. Who would have thought that two weeks later the actual sheet rock and drywall and stuff would come crashing through the ceiling? Oh wait, that was me. That is why I asked you to fix it right the first time,

Oh, wait, he can’t find the source of the leak and refuses to come back during my available hours so my shit is going to be destroyed by flooding because he is too much of a lazy asshole to do his goddamn job!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: I am so happy I am moving in two weeks.

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What is this building made of? Cardboard? There shouldn’t be a leak no matter how much water there is on the floor upstairs.

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Standing water will usually find its way into the unit below. You might get “lucky” if the building has concrete construction, but even then it’s got to go somewhere.

I would be pretty astonished if water was allowed to pool in a unit in any wood-framed building without catastrophic consequences for the occupant below.

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No kidding! A heavy clawfoot tub above your head? Get out get out get out! You could end up dead or gravely injured. At the very least, even if you’re lucky enough to not be in there when it happens, you’ll be without a bathroom for a significant period of time while it’s repaired. Take pictures. Take video. Get a witness. Get statements from the maintenance men, if you can.

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Here’s another my-upstairs-neighbor-is-a-moron story:

At my last apartment, I lived below three frat guys. They would have large parties during finals without warning us, apparently organized an indoor soccer league to be played in their apartment, and were generally obnoxious in the special way that only college-aged males can be. One night, not long after we moved in, they had a raging party. I was irritated but tried to be tolerant. At last, I was able to fall asleep.

The next morning, my roommate comes in to my room and asks if there’s water on my floor. Apparently, her carpet is sopping wet and she can’t figure out why. Since the walls are damp, and the water is spreading, we call the landlords. They come over reasonably promptly and discover the source of the water is our upstairs neighbor’s bathroom. Somehow, he managed to leave his shower on all night long while something was covering the drain. Flooding ensued.

“Official” story he gave the landlords: He was getting ready to take a shower and turned on the water to warm up. While he was waiting, he laid down in bed and fell asleep. A washcloth had fallen, covering the drain and causing the flood.

The real deal he told my roommate: He likes to take showers when wasted. He got in, turned on the water, and promptly passed out while sitting over the drain. That’s right, he covered the drain for hours on end WITH HIS ASS.

We ended up having to move all our furniture and had giant fans blowing to dry out the carpets for almost three days. But the worst part? The exact same thing happened again, right before we moved out. :smack:

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At that point, I might’ve been tempted to go hold his head under the water.

Just for a bit… not long enough to do serious brain damage.:smack:

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Assuming you’re a good tenant - tell your landlord you are going to leave if the other tenant isn’t evicted.

& if nothing happens - give your notice. As Boyo Jim says, you really don’t want to wait till the clawfoot bath crashes through your ceiling!

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And this is why we don’t build large things out of wood, boys and girls.

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I’d move because of two words: black mold.

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Racist.

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More a garden variety bitch, really.

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I just ran over to the back window to make sure, and it seems there are no bitches in my garden. Do you occur naturally, or will I have to put down seed?

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Let us know if she shorts out wiring in the walls and electrocutes herself in the tub. Try to get pictures if you can.

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I’d have to say that we occur somewhat naturally, but do require certain situations to enhance our bitchiness. I could tell you, but I’d have to kidnap you so you couldn’t talk.

I couldn’t kill anyone, so kidnapping it would have to be. That way you couldn’t tell my secrets to anyone, and I’d have someone to be a bitch to 24/7/365! A fate worse than death!