Not unusual. Is there an exhaust fan in the bathroom?
Yeah, there is.
That’s how you remove moisture from the air in the bathroom. You should be using it when you take a shower, and also if you want to hang-dry clothes in the bathroom. Close the door mostly but not all the way, and turn on the exhaust fan.
An Ongoing Mini Rant
I understand that for certain reasons (sometimes because I am on the autism spectrum, sometimes because I have a variety of mental health issues, and sometimes just because I am me) some things that most people do not notice or care about, really annoy or bother me.
One of these things is that when I am being asked a bunch of questions I don’t know the answers to and I anticipate a bunch more questions that I don’t the know the answers to, I find it deeply and profoundly unpleasant. At some point, I would answer the first one or two questions I could and then say “You now have as much information as I do.” If people continue to ask questions after that, I would just repeat “You now have as much information as I do.” Very nearly all the time, they understand and stop asking questions. I find this immensely satisfying and rewarding.
My beloved finds my saying “You now have as much information as I do.” to be very rude and offensive. I have been trying to find a different way to get her to stop asking me questions I will not be able to answer, one that she does not find rude or offensive. Generally, she is very sympathetic and understanding. It is one of the reasons I love her. This is sadly the exception. I have tried many times to explain that whle most people would not be bothered by this, it bothers me a great deal. Again, she generally understands that for various reasons certain things effect me very differently. She doesn’t seem to understand this one. She seems to think that if she is asking me a bunch of questions and that a bunch of other questions are coming, it is wrong to tell her ‘I do not know. Stop asking me.’ I understand that I shouldn’t be rude to her. She doesn’t seem to understand just how unpleasant this situation is for me, and that I need very badly to stop it when it happens.
She has some issues of her own. I try to understand and accomodate them. She tries to understand and accomodate most of my issues. On this one, she has basically said ‘You are wrong. You need to work on it.’ It is baffling.
“Please stop asking me questions about this for now.”
Then it’s probably hitting on some issue she has. It might help to ask her why it bothers her so much. (This would drive me apeshit, FWIW.)
A key finding about relationships is that most of the issues between couples are recurring and never actually resolved, it’s just a matter of how the conflict is managed. My husband, who has some ASD traits, comes off at times as snide and condescending. This is not intentional on his part, he just doesn’t get how his negative responses to things can shut down conversation, which is yes, rude. I find condescension maddening, generally. So it’s not a good dynamic.
What helped at least a little was to talk about it outside the context of it happening. It’s difficult to address stuff like this when it’s in the middle of going down. So later, when we weren’t having that conversation, and things were chill between us, I would bring it up. And we’ve talked about it in light of his autistic traits and something to be aware of.
Is it solved? No. But sometimes it helps just to hash it out and know that it’s not intentional.
I think everyone finds that unpleasant. This isn’t just you.
Another crappy development-
As maintenance has still not responded to my request to fix the dryer and the outlet in my kitchen, I finally took my wet clothes across the street to the unpleasant laundromat. It was too hot. The chairs were uncomfortable. The television was much too loud. I tried to make the best of it by surfing the web on my phone.
Next, a bunch of history that is very relevant-
During the last Presidential election, I spoke out against Trump to anybody who would listen and at every possible opportunity. My friends Bob and Stephanie (they have been married for many years now) were Republicans. They had left the Republican party the first time it had named Trump as their official candidate. They were both engaged in a lot of false comparisons and both-sides-ism. Through reasoned debate based on logic and evidence, I was eventually able to covince them that if elected Trump would do all kinds of horrible, evil things.
Bob, for reasons he never revealed to me, said that he could not in good conscience vote for Harris. He proudly posted that he was doing his civic duty by sitting out the election. I attempted various arguments and historical precedents to convince him to vote Harris. I could not get through to him.
Stephanie (I have told this story here before) said that Harris had made two contradictory speeches about Israel. I politely aksed what exactly Harris had said. Stephanie stunned me by saying ‘You should just Google it’. I pointed out that without narrowing the search parameters, I would need to read the entire text of every speech Harris had made during the entire campaign. I asked if she could be more specific. She said ‘I am not going to spoonfeed you the information. Do your own homework!’. Yeah, I expect that kind of crap from strangers on the internet. I had known them for at least twenty years at this point. I politely restated that without more specific information, I could search from now until the sun goes red giant and consumes the earth without ever finding anything. She explained that she was used to providing cites to strangers on the internet and then having them dismissed unread or otherwise ignored. I reminded her that I was not a stranger. I had known them for at least twenty years and generally attended Passover seder at their house. I reminded her of who I was and how I argued. If her cite was good, I would adjust my argument. If the cite was bad, I would demonstrate in detail why it was bad and provide my own cites to counter it. She never responded.
While on Facebook in the laundromat, I saw a post by Bob. I remain stunned and in a very unpleasant way. He called the No Kings demonstrations “nonsense” and said they were funded by shadowy political organizations he didn’t name. He said that there was no way Trump could ever become king. If you thought Trump could become king, either ‘you never had faith in the Constitution or founding documents of this country’ or you were just ‘a scared bunny’
I am very carefully deciding how to respond. As I see it, after all they have done for me I owe them one chance to see the light before I shut them out of my life forever. If he will not see reason (This is not a matter of opinion. Yes, the Constitution has checks and balances built in. They should have stopped Trump a long time ago. Unless people enforce the Constitution and the law, they are just empty words) I will shut them out of my life anyway.
This really stinks. They were fun to game with. One year they treated the whole group of us to tickets at the PA Renn Faire. A few years ago they bought me a 3D printed Cthulhu dice tower. They were great hobbits. Since the election, I have been wondering if I could forgive Bob for standing by and taking no action to stop Trump from a second term. There is no way I can, or should forgive, what seems to be his present position.
Or
I wish I knew more. It’s annoying not to know more.
@DocCathode: you’re whole life recently is one big, but well-justified, rant.
This is not the thread for that. Start a thread for your many tribulations & leave this for silly shit like stubbed toes, annoying drivers, and barfing cats.
I don’t mean to sound mean. But you’re dominating what supposed to be a fun thread with your very legitimate problems that deserve support and sympathy.
Now you’ve given him something else to rant about!
Sorry. Yeah you have a good point. I am sure that I have said the same thing to others before.
I will keep updating on the outlet in my kitchen and the dryer. I feel certain that all they need to do to get the dryer working again is empty the coin box.
I don’t know what is wrong with the outlet. My circuit breakers are all unflipped. I don’t feel safe investigating it myself. That would probably also violate my lease.
It is ridiculous that i finally have my apartment in shape where I feel safe having maintenance come in - and they will not show up
How about quote those posts in your new OP and keep updating there?
Neighbors boat has listed and beached 
on my property it’s been is crushing the pickerel for going on a week.
IANSurprised. Long history of killing boat motors and sinking his boats. Stupid stupid man child
Waiting on a friend. So it goes it needs a tow, might take until July given past experiences.
When I lived w a dock & boats the state Fish & Game folks were death on dead boats due to the pollution possibilities.
They might just happen by your area if suitably prompted.
Good luck.
New mini problem: my Ecobee doorbell has suddenly started reporting a low voltage issue. Despite this being pretty much the only problem I didn’t have with the Arlo doorbell, I did double check the voltage and current at the doorbell connection prior to installation. Granted, it was right at the minimum requirement, but installation went great, and the Ecobee hasn’t reported any problems until today. And I should clarify that it’s the app reporting this issue…the doorbell itself isn’t displaying a red light, pressing the button activates the chime box, live view seems fine, and it’s detecting as it should. Since this isn’t exactly the most popular doorbell on the market, there’s not much chatter about it online, although I did find a few posts on Reddit from users experiencing a similar issue. Hmm.
I think I have a mini rant-
Before I left for Florida, I managed to spill milk on and in my new laptop. I had a bunch of tiny screwdrivers for repairing laptops and other electronics. They seem to have been left behind in the move.
While staying at Mom’s condo, I got permission from her, my sister and SIL to take a few things. This included a set of tiny screwdrivers which must have belonged to Dad. Since returning home, I have been very sick. I finally had the focus and energy to tackle disassembling my laptop to thoroughly clean all the parts.
The set of screwdrivers I brought home doesn’t work either.
I will probably be starting a thread asking for advice on exacly what screwdrivers I need to order and have shipped.
I thought I left my multimeter at Mom’s condo. (For the unfamilair, a multimeter is a very handy device that can measure the charge left in batteries, check to see if electricity is flowing through a device and other neat and useful things) It wasn’t there. I will probably ask for recommendations on a new one in the same thread.
I have started a thread asking for recommendations on a new multimeter and a new set of screwdrivers.
Maybe drop a dime on yourself (anonymously, of course) about hoarding or something, and you’ll spur them into doing an on-site inspection. Then when someone shows up to investigate and they don’t find anything actionable, you can point out their own deficiencies.
You can’t make management do anything they don’t want to. If maintenance at that property is useless, they’ll stay useless until unless forced otherwise by court order. Attempted trickery gets you exactly nowhere.
I would investigate the local renter’s rights laws and advocacy groups. Depending on what’s wrong, you may have the legal right to pay a commercial handyman to fix [whatever] and simply withhold a corresponding dollar amount from your next rent payment. But expect to end up in court over it. Probably small claims court, but that also varies widely by jurisdiction.