So far, I've responded to some business email, gotten HKF to camp with lunch, towel, and swimsuit (the concurrency was Teh hard), called a duct cleaner, and played on the internets from the coffee shop. I have no idea how people work there, but that could have been the Very Chatty people that took key tables near me after I sat down. Now I'm at the eye doc for my first ever appointment, and my first eye check in yonks. Hopefully this will all turn out ok.
Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.
'Heart Of Gold'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
hippocampus - Jul 11, 2011 5:52:34 am PDT #25145 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
smonster - Jul 11, 2011 6:17:10 am PDT #25146 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Well, but I really really loved the Tempurpedic, and bought the bed I bought on the premise that I'd get a foam topper. But if I can get a highly rated memory foam mattress for slightly cheaper than regular mattress + foam topper, then why not? And I can't pick up the one I bought until Thursday, so the memory foam one might even get here sooner.
javachik - Jul 11, 2011 6:36:40 am PDT #25147 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Ooooh if you haven't already has your new mattress set in your home, maybe you can get a refund?
smonster - Jul 11, 2011 6:57:38 am PDT #25148 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
That's what I'm hoping, javachik. I was just going to pick it from the warehouse (StW has a truck and volunteered to help), so there shouldn't even be a restocking fee.
So, seriously, I am going to go thermonuclear on my landlord. No word from him this morning, so I just left him a very testy voicemail and am typing up a written notification, which I'm going to send via registered mail and get a receipt. My neighbor offered to lend me his meter, which he doesn't use (not staying in the place) or just run a straight pipe, but I'm starting to think I might be better off just breaking my fucking lease.
javachik - Jul 11, 2011 7:01:14 am PDT #25149 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
smonster, yes, that's untenable. I am so sorry, since you seemed to like that house so muchly! You've been ridiculously patient.
sj - Jul 11, 2011 7:04:19 am PDT #25150 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Smonster, that sounds like the right thing to do. Even if the water does get fixed soon, what will happen next time something goes wrong?
Nora Deirdre - Jul 11, 2011 7:12:52 am PDT #25151 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
meara - Jul 11, 2011 7:37:04 am PDT #25152 of 30000
My neighbor offered to lend me his meter, which he doesn't use (not staying in the place) or just run a straight pipe, but I'm starting to think I might be better off just breaking my fucking lease.
Well, in most places it's illegal for him to NOT have water for you, and he's required to pay for other accomodations. So...would he rather get his ass in gear or pay for your hotel room til this is fixed?
sj - Jul 11, 2011 7:37:20 am PDT #25153 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I thought I had calmed down about the whole PT thing this weekend, but it turns out I was only calm while TCG was home to keep me calm. I still can't do anything until tomorrow. Bad brain, no cookie.
smonster - Jul 11, 2011 7:40:50 am PDT #25154 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Okay, here's the draft of my letter:
Notice of failure of landlord to maintain habitable conditions [address}, New Orleans, LA, 70130
July 11th, 2011
Mr. Slumlord Dude:
In order for the house to be ready to move in, there should have been either a temporary legal meter or no meter at all, with any fines paid. On July 5th, 2011, I awoke to no running water. I provided you with oral notification of the situation via phone and voicemail that same day. In order for me to get a water meter, a permit must be filed, an inspection must be performed by a licensed plumber and a tampering fee paid to the Water and Sewage Board. To date, no inspection has been scheduled, nor has the fine been paid. I have been without water for six days.
I have contacted you repeatedly via phone to discuss the situation and request an expedited solution. I have not received a satisfactory response.
The lack of running water renders this apartment uninhabitable (c.f. Landlord's failure to maintain the apartment in a habitable condition. Freeman v. G.T.S. Corp., 363 So.2d 1247 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1978). Therefore, I am not held to the terms of my lease, and am within my rights to vacate the premises without penalty.
Thoughts?