Monday, September 10, 2007

Slum Lord Report




So the munchie potato (my version of the more fitting and colorful experlitives that describe him more accurately) has actually sent guys to repair the gaping hole we have in our kitchen wall! About 50 of the tiles on one wall have come loose – a patch of about 12 actually buckled with the house settling, and popped off! Anyway – we have lived with it for seven long months… and NOW, Monday morning, two men have arrived to fix it. Not only that – but the other 38 tiles that are just hanging on by their grout lines! AND – to make the day just perfect – not only are they smashing the sh*t out of the wall above where Meer SLEEPS, but have brought off-white tiles to replace the PEACH tiles that have fallen off. So basically, the kitchen wall is going to look like a… patchwork. Basically. I had to come back upstairs just to tell you all! How purdy. Like – considering the house actually BELONGS to someone – would you not INSIST on matching tiles? I mean – seriously. Or maybe it is just me. Crazy old me. Well – anyway – good luck renting it out for the top money we are paying after we leave! Jokers. No brains.

OH! AND – I thought our septic tank needed to be pumped, so I called and asked the landlord to send a truck to do it – they actually called back to say that maintenance of the septic tank is up to the TENANTS. So like – for price of one month’s rent, we can let their house actually FILL UP with SH*T. NOT JOKING!! And like – septic pump trucks are how much? $100?? Probably less. But – NO – don’t pay for that YOURSELF!! Goodness. I swear. If there was ANY decent house available for rent, we would have moved already. As painful as it is. The guy is just a true dick.

ANYWAY – gotta go play with Meer somewhere where we can hear ourselves THINK…


OH. Icing on the cake - one of the guys went to use Kasimbi's toilet (without asking, of course) - and BROKE IT! Yes. Poor kasimbi has gushing toilet water all over his house, and no working toilet. How NICE... :-(

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