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Ho Chunk burial ground.
Jun. 2nd, 2009 07:44 pmWe have lived in this apartment for not quite a year. In that time we have experienced:
* Air conditioner that stopped working right after move-in.
* Dryer that started snagging, tearing holes in and burning clothes.
* "Repaired" dryer that continued snagging, tearing holes in and burning clothes.
* "Repaired" "again" dryer that tore even bigger holes in clothes, mainly because maintenance guy forgot to put a fairly major part back in.
* Heater that started randomly setting itself to 80 degrees.
* Phone lines that didn't actually work anywhere in the entire apartment, because someone had managed to wire in the master jack upside down.
* Ceiling light in my room tore right out of the ceiling when we tried to change the bulb, mainly because it is of the "pull down on the globe to remove said globe" variety and it turns out the ceiling lights in this place are glued to the nubbly-stucco-style ceiling.
* Pipe in the bathroom wall that leaked at a moderate pace until the maintenance guy who "fixed" the dryer got to it, at which point it exploded and sprayed water everywhere.
* Pipe in the kitchen sink that was leaking, and had obviously been leaking for a good while since there was a huge swollen waterlogged spot in the bottom of the undersink cabinet.
* Oven that started getting within maybe 100 degrees of desired temperature on a good day.
* Fridge that started freezing things in the fridge portion at the same time that things in the freezer were melting.
* New washer/dryer unit to replace the old one, where the spinning washer drum snagged on and severed its own electrical cabling.
And now that same new washer/dryer unit is malfunctioning again -- the washer portion does nothing.
We've joked several times about this apartment being built on an ancient Ho Chunk burial ground, but I'm starting to wonder whether we maybe weren't right. I'm also wondering whether we'll be able to get someone halfway competent in to fix the washer this week, seeing as I have a go-live to go to Sunday through Wednesday and they kind of frown on you showing up to the hospital in soiled clothing.
Also, did you know that the game Kudos 2 is surprisingly addictive? It is! I am glad I finally succumbed to those Project Wonderful ads on the 'mudge. Now I just need to wait till next month when we haven't already spent pretty much all of our entertainment budget, and then I will have to buy it. Even if mecha disapproves of the way I go from playing The Sims to playing a different variety of life-simulator. "You're never going to be a well-rounded gamer," he laments. I should pick up GTAIV again, just to prove him wrong.
* Air conditioner that stopped working right after move-in.
* Dryer that started snagging, tearing holes in and burning clothes.
* "Repaired" dryer that continued snagging, tearing holes in and burning clothes.
* "Repaired" "again" dryer that tore even bigger holes in clothes, mainly because maintenance guy forgot to put a fairly major part back in.
* Heater that started randomly setting itself to 80 degrees.
* Phone lines that didn't actually work anywhere in the entire apartment, because someone had managed to wire in the master jack upside down.
* Ceiling light in my room tore right out of the ceiling when we tried to change the bulb, mainly because it is of the "pull down on the globe to remove said globe" variety and it turns out the ceiling lights in this place are glued to the nubbly-stucco-style ceiling.
* Pipe in the bathroom wall that leaked at a moderate pace until the maintenance guy who "fixed" the dryer got to it, at which point it exploded and sprayed water everywhere.
* Pipe in the kitchen sink that was leaking, and had obviously been leaking for a good while since there was a huge swollen waterlogged spot in the bottom of the undersink cabinet.
* Oven that started getting within maybe 100 degrees of desired temperature on a good day.
* Fridge that started freezing things in the fridge portion at the same time that things in the freezer were melting.
* New washer/dryer unit to replace the old one, where the spinning washer drum snagged on and severed its own electrical cabling.
And now that same new washer/dryer unit is malfunctioning again -- the washer portion does nothing.
We've joked several times about this apartment being built on an ancient Ho Chunk burial ground, but I'm starting to wonder whether we maybe weren't right. I'm also wondering whether we'll be able to get someone halfway competent in to fix the washer this week, seeing as I have a go-live to go to Sunday through Wednesday and they kind of frown on you showing up to the hospital in soiled clothing.
Also, did you know that the game Kudos 2 is surprisingly addictive? It is! I am glad I finally succumbed to those Project Wonderful ads on the 'mudge. Now I just need to wait till next month when we haven't already spent pretty much all of our entertainment budget, and then I will have to buy it. Even if mecha disapproves of the way I go from playing The Sims to playing a different variety of life-simulator. "You're never going to be a well-rounded gamer," he laments. I should pick up GTAIV again, just to prove him wrong.
