Plunger Woman! (OT)

Great... just as I'm finalizing my trip plans, I flush the toilet and it
overflows everywhere. I've got a flood akin to Noah's. Well, not that bad,
but towels all over the floor. I have a plunger and I plunged the heck out
of the toilet but I'm afraid to flush it again even with the water plunged
down as low as it is. Just what I need.

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

Hell, I have to use the plunger every other day, it seems. I live in
an old building (old for California, that is) and the plumbing is
terrible. The plunger is a necessity around here!

I'm hesitant to call the apartment maintenenace guy. He just grunts and
scowls when he's around, making me feel like I did something wrong or I'm
somehow a bad person for having called him. Don't get me wrong, he is very
competent about fixing whatever. He's just not very pleasant to have in the
apartment. Definitely not a friendly guy. PLUS if he has to go out to his
truck he leaves the front door open. I follow behind and close it. It
might just be too much temptation for Persia, even though she knows the big
OUT isn't a good place to be.

Magic Mood Jeep©...

Most maintenance men are grumpy - although it's their *job* to fix things,
they seem to have the opinion that things *shouldn't* break/need fixing.
The exception is the guy at Mom's apartment complex. He's fairly cheerful,
except when someone parks in front of the 'supply shed' and blocks access to
it - then he gets grumpy (and he does have the obligatory "NO PARKING" sign

jmcquown...

We have one maintenance guy who is always cheerful. But he's not the head
guy and it's the head guy who usually is dispatched to do jobs like this. I
say "Hi, Larry, thanks for coming over" and his response is "Uh." LOL

there).

I would confine Persia to another room, if at all possible, while he's
present. If there's no room where you can close her into (for example, only
closing doors are n the bathroom and bedroom, and the bathroom is *in* the
bedroom....), you could put her fluffiness in a carrier (yes, I'm sure
she'll protest, but she'll get over it, just like she gets over her stays at
TED during your travels) .for the period the maintenance guy is present.

jmcquown...

She's in the 2nd bedroom (my "office") closet at the moment but if I close
the closet door she'll freak. The door to the room itself is blocked by
some boxes so I can't close it because I have no place to move the boxes.
This is my office/clutter/never unpacked room :)

It's okay, though. I just plunged some more and flushed; it appears to have
been a temporary blockage. Now I just have to get the wet towels off the
floor and into the washer and mop up the remaining water.