Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Inconvenience

On one of the coldest days of this winter (11F, i.e. -11.7C, at 11:15am), many people come to find that all the card-readers to our building's entrances are broken and all the doors are locked. We are locked out in the cold weather, and can only get in at the mercy of someone who happens to exit at the moment.

I understand that it's an extremely cold day, and we don't want to prop the door open.

So I will just stay inside today.

But there is a problem.

The water main at the corner intersection is broken, possibly due to the cold weather. Thus we don't have running water in our building, which also means there's no water to flush the toilets. The suggestion is to go to the adjacent building when you feel the urge to do your business.

Wish yourself good luck that someone will come out through the door when you want to get back in the building.

3 comments:

J said...

You should go underground to the other building.

BTW, this is also the coldest day in 10 years in Texas, and guess what, the schools are closed.

troubadour said...

wow! that is really bad. i hope your problems got fixed soon. my kitchen is near freezing point when i shut the kitchen door, but that is nothing when compared to yours.

Sword Angel (剑侠) said...

This could be another comedy episode. But I am really feeling sympathic about the situation.