Self destructing household appliances
Posted by studentdoctoruk on January 15, 2008
The past few days have been quite fun. Sunday was spent having sunday lunch with friends, we were going to have chicken - free range thanks to Hugh but after touring all the supermarkets we couldnt find a single free range chicken for sale! We could only come up with 2 possible explanations for this; due to Hugh’s programme there has been a massive increase in the number of free range chickens being sold, or that supermarkets round here don’t stock free range. I hope its the former.
After a lovely lunch a spur of the moment trip the cinema to see PS I love you, I’d not seen or heard any advertisements for it and after hearing a brief run down of the plot I wasn’t really expecting great things. But I was surprised it was really good, enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone wanting a nice ‘easy watching’ film with a bit of comedy thrown in for good measure.
Monday was spent building IKEA shelving units! Successfully I might add, theres not an uneven shelf in sight and its even secured to the wall - figured this was a good idea since its going to be piled high with textbooks and folders and is within falling range of my bed and desk - the places I spend the majority of my time. (bed>desk!)
Also amongst all this, one of my housemates came back and together we have been discovering problems in the house which have emerged over christmas. In a time when no-one has been living in the house more things have gone wrong/broken than the whole of the previous 6 months we’ve been here! Yesterday we had to report to our landlord;
1. Shower unit hanging off the wall - top 2 securing points snapped
2. Leaking roof in attic - bucket used overnight to catch the running water!
3. Microwave broken - still heats but not turning/no light
Landlord has been round and now we can’t use the shower until the plumber comes round ‘later on today’ - will believe it when I see it - the microwave has been removed with a new one being delivered in a few days and a tiler is coming round tomorrow to look at the roof! At least we have a decent landlord who does sort out problems, I’ve had landlords in the past who wouldn’t even answer the phone!
Today I’ve spent the morning watching the rain, and then received a text from work saying that the event this evening has been cancelled due to the severe weather, this is good as I didn’t really fancy standing outside in the rain this evening - I’ve got too much tidying to do!
Right now I really need a shower - do I risk using it against landlords advise and risk being in the shower when the guy comes round to repair it, or do I stay smelly?
Stay safe
SD
