Tired of the 'renovations'

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 3, 2003). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Grrrrrr…. I woke up this morning to find a note slipped under my door telling me that the power to the building was going to be cut off again today, due to the construction/renovation work currently going on. Fat lot of good that note did me, though, considering the power was already off when I woke up. I’m just glad I didn’t oversleep, since I didn’t have my alarm to get me up!

Then, when I come home, there’s a note on the front door of the building letting us tenants know that the water will be shut off during the day tomorrow.

I’m getting so sick of this. Our building hasn’t had working laundry facilities for three months now, so we all need to try to find time to truck our laundry up to the nearest laundromat (open only until 9pm, and charging \$2 per wash). We had a full month without reliable hot water, which ended with four days without any hot water. The heat has been an on-and-off thing. Water is apparently still an on-and-off thing. We keep getting told that they’re “almost done,” that the construction work will be done “any time now.” We’re all sick of hearing that, and quite a few people have left the building because finding a new place was less of a pain in the ass than putting up with everything here. Ugh. Time for this to be done. Finito. End of story.

Anyway, if you’re a regular or semi-regular visitor here, and couldn’t get through, that’s why. No power to the building, no power to the computer, no website. Bleah.

Hopefully this really will all be done with soon. I’m more than ready for it to end.