The Very Wet Story

Earlier this week it was wet beside my bed. I thought it was odd because I didn't remember spilling something. So I cleaned it up.

The next day I stepped in a puddle right inside my door (about 10 feet away from the head of my bed). That seemed even weirder. I noticed again a puddle next to my bed as well. I thought..... Water is coming up through the grout between my floor tiles.

I called Peter, the maintenance supervisor. He thought I was crazy but he came and looked. He told me that it was impossible that it was coming throught he floor but at the time he could not explain why there were 2 puddles so very far away. He told me there were no pipes under my floor, and he had no idea what to do about it. He suggested that I might want to keep my snorkeling equiptment next to my bed.

I thought someone must have buried a statue of Mary under my floor and she was weeping.

After Peter left and I started to clean up the water, I realized the problem was bigger than I thought. The puddle was under my entire bed and all the way to my closest on the other wall. After awhile it became clear that it was my airconditioner leaking. Since I could not figure out how to get the filter out I called Peter again. He told me he was going to send Scooter. I didn't hear from either of them again that day. Although as it turns out Peter had come back and drilled holes in the outside of the cinder block wall so the water would drain out.

The next morning there was a puddle again. As I was lying in bed and looking up at the airconditioner and realized that there was a tab underneath it. Lo and behold I pulled it and the filter came out I cleaned it - problem solved.

However today Scooter came by and decided to do the job right. He had to chisel the airconditioner out of my wall and take it to the shop and clean it good. When he put it back it looked almost brand new AND he actually cleaned up his mess. Now that is what I call service.

We have a great maintanence team. I am thankful for their help.