Today, I finally made the connection between people in my apartment building flushing their toilets, and my running shower water becoming scalding hot. This wouldn't be quite as bad if there weren't six floors to the building, with twenty units on each. FML
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Today, I went down to my accommodation office in fiery wrath, demanding that something be done about my three-days-cold shower. Looking dubious, they sent someone back with me. As soon as we got there he looked at me with deep pity and pulled the cord in the corner that activated the hot water. FML
Today, I discovered that if I turn my shower off for a minute, then back on again, the water comes out scalding hot. I discovered that while the showerhead was pointed directly at my genitals. FML
Today, I woke up to my step-mother taking a shower in my bathroom. Of course, this would be fine, if my bathroom wasn't connected to my room and closet, or that I live in an apartment in their back yard, built before she moved in. FML
Today, the toilet on the top floor of my house burst, soaked the bathroom, and water dripped down into the kitchen and the basement for hours when nobody was home. Eight blowers and a dehumidifier later, the house is about 90 degrees and I can't leave. FML
Today, I was taking a shower for the first time in my new apartment. The shower head broke off the wall and slammed onto my head, while spraying water everywhere. I tried to stop the water, but only stopped the cold and got burnt by the hot. FML
Today, I took a big, smelly, satisfying dump when I woke up. When I tried to flush, nothing happened. None of my four roommates bothered to tell me we didn’t have running water. FML
Today, I attempted to fix my leaky sink using a tutorial I found on YouTube. Everything was going smoothly until I accidentally turned off the water to the entire apartment building instead of just my unit. Now I'm known as the superhero who flushed everyone's morning routine. FML
Today, I found out that if someone flushes a toilet the same time I'm starting the washing machine, my house will flood. FML
Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
Today, I found out that apparently the pipes for my toilet were never connected, so anything you flush just falls out onto the basement floor downstairs. I've lived here 4 years. FML
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stevenJB 25
Well, look at this way: you'll never have to take a cold shower again! :D
Pleonasm 35
Bring your dishes in with you and you can wash them when it gets too hot while you wait for it to cool down again.
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stevenJB 25
Well, look at this way: you'll never have to take a cold shower again! :D
meihua 19
Although they will not take a pleasantly warm one either!
Thejayzeee 3
What If everyone in the building flushes at the same time??!!!
xx000o 27
Or you can look at it from the perspective that a minimum of a 120 people share the same problem you do.
llamafish 25
48 - That should never be allowed to happen, it would cause the building to implode and create a black hole, which would then inevitably consume the earth.
wetofour 7
How long were you there to 'finally' make that connection?!
bagsoffairydust 10
Well.. You see.. She understood that the water was occasionally getting hot.. But she didn't know why. So probably she heard a close neighbor flush their toilet, and then the water got hot. Do you blame toilets everytime your water gets hot? No? Didn't think so.
fdupagain 11
Actually, that would be my first thought. A toilet flushing or the kitchen sink running.
Coreykayallday 6
I'm a guy by the way. I've only lived there for a month.
fylx100 19
I just would like to say that anytime anyone in my house uses up water (sinks, washing machine, another shower) then after several minutes, my shower starts to get extremely cold. I'm just saying that my first guess would not be a toilet flushing or a running sink.
IAmJad 18
21- 0 confirmed FMLs. Seems legit.
sadistmonkey 19
In a previous apartment I lived in, that happened whenever the laundry machine upstairs was running.
FuKcMee 32
plumbing fail
Snowkeys 11
Probably a very old building and poor workmanship on the pipe fitters side. I Reno old buildings and you wouldn't believe what they got away with back in the day.
gc327072 30
Some buildings still use water towers on the top. Like that episode of CSI:NY where there was a dead body in it, causing people to take blood showers…
EsotericBrent 29
Oh man, a warm, bloody shower sounds lovely right about now
hendix 17
Time to get used to hot water! Maybe try calling the buildings maintenance and seeing if they can fix it?
ComoEsJuan 24
The entire buildings plumbing would have to be redone. It was quite possibly made that way for time efficiency and a cheaper cost. The showers and toilets run on the same line, that's why when the cold water is removed to help fill the reservoir tank, the shower becomes hotter.
Pleonasm 35
Bring your dishes in with you and you can wash them when it gets too hot while you wait for it to cool down again.
KingCeltic77 18
You can prepare you're food in there too. Be like Kramer and do everything in your shower.
MeLikeBigBoom 8
Try taking a bath, put half ice cold water and then flush the toilet to make warm. :)
mimiminx 23
Surely everyone else has the same problem and you can unite against it!
lexi365 20
Ain't nobody got time for that!
AliStallings 5
Ain't nobody got time for you.
wlddog 14
Well that was uncalled for 18. I thought 17's reference to the viral video of the lady saying "Ain't nobody got time for that." Was clever and fit in nicely as a much needed response to an unmanageable task that was the response to possibly solving the OP's problem. It would have required a huge amount of time, and given OP little in return. 17's post was actually rather accurate. I hope this clears up any confusion 17 may have caused.
truesarrif 33
actually... especially for me living in Oklahoma where the video is from, that saying is way over used for as new as it is. There are even commercials all over the place with it. #18 was totally justified
THuD29 4
Maybe wake up early to take a shower when not many people are up using the bathroom
ewang_ 12
Where is he/she going to take the shower?
sexyboi1985 27
Far out ! U r screwed !
lilhellian 26
Really! This sites name didn't help me figure that out at all!
flockz 19
you're the first person i've heard in about ten years say "far out".
sexyboi1985 27
Australian mate !
perdix 29
I doubt normal toilet usage could make the water become scalding, but if your neighbors send out a signal to everyone else that you are showering and they all start flushing in unison . . . dunh, dunh, dunh!