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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Comments (56)
Lilo4life 26
Wait till your freezing cold to shower
HeartOfLead 24
If you have a tube, you can fill it with warm water and take a bath.
Ominn 6
A tube of what? A toothpaste tube would be a kinda tight fit. More seriously, most small apartments don't have bathtubs. Especially when the landlord wont even fork out the money to put separate plumbing in for the showers.
Tiffitar 6
OP, why don't you just turn up the cold water when it starts to get overly hot?
vampiress91 7
Ive actually been through this myself, when the water becomes scolding hot, turning the cold water up doesnt really change anything.
PonyTails13 3
just take a shower at night. like right before you go to sleep.
dallaschloe2 15
It keeps you awake though
itsjusyme 11
Just get an electric shower installed, simples
SuzeDee 9
You know complaining will not get you anywhere. Switching to baths instead of showers is the only way to avoid the scald. Or you could move....
onorexveritas 23
they probably have the same problem
Raegron 4
Never had those issues anywhere in Europe. You can use the shower no matter what. The ONLY time the shower temperature could drop a bit is when someone in the same house uses hot water. But never the issue of 'burning' someone just because you flush the toilet or shit :-|.
GAeroNKissR 26
apartment or hotel? because apartments should all have their own hot water heater...meaning you wouldn't have this problem. If they were all connected, there's be no way to measure/bill for it.