The fuse will have to run out sometime...

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OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY

Do I have a story for you!

I come home from work this morning to discover our water is off. "What's this?" I ask, confused and bewildered. Surely pipes couldn't have frozen, as they are in the garage and it hasn't been cold enough for them to freeze anyhow.

So, I call Al.

For those not familiar with our living situation, here's the short and sweet of it: We're staying in a house TJ's mother's fiancee owns. He doesn't charge us rent (because he doesn't want to pay for a rental permit or, you know, be a landlord) and really hasn't bothered us about bills. I've offered to help with the bills, but I need copies of them when they arrived and not 'OH HAY, THIS IS TWO WEEKS PAST DUE'. Al beats around the bush about doing this because, apparently, females don't know how to do anything (this has been displayed in not letting me borrow the lawnmower and other stupid things). Recently, he, apaprently, has been thinking it's a GREAT IDEA to just let the bills lapse because, since his mother passed away, he doesn't have HER extra money coming in (with which he would spend hundreds of dollars on model cars).

Al goes, "Was there a notice on the door?". I think, if there was a notice on the door about OUR WATER BEING CUT OFF, I would've given you a call, buddy.

He says he's going to call the water company.

I DON'T HEAR BACK FROM HIM. AT ALL.

I call HIM around 8PM or so and he informs me that they want $30 to turn the water back on and $100 to cover the past due balance. He goes "I don't know where I'm going to get the money, that's all I can do for now, blah blah blah.".

I RAGE.

So, we're without water. I don't even have $0.50 to my name to buy a gallon of water from Walmart so my pets will have water (because they're all out at the moment). I can't wash dishes, I can't take a bath, I can't wash my hair, I can't flush the toilet. Thank god what's left of our food doesn't need water to cook, at least.

And payday's two days away. And I'll be lucky ifI see more than $200 with the three to four days they've been giving me at work. And I really can't bring myself to take on anymore commissions because I'm already behind on them as is.

EXCITING!

Comments

[zeeth_kyrah]

Whether he wants it or not, if he owns the house and someone else is living in it, if any money changes hands for the privelege of staying there, he is de facto a landlord and owes the city a rental permit and owes you facility maintenance and utilities upkeep. That's important not only because you can then sue him if the utilities aren't paid, but because if you aren't legally a renter, he can call you a squatter and kick you out on the spot without your belongings.

On the other hand, playing nice with him may be a good idea, just to keep things at a reasonable level of detente. But I'd get a cheap storage unit somewhere just in case.

[hellebore.livejournal.com]

Yeah the not legally a landlord thing gets messy. I had a neighbor who tried to do this and the city flipped out on them when they wanted to get rid of the tenants. The owners got screwed big time in the end.

[tibek.livejournal.com]

Geez, that sucks! D: Here you are, trying to be responsible, and someone just has to screw up and leave you with the consequences. o_- I feel for you. :( I hope it gets worked out soon.

[jenova-silver.livejournal.com]

*bleep*