Hundreds of gallons of water…
I (with the help of two moving men) knocked the fire sprinkler nozzle off the ceiling in my boss’s apartment. Hundreds of gallons of filthy water, a completely destroyed pergo floor, and six-month old silky wall-to-wall. One antique Chinese painting ruined, one antique Chinese Ancestor scroll in need of restoration, a leather sofa full of water, six carpets –Persian, Indian, native American, Chinese– in dire need of cleaning– and we had just gotten them back! one upholstered chair soaked, walls in need of repainting– a computer keyboard drowned. The Mac might have made it through the deluge unscathed.
Outside the apartment; a fortyfoot by eight foot-wide hallway in up to three inches of standing water, seepage into other tenant’s apartments, fire men and fire-alarms, a retirement home full of older folks who were variously amused or irritated by the events. The noise and bustle of a cleanup crew that has to demolish as much as they clean.
My boss is taking it all much better than I am. He’s probably out of his apartment for four days to a week– The small miracle is that, somehow, the bookcase did NOT get hit by the water, and his collection, including his own copies of his publications, are undamaged.
I am just heartsick.
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That is absolutely unfortunate; however, these things really and truly do happen, and at least it happened to the gainfully insured.
Don’t beat yourself up. You weren’t being a careless, cavalier cockbag- you were being industrious and trying to help. Intention counts for everything in the final analysis.
As a wise person once said to me:
I hope you don’t feel like you can never doing anything dumb again.
Nobody lost any limbs, and it sounds like the damage is containable. There might even be insurance on all this.
Just take a deep breath, and look forward to the day you can laugh about it all.
Oh, that’s rough. I’m sorry you are going through this kind of pain, and hope things can be resolved and repaired–and I’m very glad your boss is handling it with aplomb.
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That is absolutely unfortunate; however, these things really and truly do happen, and at least it happened to the gainfully insured.
Don’t beat yourself up. You weren’t being a careless, cavalier cockbag- you were being industrious and trying to help. Intention counts for everything in the final analysis.
>:.
That is absolutely unfortunate; however, these things really and truly do happen, and at least it happened to the gainfully insured.
Don’t beat yourself up. You weren’t being a careless, cavalier cockbag- you were being industrious and trying to help. Intention counts for everything in the final analysis.
that’s hard going, but no one died, insurance probably covers it, and it happened at work when the soil pipe from the flats above emptied into my boss’s office. We scored a fantastic refurb job out of it.
As a wise person once said to me:
I hope you don’t feel like you can never doing anything dumb again.
Nobody lost any limbs, and it sounds like the damage is containable. There might even be insurance on all this.
Just take a deep breath, and look forward to the day you can laugh about it all.
As a wise person once said to me:
I hope you don’t feel like you can never doing anything dumb again.
Nobody lost any limbs, and it sounds like the damage is containable. There might even be insurance on all this.
Just take a deep breath, and look forward to the day you can laugh about it all.
Oh, that’s rough. I’m sorry you are going through this kind of pain, and hope things can be resolved and repaired–and I’m very glad your boss is handling it with aplomb.
Oh, that’s rough. I’m sorry you are going through this kind of pain, and hope things can be resolved and repaired–and I’m very glad your boss is handling it with aplomb.
*hugs* hon,
but as an earlier respondant said, these things do happen. If the moving company you were working with was licensed/bonded/insured, and/or if your boss had renter’s insurance (and with that kind of possessions he’d be a fool not to have it), then all is well. As long as the “irreplaceable” items, such as first editions of books, etc. are undamaged, the rest of the stuff is just, well -stuff- and will be replaced.
that’s hard going, but no one died, insurance probably covers it, and it happened at work when the soil pipe from the flats above emptied into my boss’s office. We scored a fantastic refurb job out of it.
that’s hard going, but no one died, insurance probably covers it, and it happened at work when the soil pipe from the flats above emptied into my boss’s office. We scored a fantastic refurb job out of it.
Oh my God I’m so sorry!
*hugs* hon,
but as an earlier respondant said, these things do happen. If the moving company you were working with was licensed/bonded/insured, and/or if your boss had renter’s insurance (and with that kind of possessions he’d be a fool not to have it), then all is well. As long as the “irreplaceable” items, such as first editions of books, etc. are undamaged, the rest of the stuff is just, well -stuff- and will be replaced.
*hugs* hon,
but as an earlier respondant said, these things do happen. If the moving company you were working with was licensed/bonded/insured, and/or if your boss had renter’s insurance (and with that kind of possessions he’d be a fool not to have it), then all is well. As long as the “irreplaceable” items, such as first editions of books, etc. are undamaged, the rest of the stuff is just, well -stuff- and will be replaced.
that is amazing. although it has been a distressing thing, i do believe that some time in the future, this could all be used to your authorly advantage!
just trying to look on the dry side….
aside from the water, i do hope things have been nice for you this time of the year. i miss you muchly, dear.
Oh my God I’m so sorry!
Oh my God I’m so sorry!
that is amazing. although it has been a distressing thing, i do believe that some time in the future, this could all be used to your authorly advantage!
just trying to look on the dry side….
aside from the water, i do hope things have been nice for you this time of the year. i miss you muchly, dear.
that is amazing. although it has been a distressing thing, i do believe that some time in the future, this could all be used to your authorly advantage!
just trying to look on the dry side….
aside from the water, i do hope things have been nice for you this time of the year. i miss you muchly, dear.