Today, just as I thought I might be settling into my new office location and getting into a routine (I'm big on routine) my office flooded.
It has this grey industrial carpet that's only carpet in the sense of not being astroturf, so the spreading wetness starting in the rear corner went unnoticed. Then The Boss arrived and wished for me to FedEx something, so I started looking around for my pen. I glanced down in case I'd dropped it and noticed that my light pink purse, sitting on the floor just under my desk, was now only HALF light pink, the bottom half being quite dark. It was sodden. The contents were wet. It was ruined. I was not happy.
My backpack was sopping wet, too, but it's nylon so it will be no problem. Not so the purse, which is suede. This is my purse, in happier days (twelve ago, to be precise). I'm not quite sure why water ruins suede, discoloring it and causing it to stiffen and often to crack, as this doesn't happen when the suede is still attached to the cow, but that's what it does and my new spring purse is fit only for the trash bin. You realize, of course, that this never would have happened had it been a $6 purse from Target; it was only because I indulged and bought a nice purse that Fate has chosen to smite me.
About an hour and a half after my FIRST call to building maintenance, some Bubba came to investigate. He told me that it wasn't coming from the ceiling (NO! Really?!?), said he didn't know where the water was coming from or what it could be and left. Yay. The Boss is determined that someone is going to make Purse Restitution but I'm not holding my breath. It's important to him because he's under the impression that nice purses cost between $425 and $650. No, I have no idea how he might have gotten that impression but I'm QUITE sure it wasn't from watching me Google "Kate Spade" and "Jimmy Choo" while sighing plaintively.
Oh well, at least this time it appears to be WATER water, and not...uh...previously experienced water.
Now my backpack has been laundered and dried, my Very Important Vital stuff has been transferred to a drier, less trendy purse and I am trying to select an outfit for work tomorrow. But you know, no matter what size and body type you are, nothing really looks sexy with waders.
MONTOYA DELENDA EST!
It has this grey industrial carpet that's only carpet in the sense of not being astroturf, so the spreading wetness starting in the rear corner went unnoticed. Then The Boss arrived and wished for me to FedEx something, so I started looking around for my pen. I glanced down in case I'd dropped it and noticed that my light pink purse, sitting on the floor just under my desk, was now only HALF light pink, the bottom half being quite dark. It was sodden. The contents were wet. It was ruined. I was not happy.
My backpack was sopping wet, too, but it's nylon so it will be no problem. Not so the purse, which is suede. This is my purse, in happier days (twelve ago, to be precise). I'm not quite sure why water ruins suede, discoloring it and causing it to stiffen and often to crack, as this doesn't happen when the suede is still attached to the cow, but that's what it does and my new spring purse is fit only for the trash bin. You realize, of course, that this never would have happened had it been a $6 purse from Target; it was only because I indulged and bought a nice purse that Fate has chosen to smite me.
About an hour and a half after my FIRST call to building maintenance, some Bubba came to investigate. He told me that it wasn't coming from the ceiling (NO! Really?!?), said he didn't know where the water was coming from or what it could be and left. Yay. The Boss is determined that someone is going to make Purse Restitution but I'm not holding my breath. It's important to him because he's under the impression that nice purses cost between $425 and $650. No, I have no idea how he might have gotten that impression but I'm QUITE sure it wasn't from watching me Google "Kate Spade" and "Jimmy Choo" while sighing plaintively.
Oh well, at least this time it appears to be WATER water, and not...uh...previously experienced water.
Now my backpack has been laundered and dried, my Very Important Vital stuff has been transferred to a drier, less trendy purse and I am trying to select an outfit for work tomorrow. But you know, no matter what size and body type you are, nothing really looks sexy with waders.
MONTOYA DELENDA EST!
3 Comments:
I HATE WATER LEAKS! But as you say, at least it wasn't previously experienced water. I am so sorry about your pretty purse - I liked it, too.
RE: Waders..when someone is as all-out gorgeous as you are, you can look sexy in waders. Of course, I AM your mamma....
heh
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Anonymous, at 7:53 AM
Does it make you miss Lurch?
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Anonymous Me, at 9:00 AM
Heh! I actually saw Lurch this morning when I stopped by the old office to pick up my mail.
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Helly, at 9:59 AM
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