ode to the old apartment: episode 1
This is the last night in our craptacular apartment, the crappy apartment we were so happy to get when no one would return our phone calls during our desperate apartment search last July. Just to put it in perspective, at the end of September, I remarked to Danny, “Well, only four more months until we move. Is it too early to start looking for new place?”
So, in honor of you, shitty apartment, I’ve made a list of things I won’t miss about you.
1. Your broken kitchen faucet that must be touched gingerly or the handle pops off.
2. The ill-fitting window screens that took the maintenance man one month to procure. Unfortunately, that month was August.
3. The clogged shower drain that never become completely unclogged.
4. The loud knocking that accompanies a faucet being turned on or off anywhere, anytime.
5. The broken, white, two-door car that has been parked outside our front door for over a month while it slowly deteriorates.
6. The constantly overflowing dumpsters.
7. Having our front door egged three weeks after we moved in….in August.
8. Stairs.
9. The flooded parking lot.
10. The screaming fights that start outside around 6pm on weekends AND any other night of the week.
11. And last, but not at all least, the screaming, unsupervised, foul-mouthed, popping-out-from-behind-the-overflowing-dumpster-as-we-drive-by horrible, horrible children. They and their trashy parents have made me seriously consider getting my tubes tied.
Friday 29 Dec 2006 | sarah | General, Annoying
It’s an endless cycle. Poor people often have horrible social habits and tend to have kids and the cycle continues. This is the main problem with living in poor hoods. Not that people are poor, just that a lot of poor people are crappy neighbors. I always avoid apartments with kids or evidence of kids because most families who have their shit together will eventually get a home of their own. Those that do not live in apartments as a general rule. Glad you got out. Nothing is worse than hating where you sleep at night.