The Vent - Part 2

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

We have had company since last Friday. They left today. While they were here they kept the doors to the spare bedroom and the bathroom they used closed. Today after they left I opened them and almost suffocated from the smell! Musty, moldy, yech! Both rooms were spotless - and I even had an air freshener in the room to make it smell nice - when they arrived. I don't know how they got the sheets to smell musty but they did - they are in the wash now with bleach and hot water! They had the bedroom window open (even though it got into the 40s overnight) and I can see why. I had left out clean towels for them - 2 sets for each of the couple. I found them all, damp and smelling of mold stuffed into the waste basket of the bathroom, along with one of the extra sets that hang there for effect but aren't really used. They must have used a different towel or two every day and instead of letting them dry, just balled them up damp and put them in the waste basket! These are good towels - I hope they recover after being washed as well! Now, these are two adults who both own their own homes . . . you think they would know better! I honestly don't understand this at all. I have Fabreezed all of the surfaces in the bedroom and will be doing it again and cleaned the bathroom with Fantastick. There is still a lingering odour in the air of mustiness and I have kept the window open. They were only here 3 days! And to think I was worried that they might smell the cat litter box in the laundry room next door (they didn't cause I scooped it several times a day).

Ewwww. Maybe they won't come back. lol

I agree. I'm guessing that the bathtub or sink (if you're lucky) overflowed and they tried to sop up the mess. The alternative is that another device in the bathroom (you know which one) overflowed and now the drywall, the floor, the carpet and who knows what has taken up the moisture and the mold is starting to form if it hasn't already. Judging by the mustiness, I fear that it has.

Hehehe fortunately no. No, the towels weren't soaked - they were that damp you have when you take a shower, then all rolled up and put into the waste basket. I suspect they had something that had the mold spore with them (Joe has told me some interesting stories about these people that makes me think their own place must be pretty musty). I thoroughly cleaned out the bathroom, threw away the garbage bag liner and let things air out. Today the odor is gone. I just needed to remove everything that was contaminated. The mustiness was confined to the towels and waste basket, fortunately.

Looks like you dodged a bullet. I'll bet next time that you won't invite relatives of the The Swamp Thing.

[The_Dude 1,142]

We were supposed to all get to work early today to arrange transport to the site where we were to get the H1N1 vaccine today. Well, this morning, I get an email that says due to shortages, they will be giving it to people based upon priority. I understand that first responders (PD/FD) need to get it first. But after that, the priority list is completely whacked. It is basically based on seniority. Half the people who are going first have zero contact with the public, but they do have 20-30 years of seniority.

[beans 7]

I dont like it when my posts get moved away from the Canadian forum. lol if I wanted everyones thoughts on what I posted I would have posted it in that forum...I'm not dumb.

[Sprailenes 47]

I dont like it when my posts get moved away from the Canadian forum. lol if I wanted everyones thoughts on what I posted I would have posted it in that forum...I'm not dumb.

Just send the mods an email maybe?

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

I dont like it when my posts get moved away from the Canadian forum. lol if I wanted everyones thoughts on what I posted I would have posted it in that forum...I'm not dumb.

Just send the mods an email maybe?

Along with a flaming bag of manure.

[JillA 2]

I dont like it when my posts get moved away from the Canadian forum. lol if I wanted everyones thoughts on what I posted I would have posted it in that forum...I'm not dumb.

Just put below the subject line "Please leave in Canada forum" that's what some people do

[Sprailenes 47]

Sometimes... a lot of the time... I'll really try to stay on top of my boss about certain things. I need specific information from her in order to complete my job and I'll ask her for it... continue to wait... and then ask again.

I understand she's busy and all but I would like to move on from what I am doing also.

The thing is, the next day she'll ask me about it, and ask me why it's not complete and when I tell her because I needed information she'll say: "Well you gotta stay on top of me!" Hmm okay I tried to.

Sometimes I'll just make up bullsh1t numbers and put the documents desk so it looks like I've completed it, she'll come back to me and say: "Where did you get these numbers?? These aren't right!" but at least this way she will correct me asap and then I can finish what I am doing.

I think I am meant to like own my own business and not work under someone... I really do.

[trailmix 77]

"Well you gotta stay on top of me!" Hmm okay I tried to.

That's pathetic really, in so many ways.

[Sprailenes 47]

Oh I know. I once had a boss tell me everything was my fault one day because I didn't call her to wake her up.

I've worked with the incapable before.. it always makes work life "interesting"

[lgg 2]

Your boss sounds like a douchette!

So sorry...

In other news... I was wondering what the hell that smell was in my office -- it was my soup from lunch under a proof!

Oh I know. I once had a boss tell me everything was my fault one day because I didn't call her to wake her up.

I've worked with the incapable before.. it always makes work life "interesting"

[lgg 2]

People who just appear out of nowhere that you've never heard of before announcing that they either A) Got an interview or B) are waiting and have been forever or whatever BUT They don't fill in timelines or give date specific details that help the rest of us get a bead on who/what/when sort of thing.

We can't celebrate or commiserate or help if we dont' know anything. And then then these people usually just leave after that one announcement.

It's a pet peeve of mine.

Sorry.

Uh... that sunglasses guy just appeared there i was trying to make a bracket and a b...

so uh.. yeah...

Edited November 5, 2009 by lgg

[thetreble 19]

Ugh...I hate finding out stuff online about my brother..like someone (ie. stupid puck bunny) created this stupid forum asking if he has a girlfriend or not...and from the past year all these girls are making comments about his love life and how many girls he dates at once, etc.

I know my brother is a player...literally. haha But, I don't like it being online.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Ugh...I hate finding out stuff online about my brother..like someone (ie. stupid puck bunny) created this stupid forum asking if he has a girlfriend or not...and from the past year all these girls are making comments about his love life and how many girls he dates at once, etc.

I know my brother is a player...literally. haha But, I don't like it being online.

come on amanda, don't hate the player, hate the game (gotta love quoting an old Too Short song)

[ScooterMac 2]

I don't have enough vent in me this morning to properly vent about this guy.

He campaigned, successfully, against a plan to bring subsidized housing for seniors into town by declaring, "I don't want to live next to poor people. I don't want poor people in my town."

*facepalm*

[The_Dude 1,142]

I don't have enough vent in me this morning to properly vent about this guy.

He campaigned, successfully, against a plan to bring subsidized housing for seniors into town by declaring, "I don't want to live next to poor people. I don't want poor people in my town."

*facepalm*

Wow that attorney in that article is a real douchebag.