I work for a company that rents apartments to college students. Very lazy college students as evidenced by this story.
I got a phone call last week from a girl's mom screaming that her daughter just called her to cry about the "black mold" in her bathtub. Why the mother was calling, I don't know, seeing as how this girl is 22 years old, but I digress. Anyhow, black mold everywhere and if we don't get out immediately and clean it up, she's going to call every newsstation in the area, the CDC, Judge Judy, you name it. Nine times out of ten, when someone calls about black mold, it's usually a very minor case of mold, but not the ominous dangerous version of black mold that can cause problems, and more often than not, it's mildew. But seeing how upset both this mother and daughter were, the owner himself went out to see what the problem was.
He comes back about ten minutes later, in total and absolute shock. I'm thinking, "Oh God, It's bad. The whole bathroom is going to have to be gutted and remodeled." He looks at me and says "Those little b*%ches." He goes on to tell me that the bathroom, including the sink and bathtub were filthy! Had not been cleaned in the ten months they lived there. Garbage can overflowing, toilet black as could be, sink had so much soap scum in it that there was a pool of water.
And the bathtub. You know that nasty pink mildew that looks like splashed pepto bismo? On all three walls. On the tub sides and bottom. Oh, and that menacing black mold that started it all? Nowhere to be found. Tons of black mildew on the shower curtain and in the caulk between the tub and wall, but no mold. I've never seen him so mad in my five years working here. He said when he pointed it out to the three girls who were there, they at least had the sense to look guilty but were still put out that he hadn't shown up with a bucket of bleach water and a scrub brush. Long story short, apparently the girl who called was scared that her mother was going to see the nastiness when she came to visit that weekend and would ream her out, and thought that by complaining to us, we would clean it for her!!!!
Needless to say, my boss called the girl's mother back to inform her that it was not black mold, and that we would not be cleaning it!! I'm dying to know what the mother said when she came up to visit!!
I got a phone call last week from a girl's mom screaming that her daughter just called her to cry about the "black mold" in her bathtub. Why the mother was calling, I don't know, seeing as how this girl is 22 years old, but I digress. Anyhow, black mold everywhere and if we don't get out immediately and clean it up, she's going to call every newsstation in the area, the CDC, Judge Judy, you name it. Nine times out of ten, when someone calls about black mold, it's usually a very minor case of mold, but not the ominous dangerous version of black mold that can cause problems, and more often than not, it's mildew. But seeing how upset both this mother and daughter were, the owner himself went out to see what the problem was.
He comes back about ten minutes later, in total and absolute shock. I'm thinking, "Oh God, It's bad. The whole bathroom is going to have to be gutted and remodeled." He looks at me and says "Those little b*%ches." He goes on to tell me that the bathroom, including the sink and bathtub were filthy! Had not been cleaned in the ten months they lived there. Garbage can overflowing, toilet black as could be, sink had so much soap scum in it that there was a pool of water.
And the bathtub. You know that nasty pink mildew that looks like splashed pepto bismo? On all three walls. On the tub sides and bottom. Oh, and that menacing black mold that started it all? Nowhere to be found. Tons of black mildew on the shower curtain and in the caulk between the tub and wall, but no mold. I've never seen him so mad in my five years working here. He said when he pointed it out to the three girls who were there, they at least had the sense to look guilty but were still put out that he hadn't shown up with a bucket of bleach water and a scrub brush. Long story short, apparently the girl who called was scared that her mother was going to see the nastiness when she came to visit that weekend and would ream her out, and thought that by complaining to us, we would clean it for her!!!!
Needless to say, my boss called the girl's mother back to inform her that it was not black mold, and that we would not be cleaning it!! I'm dying to know what the mother said when she came up to visit!!
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