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Sink-hole @ the Plaza
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A little back ground: I have 3 bosses, 2 in office, one in the field; S, R, M; also my mom and I work together, also we have a tech, who for this exercise will be called P.
boss M is on Vaca this week, as her birthday is wed. (which interestingly enough is also mom and dad's annv.) end bg.
S and mom went to a meeting, so the only ppl in the office were me - in the reception area, and P - in the tech room
M's EXbf shows up at the office, asks if she's around; "nope"; he turns and walks back out of the office (and as we all know if that were the last of it, i wouldn't be typing this) he gets in his truck and i hear it start up (diesel!) the pop/squeal of tires, (oh goody, he's gonna peal out of the parking lot, wooh /sarcasm) *THUNK*
I look up, yep he hit the fire hydrant; He gets out of the truck, and looks - mostly at the truck, and gets back in and drives off.
P asks from the back room, "what was that?"
"Douchebag hitting the hydrant"
"Oh, damaged it too"
"Nah I don't think so"
"oh, then is that the sprinklers - are they working on those?"
"Crap!" - i get up from my desk, open the door, and sure enough there's water flowing from the base of the hydrant....
So i called Boss R (the one in the field) "quick explanation, and do i call 911 or prop mgmt?"
"uuuhh.... Prop Mgmt 1st. But let M know that Douche was here "
So i call PM - they say they'll call someone about it, and call me back - So i go and let the ladies in the office down the hall know what's going on, and so we go out and watch it get worse - the parking lot is buckling by the hydrant, and the water pressure increases and FLOODS the parking lot....
PM calls me back, they've called 9-1-1; someone should be out soon, do i know how long ago it happened? 12:20 ish
Me and P are kinda keeping an eye on things, when the property maintenance guys come through, and drive over where its buckling the worst, they come over and tell me to not let anybody else drive over it, they can damage their vehicle.
Yeah, ok, cause i don't have a job to do, i can just stand around and yell at ppl not to drive there... yeah, i'll get right on that /sarcasm
Boss S calls to see what we want him and mom to pick up for lunch - I explain that i'm not worried about that right now - i've got this mess going on, oh and i can't get a hold of boss M.
Mom calls my cell on her cell and asks "WTH?" (she was driving and all she heard was my slightly panicked and stressed voice gibbering out of S's phone like an angry chipmunk) re-explain calmer and she goes oh nice... while i'm on the phone with her some dumb woman comes driving through the "don't let any one drive there" area, and stops and looks at the spewing hydrant, and so i holler to her that yes its' being delt with.... (sorta) so i'm going back to my phone convo, when she attempts to drive back! over the same area, I let her know, uhh... you don't wanna do that "Oh, ok! oh my!" (grrrr) Mom decides she's gonna let me go... not even a minute later mom calls back, put tape on 2 chairs and create a barrier...
I'm actually attempting to do work (its rare, i know, but it does happen) so before i can do that a cop cruiser finally shows up, and drives across where its bad idea for him to do so; I go outside cause i know he's gonna want to talk to me since i more or less called it in... and then a 2nd cop, this one on a motorcycle show up, and gets directed my way - (monkeys were peeking out to see the show) as i try to tell him to park on the other side of the hydrant, he drives over the area i was asked to not let anyone drive on... as i'm talking to him, mom and S finally show up (with lunch!) I give my report, provide as much information as i can, including M's cell number and the PM actually shows up as well... thanks me for dealing with it so promptly, thanks S for my dealing with it so quickly, and S is like, I wasn't even here, its all her, but thanks.
and of course mom wants to do the protective mommabear thing, b/c I'm stressed/angry - and its Douchebag's fault- and we know how big a db douchebag is from previous occasions while he and M were dating....
we had 4 or 5 city utility trucks out here, and now they've got the back-ho out here working on it...
but water flowed for about an hour before it got turned off - the 1st truck showed up about the same time as the officers... I think I'm down to only 1 or 2 city utility trucks, plus the digger -oh and about a 10 x 15 ish area caution taped off, but i think they had to take some of the caution tape down so the work trucks could get in.....
yay!
(ps, I try to use correct grammar, but it doesn't always work - if it bothers you - cry me a.... no, don't cry... I've got enough water in the parking lot, thank you)
A little back ground: I have 3 bosses, 2 in office, one in the field; S, R, M; also my mom and I work together, also we have a tech, who for this exercise will be called P.
boss M is on Vaca this week, as her birthday is wed. (which interestingly enough is also mom and dad's annv.) end bg.
S and mom went to a meeting, so the only ppl in the office were me - in the reception area, and P - in the tech room
M's EXbf shows up at the office, asks if she's around; "nope"; he turns and walks back out of the office (and as we all know if that were the last of it, i wouldn't be typing this) he gets in his truck and i hear it start up (diesel!) the pop/squeal of tires, (oh goody, he's gonna peal out of the parking lot, wooh /sarcasm) *THUNK*
I look up, yep he hit the fire hydrant; He gets out of the truck, and looks - mostly at the truck, and gets back in and drives off.
P asks from the back room, "what was that?"
"Douchebag hitting the hydrant"
"Oh, damaged it too"
"Nah I don't think so"
"oh, then is that the sprinklers - are they working on those?"
"Crap!" - i get up from my desk, open the door, and sure enough there's water flowing from the base of the hydrant....
So i called Boss R (the one in the field) "quick explanation, and do i call 911 or prop mgmt?"
"uuuhh.... Prop Mgmt 1st. But let M know that Douche was here "
So i call PM - they say they'll call someone about it, and call me back - So i go and let the ladies in the office down the hall know what's going on, and so we go out and watch it get worse - the parking lot is buckling by the hydrant, and the water pressure increases and FLOODS the parking lot....
PM calls me back, they've called 9-1-1; someone should be out soon, do i know how long ago it happened? 12:20 ish
Me and P are kinda keeping an eye on things, when the property maintenance guys come through, and drive over where its buckling the worst, they come over and tell me to not let anybody else drive over it, they can damage their vehicle.
Yeah, ok, cause i don't have a job to do, i can just stand around and yell at ppl not to drive there... yeah, i'll get right on that /sarcasm
Boss S calls to see what we want him and mom to pick up for lunch - I explain that i'm not worried about that right now - i've got this mess going on, oh and i can't get a hold of boss M.
Mom calls my cell on her cell and asks "WTH?" (she was driving and all she heard was my slightly panicked and stressed voice gibbering out of S's phone like an angry chipmunk) re-explain calmer and she goes oh nice... while i'm on the phone with her some dumb woman comes driving through the "don't let any one drive there" area, and stops and looks at the spewing hydrant, and so i holler to her that yes its' being delt with.... (sorta) so i'm going back to my phone convo, when she attempts to drive back! over the same area, I let her know, uhh... you don't wanna do that "Oh, ok! oh my!" (grrrr) Mom decides she's gonna let me go... not even a minute later mom calls back, put tape on 2 chairs and create a barrier...
I'm actually attempting to do work (its rare, i know, but it does happen) so before i can do that a cop cruiser finally shows up, and drives across where its bad idea for him to do so; I go outside cause i know he's gonna want to talk to me since i more or less called it in... and then a 2nd cop, this one on a motorcycle show up, and gets directed my way - (monkeys were peeking out to see the show) as i try to tell him to park on the other side of the hydrant, he drives over the area i was asked to not let anyone drive on... as i'm talking to him, mom and S finally show up (with lunch!) I give my report, provide as much information as i can, including M's cell number and the PM actually shows up as well... thanks me for dealing with it so promptly, thanks S for my dealing with it so quickly, and S is like, I wasn't even here, its all her, but thanks.
and of course mom wants to do the protective mommabear thing, b/c I'm stressed/angry - and its Douchebag's fault- and we know how big a db douchebag is from previous occasions while he and M were dating....
we had 4 or 5 city utility trucks out here, and now they've got the back-ho out here working on it...
but water flowed for about an hour before it got turned off - the 1st truck showed up about the same time as the officers... I think I'm down to only 1 or 2 city utility trucks, plus the digger -oh and about a 10 x 15 ish area caution taped off, but i think they had to take some of the caution tape down so the work trucks could get in.....
yay!
(ps, I try to use correct grammar, but it doesn't always work - if it bothers you - cry me a.... no, don't cry... I've got enough water in the parking lot, thank you)
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