all kinds of viruses

Are you serious? That is what I have been asking myself for the last month. I have had a leak under the bathroom sink for more weeks than I can even remember, and now my super can’t fix it because he has all kinds of viruses. He was perfectly fine yesterday when he came over to “fix” it but forgot the part. He sounded perfectly fine on the phone. I can’t take it anymore. The first three weeks he just didn’t show up, the week after that he didn’t pick up the phone, the week after that I don’t think his wife gave him my messages. The week after that he had knee surgery. Next it was Christmas and then new years. Then he finally comes over to fix it but he doesn’t have the right part. Are you serious? Now he has “all kinds of viruses?”

Of course according to him he will be able to come over tomorrow and fix it. Honestly, someone with “all kinds of viruses” probably shouldn’t even leave the house for weeks. What does that even mean? “All kinds of viruses?” Like you have the flu AND West Nile at the same time? It’s fucking ridiculous that’s what it is. How am I supposed to live like this? I ask the guy to come over and fix a leak and he gives me this attitude like I dialed the wrong number or something. Hello. It’s your job asshole. Everybody hates their job (well I don’t), but you have to do it anyway. Especially if people are actually counting on you for something. Maybe if he had just been honest with me and said, “sorry lady but I’m never gonna fix your sink”, maybe I would be ok with that. It’s the lying I can’t handle. I suppose I am just being naïve when I assume he will come when he says he will, but I just don’t understand how someone could be so deceitful so often. I mean that takes a lot of work! Coming up with all kinds of excuses can’t be easy work, and if he put half as much effort into his real job as he did into getting out of working he would surely be the best super in New York.

But besides that things are going pretty well. My team won big yesterday – as I expected. Still a long way to go, but nothing like a big win to start off the week!!