Apartment Life Pt. 3
It's been awhile since I've posted, so I decided to add to the quirks 'n' perks (but mostly quirks) list of living in an apartment.
Emergency Paperclip
My roommate and I discovered early on that the lock to our bathroom door would occasionally engage itself without us knowing. While it hadn't caused a problem, we figured it would be just a matter of time before we accidentally locked ourselves out. We looked over the lock -- a simple push button -- and after a couple minutes brainstorming, my roommate locked herself in the bathroom to see if I could unlock the door by pushing a paperclip into the hole in the knob. It worked! Now we have a paperclip taped to the freezer door.
A couple weeks later, we found that the lock was engaging because the knob would hit the wall, pushing in the button.
No Compromising with the Faucet
Our kitchen faucet knows two extremes -- cold and flesh-scalding hot. Delightfully lukewarm is not an option no matter how hard you try to center the handle. The only time the water is warm is the few seconds in between when the water is heating up from cold to scalding. I was wondering why my hands were so dry.
Unofficial Roommate
Some tenants have to put up with pests as a part of the apartment experience. I've had a few friends in other apartments complain about ants running around their living spaces. We have (thus far) a lone silverfish, whom we have (lovingly?) named Jaquimos (pronounced Jack-a-mos or Jacque-imos).
Jacquimos first introduced himself to my roommate by appearing next to her in bed one morning. As you can probably infer, the whole experience got us off to a rocky start. He then showed up on the wall in our living room and later in the week was seen scaling the ceiling over our table. In other words, he was coming and going as he pleased. We saw him making his rounds this past week, scaling the wall next to our laundry closet, and he greeted us from above our kitchen cabinets when we returned from our escapades in my roommate's hometown.
We've decided to put up with Jacquimos and his antics, even if he isn't paying his share of the rent. Let's hope he doesn't invite any of his friends over.
Emergency Paperclip
My roommate and I discovered early on that the lock to our bathroom door would occasionally engage itself without us knowing. While it hadn't caused a problem, we figured it would be just a matter of time before we accidentally locked ourselves out. We looked over the lock -- a simple push button -- and after a couple minutes brainstorming, my roommate locked herself in the bathroom to see if I could unlock the door by pushing a paperclip into the hole in the knob. It worked! Now we have a paperclip taped to the freezer door.
Emergency Paperclip
A couple weeks later, we found that the lock was engaging because the knob would hit the wall, pushing in the button.
No Compromising with the Faucet
Our kitchen faucet knows two extremes -- cold and flesh-scalding hot. Delightfully lukewarm is not an option no matter how hard you try to center the handle. The only time the water is warm is the few seconds in between when the water is heating up from cold to scalding. I was wondering why my hands were so dry.
Unofficial Roommate
Some tenants have to put up with pests as a part of the apartment experience. I've had a few friends in other apartments complain about ants running around their living spaces. We have (thus far) a lone silverfish, whom we have (lovingly?) named Jaquimos (pronounced Jack-a-mos or Jacque-imos).
Jacquimos first introduced himself to my roommate by appearing next to her in bed one morning. As you can probably infer, the whole experience got us off to a rocky start. He then showed up on the wall in our living room and later in the week was seen scaling the ceiling over our table. In other words, he was coming and going as he pleased. We saw him making his rounds this past week, scaling the wall next to our laundry closet, and he greeted us from above our kitchen cabinets when we returned from our escapades in my roommate's hometown.
We've decided to put up with Jacquimos and his antics, even if he isn't paying his share of the rent. Let's hope he doesn't invite any of his friends over.
Jacquimos the Lone Silverfish
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