Thursday, September 15, 2005

Things I hate about Philly

Today, there is shit on my roof.

There is a roof ledge outside my apartment, that I see when I walk down the hallway. Today, it is covered in many, many white-wrapped packets of actual feces.

I just called the maintenance guy, Big Lou. A transcript of the conversation:

Mer: "Lou, it's Mer in 4A. There's shit on my roof."
Lou: "What?"
Mer: "There's shit on my roof."
Lou: "What?"
Mer: "There's actual feces on my roof."
Lou: "I'll be there in a minute."

[Lou arrives, looking grim.]

Mer: "Hi! Check this out." [directs Lou to window. Both peer out.] "You thought I was kidding, didn't you. But there's really crap all over the roof." [a long silence while Lou looks out various windows and attempts to deduce where the feces originated from] "It kind of looks like it fell. See where the screen fell out? The screen didn't have stuff on it before."
Lou: "There's a guy in 6[x] there was a problem with before; he was throwing his dog's shit out the window."
Mer: "You're kidding."
Lou: "Nope."
Mer: "Why have a dog, if you're not going to walk it?"
Lou: "That's what I'm saying! Know how I found out he was doing it? I was standing on the sidewalk one day when he threw it out. Looks like the guy is right above you."

Lou is now talking with my disgusting neighbor. I look forward to the resolution of the issue. I do not look forward to the cleanup. I also have no intention of engaging in any cleanup efforts.

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