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My fucking toilet just flooded my apartment

  1. #41
    stl1 Cum Lickin' Fagit
    Jesus Christ.

    Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
  2. #42
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Originally posted by gadzooks Its actually kind of a unique situation.

    On paper, my mom owns the place. I just pay the mortgage, utilities, property taxes, and strata fees.

    So, I guess my mom is technically my landlord.

    Good luck.
  3. #43
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by stl1 Jesus Christ.

    Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

    For what?

    I mean, yeah, in retrospect I feel kinda stupid for not realizing immediately that I had to shut the valve.

    But people make mistakes. It's life.

    You don't think I encounter scenarios where people do incredibly dumb things that make me roll my eyes and think "wow, what a retard"...?

    But then I realize that not everyone knows literally everything.

    Like I said. This is precisely what insurance is for.

    Surgeons have medical malpractice insurance because they make mistakes.

    Lawyers have legal malpractice insurance.

    We all have vehicle insurance for when we drive.

    People fuck up. That's life.
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  4. #44
    Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
    Originally posted by gadzooks For what?

    I mean, yeah, in retrospect I feel kinda stupid for not realizing immediately that I had to shut the valve.

    But people make mistakes. It's life.

    You don't think I encounter scenarios where people do incredibly dumb things that make me roll my eyes and think "wow, what a retard"…?

    But then I realize that not everyone knows literally everything.

    Like I said. This is precisely what insurance is for.

    Surgeons have medical malpractice insurance because they make mistakes.

    Lawyers have legal malpractice insurance.

    We all have vehicle insurance for when we drive.

    People fuck up. That's life.

    I hope the owner of the property you damaged shares your views.
  5. #45
    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
    inb4 the whole place molds up and hes shocked yet again
  6. #46
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by Obbe I hope the owner of the property you damaged shares your views.

    Literally anyone who isn't a complete asshole shares my views.

    I'd bet actual cash money that everyone in here who is judging me has made some kind of equivalent lapse of judgment before but just aren't being honest.
  7. #47
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by A College Professor inb4 the whole place molds up and hes shocked yet again

    I know about the potential for mold. Its why the whole thing is gonna cost $12,000 to fix. I need to replace all the flooring (both carpet and laminate).
  8. #48
    Originally posted by gadzooks Literally anyone who isn't a complete asshole shares my views.

    I'd bet actual cash money that everyone in here who is judging me has made some kind of equivalent lapse of judgment before but just aren't being honest.

    Don't feel bad. There's a good chance that I just destroyed a brand new coffee maker because my dumb ass kept trying to make coffee without putting water in

    In my defense though I'm used to the one at work that's tied in directly to the water
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  9. #49
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by JĎ…icebox Don't feel bad. There's a good chance that I just destroyed a brand new coffee maker because my dumb ass kept trying to make coffee without putting water in

    In my defense though I'm used to the one at work that's tied in directly to the water

    This is EXACTLY it...

    I've seen a hundred flooded toilets before, but they've always stopped flowing after a minute or two.

    There's some kind of mechanism inside the tank that detects when it's full and stops it from filling.

    I had literally no experience with this particular scenario.

    Everyone ITT is ganging up on a nigga but I know none of them are perfect.

    Nobody is.
  10. #50
    Dregs African Astronaut [that freakishly double-edged allmouth]
    you'll get through on the thugs, the 12 grand, and everything else life hits ya with. just never lose the faith...if you do than you might be fucked.
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  11. #51
    HTS highlight reel
    Originally posted by stl1 I firmly believe that there should be a required class in high school along the lines of "Things Everyone Should Know" that would include where to find and how to shut off your water/gas/electricity in an emergency, basic plumbing and electrical, basic home maintenance with replacing of HVAC enhancements, cleaning condenser coils and condensate drains, basic retirement planning, budgeting and normal household expenses, checking accounts and how to balance a check book (hey, I found a $50 mistake in the bank's favor once), etc.

    Hey look it's another person who has never heard of home ec.
  12. #52
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    The insurance adjuster just dropped by and he was asking all these incredibly irrelevant questions...

    He's like... "Where do you work?"

    So I told him I'm currently on employment insurance as I was laid off.

    Then he's like... "When were you laid off?"

    So I say "umm... February I think..."

    Then he asks me the name of the company I worked for...

    Like wtf does this have to do with my wet carpets?
  13. #53
    Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged
    You aren't telling the whole story. Something happened to cause this. Did you have a post meth massive shit that clogged the toilet drain? Something went down that didn't fit. Or sue the toilet people.
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  14. #54
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by Erekshun You aren't telling the whole story. Something happened to cause this. Did you have a post meth massive shit that clogged the toilet drain? Something went down that didn't fit. Or sue the toilet people.

    I'm surprised if took this long for someone to ask this question.

    There were two things going on...

    One: The rubber flange or whatever it's called inside the tank was broken, and so the toilet wouldn't flush on its own. I was forced to keep the lid of the tank off at all times so I could reach in and remove the flange manually everytime I had to flush.

    Two: The toiled flooded because... I guess I took a big shit? Or I used too much toilet paper? Dunno for sure

    But yeah, it was a result of two unlikely scenarios converging.
  15. #55
    Ajax African Astronaut [rumor the placative aphakia]
    Originally posted by gadzooks I'm surprised if took this long for someone to ask this question.

    There were two things going on…

    One: The rubber flange or whatever it's called inside the tank was broken, and so the toilet wouldn't flush on its own. I was forced to keep the lid of the tank off at all times so I could reach in and remove the flange manually everytime I had to flush.

    Two: The toiled flooded because… I guess I took a big shit? Or I used too much toilet paper? Dunno for sure

    But yeah, it was a result of two unlikely scenarios converging.

    Are you talking about the ballcock?
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  16. #56
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by Ajax Are you talking about the ballcock?

    LMAO... Is that actually a technical term for something?

    You can't name something "ballcock". There has to be a law against it.
  17. #57
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Holy fuck... I had to google it to confirm, but it's real.
  18. #58
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    When your ballcock just isn't working right...
  19. #59
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    My toilet doesn't even have a ballcock.
  20. #60
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Flapper is the word I was looking for... Its the flapper that was broken.

    No ballcock anywhere tho... Is that normal?

    I've spent all these years without a ballcock.
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