1st world problems

[charisstoma]

I work in a school. The district is having problems with its internet. People are panicking because they have been moving us into using technology in a large way.

*grins*
No internet. No problem.

And then something happened last night in our 3 1/2 floor building.There are classrooms in the basement. There's a district department in the basement.
The basement is flooded, I'm told. Haven't gone to check but I believe the voices of the doomed.

This area should be somewhere close to 100 degrees F today. Chillers work with water. Water is requiredc for the Fire sprinkler system. Toilets work with water, sinks too. We've about 1000 people in this building and the water is turned off.

Pray for us.

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[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

Not good!

Hope you survive okay.

Work had no water night before last until about 12 the next day.
Only about 14 of us in the building overnight but there was NO COFFEE ;)
and no fresh food depts allowed to open all until the water was back on *snicker*

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

We did survive. *grins* Shortly after noon we had water again.
Humidity rose through the floors which are concrete. My little fan, which normally I keep on low was on high and still it felt 'close' even with the a/c on. Libraries are wonderful places. Privileged places with a set temperature and humidity beneficial to books.

We had the band and the orchestra classes with us as a study hall through the day. The temperature and humidity in their rooms was awful.

*grins* I set up the coffee maker before I left yesterday, complete with water in the reservoir. WE had coffee.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

The library sounds the place to be.
I've spent the last two nights re-ticketing the freezers and fridges so shivery with numb cold hands - you'd have love it ;)

Nasty *fans you*

:P
Coffee in that humidity?! LOL

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

I make the coffee, put hot cocoa mix in the cup then pour in the coffee, stir, put the mug on table behind the circulation counter/desk and wait until the coffee is room temperature. Delicious.

Have seen the individuals who stock the freezers at the grocery in their jackets and gloves. Partly I always thought it was so their handling wouldn't partially defrost the freezer items. *snickers* Okay AND that it was cold where they were working. Must feel good to return to normal ambient temperatures in the summer. "What? Oh, I'm taking a defrosting break."

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

There used to be freezer jackets but personnel took them away, not sure if specific people have them.
PROBABLY is for the products wellfare! Don't care about the staff.

We used to all have caps, scarfs, gloves and some people their outdoor coats on in the winter because the place got soooo cold - when we complained the put the heating on full blast and everyone was near passing out!
Some of the summer they'll have the heating still on instore *grumble*

Nah sticking to my fruit tea yum. I could go a coffee but sort of bed-time here.

[2metaldog.livejournal.com]

Well that sucks hard core.

We had the water cut off to our building at the tail end of winter. We were without water to our building for a week. No sinks and NO TOILETS. The building owner, after 4 days worth of bitching by the tenants, got us a porta-potty. Have you ever had the pleasure of using a porta-potty in -10C weather? I don't recommend it.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

*grins* For my honeymoon we stayed in a log cabin with wood heat and no amenities. Did the person version of cat, dug a shallow hole and covered it over afterwards. Northern Wisconsin in late November. *grins*Totally understand what you went through. 4 Days though. ARG.

About mid-day they brought in a water truck and workers with a real shitty job played sorcerer's apprentices ferrying in buckets of water to flush the toilets.

It is amazing how very nice it is to have running water back.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

that sounds really, really miserable. i'm glad you got water eventually.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

*laughing-now-* It was an exercise in survival and tenacity. Surprising that though I normally don't have time or need to visit the restroom most of the work day, immediately that you can't you want to.

[rout-of-snails.livejournal.com]

Last week I was living without power or gas (not my fault). I don't know how I'd have survived without water. Ye gods! I hope they fix that very, very soon.