The events of my day, 2/17/2020

This is the maintenance man at my apartment complex, with a man who lives here, but is also a helper.
The maintenance man and I share a mutual loathing, so that he has said he won't come back to my apartment unless I leave while he is there.

Two weeks ago, when he was in my bathroom working on stopping the leak in my tub, he announced that "see there, it has stopped leaking"
I'm standing there, watching it drip, drip, drip, and I said so.
No, it has stopped leaking he said. (now I have PTSD, and I quickly get a Tone in my voice over stupidity)

I said MAN! I AM STANDING HERE WATCHING IT DRIP to which he replied.
DON'T YELL AT ME so there we are.
The complex hired a plumber to come and replace my old tub/shower faucet set (it was very old after all) and this is now how that project sits; someone must come and fix the tile/wall

Now, my water heater was very old and not performing well, so they agreed to replace it, but for him to do so, I had to leave.
I do not trust someone who calls me a liar to my face, so I bought this camera and watched the whole thing to be sure they didn't

1. take anything and
2. Go anywhere in my apartment not related to the water heater.

During my hour long remote viewing, I saw them bring in the new water heater, make multiple trips out for tools (I mean really, if you know you are going to be replacing a water heater, something you've done many times, wouldn't you know to bring in your pipe wrench, a screwdriver and teflon tape?)
I saw the Helper go off camera to my sliding glass door (he apparently tried to open it, because I have it fixed and I could tell) and he also went to the bathroom DOWN THE HALL)


Then I saw them take out the old one after turning off the light in the kitchen.
When I got home, I checked, the new water heater was indeed new, and was named after me

However, there was very little pressure on the hot water side. It hadn't been too long, so the water wasn't very hot either.
I got down and looked, and the outlet pipe was crimped. (this image is AFTER I straightened it out a bit)

The high pressure/high temp relief/overflow pipe is crimped

And the unit is not grounded properly

There is no overflow pan underneath, so if there is any catastrophic failure, all the nice new carpet they installed before I moved in will be ruined.

But, at least I have hot water now, enough pressure to be able to actively wash my nasty a$$ 😈 and all these nifty photos and videos to document the poor quality of the maintenance at this complex.

"The Events of my Day"

^by
Jerry E Smith
©2/17/2020
All photos are original.



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