by Higgenbotham » Thu May 30, 2024 3:31 pm
Higgenbotham wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 5:23 pm
Dark Age Chronicles
This post will describe my 2 days after Christmas in the new dark age.
Late yesterday evening, my wife told me that one of her friends had texted her saying she needs a favor, a big favor. (Before we started moving, I said there will be people wanting to move in with us. I said the answer needs to be no, and the reason is that your mother is moving in with us next month. I said let's agree to that now before it happens, because it's going to happen. We agreed.) So I said the big favor she needs is that she wants to move into our house. That turned out to be correct. I said I was surprised they were the first, but they won't be the last. We got more details this morning. He lost his IT job, her contract job ends in a few days, and they were scammed out of all their savings. They thought they were investing in a business. More bad news this morning. Their rent is $2,300 per month, December was not paid, and they are facing eviction. My wife gave her the canned response: her mother is moving into the house next month. But she added that we have this apartment vacated and they (and their kids) can live here until the lease runs out. She rejected that offer, saying she needs to keep the kids in the same school. After she got off the phone, my wife and I noted that she hasn't yet come to terms with how much trouble she is in.
Guest wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:54 am
Higgenbotham wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 5:23 pm
Dark Age Chronicles
This post will describe my 2 days after Christmas in the new dark age.
After she got off the phone, my wife and I noted that
she hasn't yet come to terms with how much trouble she is in.
These types never see it coming...
Please keep us posted on her.
As you know, I've been doing some updates about how she found another apartment based on income that doesn't exist and I wondered why anyone would be stupid enough to rent to her.
She came back yesterday with her 3 kids. Before she texted last time, she had come to visit twice. Her behavior yesterday was similar to the previous 2 visits and it's pretty obvious she is once again facing eviction. I heard my wife talking to her about how her Mom is moving in next month and it's all set.
But the aspect that seems more notable this time around was the amount of waste she generated in the short time she was here. Actually, it was way too long but it was short in the context of this discussion.
First, she used the toilet. When I went past the bathroom maybe an hour later, I heard the toilet running full bore. The flapper valve was wide open and I closed it. An open flapper valve is going to use roughly 200 gallons in an hour. This entire family of 3 used 1200 gallons of water last month and my 4 year old can flush the toilet by herself with no adult supervision and no issues.
Second was the amount of garbage she generated. Below is what the trash can looked like after I took the garbage out that she threw in it as she left. This entire family of 3 generated this much garbage in 6 days.
This is what the can looked like after she left:
As can be seen, she is wasting money at McDonald's. There were other issues too numerous to mention.
[quote=Higgenbotham post_id=84687 time=1703712210 user_id=100]
Dark Age Chronicles
This post will describe my 2 days after Christmas in the new dark age.
Late yesterday evening, my wife told me that one of her friends had texted her saying she needs a favor, a big favor. (Before we started moving, I said there will be people wanting to move in with us. I said the answer needs to be no, and the reason is that your mother is moving in with us next month. I said let's agree to that now before it happens, because it's going to happen. We agreed.) So I said the big favor she needs is that she wants to move into our house. That turned out to be correct. I said I was surprised they were the first, but they won't be the last. We got more details this morning. He lost his IT job, her contract job ends in a few days, and they were scammed out of all their savings. They thought they were investing in a business. More bad news this morning. Their rent is $2,300 per month, December was not paid, and they are facing eviction. My wife gave her the canned response: her mother is moving into the house next month. But she added that we have this apartment vacated and they (and their kids) can live here until the lease runs out. She rejected that offer, saying she needs to keep the kids in the same school. After she got off the phone, my wife and I noted that she hasn't yet come to terms with how much trouble she is in.[/quote]
[quote=Guest post_id=84707 time=1703854449]
[quote=Higgenbotham post_id=84687 time=1703712210 user_id=100]
Dark Age Chronicles
This post will describe my 2 days after Christmas in the new dark age.
After she got off the phone, my wife and I noted that [b]she hasn't yet come to terms with how much trouble she is in.[/b]
[/quote]
These types never see it coming...
Please keep us posted on her.[/quote]
As you know, I've been doing some updates about how she found another apartment based on income that doesn't exist and I wondered why anyone would be stupid enough to rent to her.
She came back yesterday with her 3 kids. Before she texted last time, she had come to visit twice. Her behavior yesterday was similar to the previous 2 visits and it's pretty obvious she is once again facing eviction. I heard my wife talking to her about how her Mom is moving in next month and it's all set.
But the aspect that seems more notable this time around was the amount of waste she generated in the short time she was here. Actually, it was way too long but it was short in the context of this discussion.
First, she used the toilet. When I went past the bathroom maybe an hour later, I heard the toilet running full bore. The flapper valve was wide open and I closed it. An open flapper valve is going to use roughly 200 gallons in an hour. This entire family of 3 used 1200 gallons of water last month and my 4 year old can flush the toilet by herself with no adult supervision and no issues.
Second was the amount of garbage she generated. Below is what the trash can looked like after I took the garbage out that she threw in it as she left. This entire family of 3 generated this much garbage in 6 days.
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/RCPVB1jC/20240530-133403.jpg[/img]
This is what the can looked like after she left:
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/Rhmfx78L/20240530-133432.jpg[/img]
As can be seen, she is wasting money at McDonald's. There were other issues too numerous to mention.