December 09, 2005
At Least Somebody Knows What They Are Doing
So eventually I got the keys, went 'round to the new place, looked around. It's even smaller than I remembered. I looked at it briefly and went for the other unit instead, and then I waited... And waited... And waited... For five weeks.
And since I have to move by the end of the year and Christmas is only two weeks away, I had to go for the unit I didn't want. They're in the same complex, but of 16 units, 10 have nice balconies, 12 have attached garages, four have gardens with gates so you can get in without going through the house, and two have nice views overlooking the... Well, it's a swamp, but it's a nice swamp.
My unit has none of those. It's the runt of the litter, but it costs as much as the others. Which I guess is why it was available.
What it also doesn't have is electricity. Something the real-estate agent also didn't mention.
The only redeeming factor was Energy Australia. I called them after five on a Friday afternoon, and they will have the power on tomorrow. Thanks guys.
Update: +10 points for organising the connection on a Saturday. -20 points for not actually recording the reconnection request in the system. -20 points for insisting that the power was already connected when I called to complain on Saturday morning. -10 points for closing at 12 PM sharp on Saturday, two minutes before I located the main switch box with the tag on my unit's switch saying that power had been disconnected.
+10 points for organising a free emergency reconnection on Saturday afternoon. +10 points for doing it in less than an hour.
So, -20 points for the week. Must try harder.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:26 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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"10 have nice balconies, 12 have attached garages, four have gardens with gates so you can get in without going through the house, and two have nice views overlooking the... Well, it's a swamp, but it's a nice swamp. My unit has none of those. It's the runt of the litter."
Bah! It's the BEST of the bunch! Let's go over it option by option:
Balcony: usually, balconies are accompanied by floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors, such as what The Pond has. These huge doors would have caused your unit to have excessively hot in the summer and amazingly cold in the winter.
Garage: Another room to keep clean, hampered by the presence of car. Alternatively, a storage room; either way, a pain in the pinfeathers.
Garden with External Door: The garden is a time-sucker that would have just pointed out that you're a plant murderer. The external door is just a way for the zombies to get in.
View of Swamp: One word for ya: malaria. Nuff said.
See? You're LUCKY to get this one! More easily defended against zombies, too... lack of electricity means that they won't be attracted by lights in the window!
Look out for the fast ones.
Bah! It's the BEST of the bunch! Let's go over it option by option:
Balcony: usually, balconies are accompanied by floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors, such as what The Pond has. These huge doors would have caused your unit to have excessively hot in the summer and amazingly cold in the winter.
Garage: Another room to keep clean, hampered by the presence of car. Alternatively, a storage room; either way, a pain in the pinfeathers.
Garden with External Door: The garden is a time-sucker that would have just pointed out that you're a plant murderer. The external door is just a way for the zombies to get in.
View of Swamp: One word for ya: malaria. Nuff said.
See? You're LUCKY to get this one! More easily defended against zombies, too... lack of electricity means that they won't be attracted by lights in the window!
Look out for the fast ones.
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 10, 2005 04:04 PM (KnWO3)
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