08 Januar 2007

A warm welcome

An die Bewohner im Schlierbacher Schiff

Aus technischen Gründen ist die Heizung und Warmwasser am 8-9.1.2007 bis 13:00 ausgefallen. Wir bitten um Verständnis.

Hausmeister


Unfortunately, one always sees these notes after having tried to shower with cold water... Also unfortunately, there was no warm water this afternoon, either. And there still isn't, so he must have meant until tomorrow 13:00, rather than tomorrow until 13:00. Which strikes me as rather long for fixing a boiler, especially if it is one that provides 90 people with their warm water and heating.

Oh well... cold but clean water is still better than brown water1 :p.

P.S.: Yes, I'm back in Heidelberg, and safely so, for those who were wondering. This time only for five weeks, though: I'm coming back to Utrecht on the 10th of February.


1The state of affairs in Phwezi, Malawi, apparently.