You know the old proverb “pride goeth before a fall?”
I propose a modification. Something along the lines of “smugness goeth before the universe hands your ass to you and laughs its ass off.”
Less than 24 hours after I wrote this nice post at LiveWell about how we can all be better stewards of the land through filtered water bottle usage, I got the following notice from our building:
Dear residents:
During construction today, a plumbing contractor discovered that a drinking water pipe may have inadvertently been crossed with another pipe not used for potable water. He informed the City plumbing inspection department which came out today and inspected the plumbing. They have taken samples of the water to determine the cause of the POSSIBLE contamination, and to ensure there is no danger to the rest of the water supply.
Unfortunately, we will not have water test results until tomorrow morning. It is recommended, therefore, that until further notice, no water be used for drinking or washing hands, body, or clothes, and that you only use water for toilet flushing. It is also advised that you do not drink from any filtered water through your refrigerator or any filtering system attached to your faucet or use of carbon filters like Brita pitchers until we have the results from the test. There is bottled water available for residents on the first floor by the management office.
Sincerely,
Management
That’s right, folks: less than a day after I wrote a superior-sounding post about the need for our society to rid ourselves of our addiction to disposable water bottles, John and I are now the proud owners of a dozen such bottles for drinking, hand washing, and teeth brushing. And we have to shower at the gym. Awesome!
What a disgusting mess. At least you live close to your gym. And a grocery store, for that matter. May this messy situation be resolved soon. Sigh.
Oh dude, that blows. Uck.
OMG! I’m so grossed out by the thought! I mean, I’m glad they caught it and alerted you, but EW EW EW EW!!!
oh my GOD. so, uh, they caught the possible error RIGHT AWAY, right? and not, like, they were doing construction and stumbled upon pipes that, haha, may have been crossed for WHO KNOWS how long. RIGHT?!?
Oy. Of course. (That really sucks, by the way.)
You know, this is something I really, really want to write about: the contradictions we all have to live with/make peace with as we strive to be better stewards, neighbors, etc.
That’s AWFUL. However, your point still applies. This is DEFINITELY an extenuating circumstance.
Still, the timing is ironic.
UM. GROSS.
My parents had problems with their pipes when we first moved to GA – there was so much iron in the water that it was settling in the pipes and rusting…. and the first 10 loads of laundry we ran were orange, and we had no idea why.
Snort. The timing of the post/cootie crossing of pipes kind of makes me laugh.
Can you imagine if toilet-business came out of your kitchen faucet? Holy hell.
Yikes. Thank goodness they caught that!
Also, the universe loves irony above all else. Of COURSE it happened after you wrote the post.
Ah, irony! Dude, that sucks, though. Hope they get it fixed quickly!
Bleh. Double bleh. Is it fixed yet???