The maintenance man and I are not on good terms. But first of all let me say this, it is great that when there is a problem with our apartment that all we have to do is report it and they will come and fix it. Now having said this I will tell you why I am having issues with him. When you report that something needs to be fixed the maintenance man comes to your door, knocks, yells "Maintenance", knocks again, and if you don't answer he comes inside. This is fine with me. However, his timing is incredible. Whenever he comes he catches me when I am not at my best. For example, still in my pj's at 3:00 in the afternoon (Hey when your baby has acid reflux and you've been dealing with a crying baby all night and day, sometimes getting dressed is the last thing on your mind). Or when my helpful husband does laundry and hangs my bras out to dry on the kitchen door knob. This week he came over right when I stepped out of the shower! Luckily, I had chained the door so he couldn't get in all the way. Now I realize this isn't his fault and I usually laugh at his timing. However yesterday he did something that is hard for a mother (at least me to forgive). For whatever reason Blake was having a hard time taking his nap. I could tell he was really tired but he just wouldn't go to sleep. After and 1 1/2 hours of struggling and crying Blake FINALLY went to sleep. Well, who showed up 10min after that? You guessed it. The maintenance man. He was there to fix the light in Blake's room. He came in and was heading toward the room. I said, "Oh I'm sorry, but my son is sleeping in there." He looked at me and said, "That's okay I'm just going in there to see if the light works." And before I could say anything else he walked into the room!!!!!!! Of course Blake woke up, and of course he wouldn't go back to sleep. The guy just looked at Blake in his crib and said, "Hey there cute little guy" Then looks at me and says, "Yep, the lights not working" A couple of mean things went through my head that I wanted to say to him, but didn't. Oh well, the light is fixed. Thanks maintenance man.
April
1 week ago
5 comments:
Grrrrrr! What a thoughtless maintenance man. It makes me think of Ever After when the servant...can't remember her name says "If he didn't buy a bushel of vegetables every week, I'd spit on him." Kind of the same thing. I'm glad your light is fixed though.=)
Holy cow! I would have been so upset! I can't believe he went in there even after you told him there was a sleeping baby in the room! I didn't know little Blakers had acid reflux. Poor Blake and poor mommy too! You are such a strong woman Natalie! You are such a good example to me of the kind of mom I want to be!
I think I would have said something not nice. Or just handed him the baby and said good luck getting him back to sleep. I guess that is why Brian says I am a little too fiesty sometimes.
I am seriously laughing out loud. I can just picture you telling this story. My favorite line is "Hey there cute little guy". HELLLOOOO?!?!?
DJ and I had this same experience on Saturday....only problem is, we have no good excuses for being in our pajamas at 11 am, having a spread of "clean" laundry covering a 6 foot radius of our living room floor, and every dish we own sitting out on the counter. He pounded and pounded and pounded on the door. We tried to ignore him until he started trying to come in, but couldn't because we had it dead-bolted. I don't know why but I was so ticked. I know he's just doing his job, but couldn't they call on their way in and give us a little warning. Now every time I'm home alone and showering, I panic wondering if the door is dead-bolted. Dang Matienence man.
Timing always seems to be off when you have a baby sleeping. For example, the phone rings and you forgot its in your room (right next to the baby's room), someone uses the knocker to knock on the door (way too loud in my opinion), or, in your case, the maintenance man comes. Sorry!
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