With the way my day has been going, Im not surprised that this happened.
(I will post this Wednesday, but it occurred on Tuesday)
Here it is 4:02, and I just had an "event".
I used the toilet.
I had to pee. It happens when you drink 1.5 liters a day.
The pee itself was uneventful however, what comes next was not!!
I flushed, but the flush didnt sound quite right.....there was almost a painfull moan, and a glurg ~glurg ~glurg.
son of a beesh!!
The damn toilet was going to overflow!!!
So as I stood there watching the water level rise, I couldnt believe my luck........
JUST GREAT!
How embarrassing was this going to be??
I would have to come out of the bathroom and announce that I had basically given the toilet more than it could handle.
Oh the moo-ing that would commence.
So my first thought was to look at the wall where the valve should have been......nothing.
But then I remembered there is a plunger in the stall next door, so I ran over there, and grabbed it. To my great relief, the flood had stopped............ the water line even with the toilet......................there was no "room" for me to put the plunger in without actually overflowing the toilet.
Ever so slowly, I carefully inserted the plunger, and very carefully tried to create a vacuum....of course you cannot gently create a vacuum.....so I laughed.
And laughed - and laughed.
Why are the fates messing with me???
I plunged and plunged and plunged, wondering if I should just leave it and let someone know that they had to fix the toilet.....but , one:I couldnt face the maintenance man, and two: I was not raised like that. If I see the trash can full, I empty it. If I drink the last of the milk, I throw the empty carton away, if I use the last of the toilet paper, then by golly, I put a new roll on the holder.....if I clog the toilet, then I plunge it. Been this was as long as I could remember, so I continued plunging, working up a sweat and cursing the toilet gods for punishing me so.
Ok, I am gonna get graphic here, I dont know what was blocking the sucking mechanism of the toilet, but it was coming up with every plunge.
AND IT WAS GROSS.
Now, all I want to do is gag, and laugh, and .......... cry.
I started wondering how long should I plunge before I admit defeat?
And just when I had plunged my last plunge, the toilet gargled, bubbled, and sucked everything down......................
whew!!! That could have been bad.
That's good of you to take the responsibility for fixing things when they happen, rather than leave it to the next person, like whoever left that mess for you in the first place. A pretty "CRAPPY" thing to do. =)
ReplyDeleteOh dear, there are very few things worse than seeing that water rise and rise... glad it worked out in the end. :)
ReplyDeleteLOG JAM !!!
ReplyDeleteOk, that's what takes place when it happens to ME.