An Early Wake Up Call
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
Atlanta, Georgia
August 20, 2023 9:18am CST
This morning when I woke up and heard a loud voice I thought it was men working outside.In a few seconds I realized it was someone at my door. I jumped an grabbed my bathrobe and rushed to the living room and There in the middle of my living room stood this huge man. The chair I had under the door knob knocked outside. Scared the heck outta me for a second, then I saw it was a maintaince man.
He told me there was a water leak in my kitchen. We stepped to the kitchen and the floor was covered with water. While he started taking out everything under the sink, I went in the bathroom to wash my face and comb my hair. He finally found the leak and fixed it. But what a mess he left.
I just finished cleaning the water from the floor and sat down to catch my breath. I dread to see what is wet and ruined under the sink and the other lower cabinets water was leaking into. I’m afraid it’s a mess to throw out. I’ll see how bad it is when the floor dries. I’ll likely be loading up a garbage bag.
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@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
20 Aug 23
Oh that's not good and that would scare the crap out of me as well. I'm glad it's fixed but I'm sorry for the mess and and now garbage that you'll have to get rid of.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
20 Aug 23
@hillhjill I had to throw out quiet a bit of wet stuff but it wasn’t as bad as I thought.
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@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
20 Aug 23
@RubyHawk well I hope it all goes well and that you have stuff that you can save from this big ol mess.
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Aug 23
Oh no Ruby. I am so sorry. What a terrible way to wake up this morning.
I sure hope it will be all dried up soon.
That must have startled you so bad. I know it would me.
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Aug 23
@RubyHawk That is really good Ruby they were able to catch it quick and take care of it..real nice. That sure would not happen here.
Well glad you didn't lose much in there.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Aug 23
@RebeccasFarm I didn’t and it turned out okay. Someone will come by Monday to check again.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Aug 23
I cleaned all the water up and dried out the lower cabinets. It’s back to normal now. I didn’t have to throw much away. I’m glad it wasn’t worse. Makes me feel kinda good to know if the building was on fire someone would open the door and drag me out. Not to say I wasn’t startled to see my door open and a man standing in my living room.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Aug 23
@Treborika It took awhile to get all the water out and cabinets dry, but now it’s all finished.
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@Kandae11 (55035)
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20 Aug 23
Not a very pleasant wake up call. Something similar happened to me some years ago during the period when there was on and off water lock offs in our area. It seems a tap was left on so when the water came back on there was an overflow. It was God who woke me up otherwise the results would have been disastrous.
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
21 Aug 23
It could have been a total mess hadn't you woke up and fix that
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Aug 23
@Treborika That’s why he came on in. The water leak had to be taken care of. I was sound asleep.
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@freelancermariagrace (28050)
• Philippines
21 Aug 23
I am so sorry to hear that, Ruby. The man should have called up first. Take a rest for now because you had a stressful day.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Aug 23
@Treborika True, it worked out for the best.
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@svkishore1986 (18)
• India
21 Aug 23
It's a horrondous situation you faced early in the morning. The leakages are very common in the kitchens. Any how the situation is worse, but you managed. Great!!!!
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Aug 23
@Treborika I don’t know how so much water in the floor didn’t run all over the apartment., but it stayed in the kitchen.
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@MarieCoyle (37570)
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20 Aug 23
Do they not let you know when they are entering? It's a law here...they have to tell you, unless the place is on fire or something. I realize a flooded kitchen is dire, but they could have called you instead of how he entered. That would really bother me.
I'm so sorry this happened to you. Dealing with floods inside is so, so not fun. And so much work!
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Aug 23
It’s okay. Maintenance have keys to the apartments. If I’d been awake I’d have opened the door but I’m glad he was here before it got worse. I suppose the apartment below called about a leak. I don’t know how much damage they have down there. Whatever happened was in th middle of the night.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Aug 23
@MarieCoyle I do hope not. I feel bad for them. I’m notified on routine visits but this was an emergency. It gave me a shock at the time but I understand it was urgent and I’m glad he came on in. He had yelled and rang the door bell. He woke me up but I thought it was someone outside before I realized it was at my door.
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@MarieCoyle (37570)
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21 Aug 23
@RubyHawk
Our maintenance has keys, I have cameras that ding if someone comes to the door as well. But according to our lease, they have to notify us or at least attempt to call first before coming inside.
I hope your neighbors didn't have a ceiling fall in or something terrible. What a mess for all of you.
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@lifecoachjerusalem (1287)
• Israel
20 Aug 23
How did the man get in your home? Does the landlord have a key? If it was my mother in this situation, she would leave right away!
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@ptrikha_2 (46962)
• India
21 Aug 23
Oh that is terrible!!
Thankfully the leakage is taken care of, but yes it would have caused a lot of mess!
Yet I do not understand how the huge man entered your house.
This seems like a security concern, even for emergencies.
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@ptrikha_2 (46962)
• India
21 Aug 23
@RubyHawk
Oh relieved to hear that.
But yes, there does seem some risk to privacy in a way.
But glad that it helped!
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@ptrikha_2 (46962)
• India
22 Aug 23
@RubyHawk
Yes that could be a possibility as well?
Did you hear anything from the people below you?
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Aug 23
@LeaPea2417 It is, I’m glad it’s all over with.
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@dgobucks226 (35615)
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11 Sep 23
Why do maintenance men or in my experience plumbers leave a bigger mess than before when fixing something? You think the guy would have called out to let you know he was there.
Leaky pipes can leave quite a mess. Hope your carpet can be dried out.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Sep 23
@dgobucks226 Lucky he got here when he did.
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
21 Aug 23
I hope that you have had a nice time when cleaning up the kitchen
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
21 Aug 23
@RubyHawk I am very glad th hearing about that
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