Those who have kept up may get a hint that the apartment is not ideal. The location is fantastic, but for the money, desire administrates.
The apartment includes a set of standard Paris deficiencies. A washer/dryer combination that murders clothing and by which dry means steams. A miniature water heater that makes for brisk, though more efficient, mornings. One fire exit for easier decision making in an emergency.
But some deficiencies are more than standard. They are substandard.
*Pop*
*Crash*
*Ow*
The bathroom bulb flashes incandescent death, ejects from the socket, and kamikazes into my roommate’s thinking part.
Good morning. This is the apartment, daring you to move.
And some may ask why not. Of course this is an option. There are certainly better places.
But this comes at a very expensive price.
In France you have agents that you must pay in order to rent an apartment. Theoretically, they help you find the perfect place. Practically, they make Gordon Gecko seem philanthropic.
And even if you bite that bullet, you have to set up your utilities and Internet. Lest we forget how that went.
So for now, the apartment still dares. Maybe one day there will be a change.
Until then, do your worst, apartment.
Wait, the bulb actually leapt from the socket when it turned on? That sounds like horror movie fare.
ReplyDeleteThe bathroom is only heated by space heater. Thus, when said space heater is off, it gets cold. This change in temperature may have made the bulb cold. So, when the light was turned on, the instant heat against the cold bulb may have weakened the glass. One day it finally cracked.
ReplyDeleteThis idea is the leading hypothesis, though it could be ghosts from the Opera Comique. Regardless of the truth, it is a good idea to not stand under the light when flipping the switch.