Waterworld
So last night I got home around 11-ish and heard a loud humming sound. After some investigation, I found that my side yard was completely flooded but couldn't find the source of all that water. I turned off the spigot and that seemed to take care of things. I went back out this morning and turned it back on to find a hole in my hose pipe. Thanks Millie. So disaster averted right? Wrong. At 11.30 I was waking up from a nap after an oh so strenuous morning when I heard running water. Not just like toilet running sound, but vast quantities of water passing through the pipes. I thought maybe someone was using the spigot on the other side of my house so I opened the door to check. Of course there was no one there, but oops I haven't watered those plants in a couple of days. I went to the sink to fill up a pitcher of water. Turned on faucet. Nothing. No air, no water, nothing. Meanwhile, I'm still hearing water gushing through the pipes. So I turned off the main water and called the plumber. They responded quickly (yea) but then proceded to treat me like an idiot (boo). I told him what happened and here's how our conversation went:
Me: Told story from above. Ended with I don't think these two things are related though because I obviously just need a new hose pipe out here.
Plumber: Well, see you have a hole here in your hose pipe.
Me: Right, but that wouldn't explain the sound of running water this morning or why there was no water coming from my faucet.
Plumber: Had you turned off the water?
Me: I turned off the spigot last night, but I just turned off the main line 20 minutes ago.
Plumber: Well then your water didn't come on inside because that's off.
Me: No, I tried to turn on the water in the sink before I went out to turn off the main line.
Plumber: Well, does the spigot work now?
Me: Yes, but there's a hole in the hose pipe. Look, I'm not so much worried about the spigot thing anymore. What I want to know is why could I hear water running inside but then had no water?
Plumber: Let's go turn it on and see if it's working.
It did. Plumber smirks.
Me: So what happened?
Plumber: I don't know. You know, your air conditioning unit puts off a lot of condensation. I mean a lot. That's probably why your grass was wet.
Me: No, I really think it was the leaking hose pipe that did that. Besides, it was an inch of water at least, my ac doesn't condensate that much.
Plumber: Hm.
Jerk face. So then my water started working but was brown forever. I went out to ask should it still be brown and guess who didn't have an answer. BUT my neighbor was outside and she didn't have water either so someone must have shut off the main line to our street or something. Gosh, I'm glad I don't have to pay for this crap.
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