Bloody awful day.
Proof that the building I live in is shit:
During the week the police called to search several apartments in the building. While they were here they decided that the building was not "fit for human habitation" and reported the landlord to the authorities who regulate this sort of thing.
The landlord turned up today with an idiot who spoke little English, to deal with it. First thing he told the idiot to do was tidy the garden. He took this to mean "Take away the resident's window boxes and burn them." So away went my (fairly recently) replanted boxes and some plants I have spent
THREE YEARS getting to maturity.
And his idea of gardening? Rip up everything. And I mean everything! There used to be a mature rose tree outside my window, it has been here longer than me (and I've been here about 15 years). That has gone. There used to be a lawn outside the house too. He ripped that up as well. Now all we have in front of the house is mud and bins! It did not look good before, it looks horrible now!
It will get worse. The landlord tells me that he is going to have to get workmen in to fix the place up. He intends to dump a porta-toilet outside my window for them to use, and outside the other window - a skip.
To add insult to injury: While surveying the damage I trod in dog shit, did not notice, and walked it all over the apartment before I discovered this. Took me forever to clean up, and the place still stinks!
Arrrrrgh. I
have to move!