godtoldmetokilltheenglish

i've made a huge mistake.

So, the landlord at the new place is having some of the windows replaced. The window guys show up, and they are most certainly not the guy I was speaking to on the phone. One barely speaks English and the other guy only speaks (or chooses to speak) Chinese of some kind.

I open the door, they look at me, look at my bare feet, and immediately begin taking off their boots, all the while glaring at each other. It is a good 3 minutes before anyone actually responds to my “Uh, hi” greeting.

After 10 minutes of slow translation (the non English speaker is the only one with any actual INFORMATION) it seems like they have five pieces of glass, but no idea where to install them. The estimate is for more, so we’re trying to figure out what other work needs to happen. The landlord isn’t answering is his phone.

So, after that, they leave to go get the glass (probably). After ten minutes, the buzzer rings. I ring them in, but after a few minutes nobody has actually ENTERED THE APARTMENT, so I go searching for them. They aren’t in any of the rooms, so I run downstairs. Their truck isn’t outside.

I go back upstairs, do another loop, and find five pieces of glass. They were NOT there when I left the apartment.

Fuck my life.

n.j.l.