nixtress's Diaryland Diary

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a river runs through it and it and it

It's pouring like mad, rain running in rivers down the glass of the windows here at work.

I'm obviously not doing a whole heck of alot. I've spent the last hour or so fielding phone calls from irate people with water in their basements or flooded front yards, wanting to know who to "call to have this taken care of"!

My question basically is this: what exactly do they want done? Do they think some monster tanker is going to come suck up all the water for them? Perhaps a plug pulled in the middle of their yard like a bathtub drain would help? Or maybe there's a magical switch they can flip to suddenly shut off all routes to water drains in their basements? Better yet, maybe they think there's someone who can miraculously build dams in the middles of the streets to divert water into someone elses' rain sewers! That's the ticket!

Bizarre. I think there are just alot of pent up people with nothing better to do than find someone to bitch to about water.

My suggestion? Model the ducks and let it all just roll off your back.

Off to finish the last 1.5 hrs of my shift.

N.

9:21 p.m. - 2003-07-21

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