Engineer Andy's Journal: games games and more games

discovered that a cheap coffee table i thought belonged to one of the other tenants belonged to the landlord. Cold drinks of any sort will sweat and gather condensation when left anywhere, and coasters are only so good in terms of stopping flat surfaces from getting wet. some wetness had affected the varnish of the table. a sheet of paper had got stuck to the table (tv guide improvised as a coaster that had (surprise surprise) got wet, and had largely come off but a couple of bits of paper left. nothing which a minute of elbow grease couldn't have fixed if we'd known it was an issue to anyone.

Came home last night to find the table gone.

Not sure if it's related to the kitchen table going as well, but decided that i was happy for a cheap table of mine to cop the minor damage of furniture which happens without any malice or neglect, so have put in a bid to get a new table on ebay. $25 for a new table is easier than having to deal with petty mind games. no note or explanation of why the table had gone. felt much like a kid would feel if punished by parents without explanation. i'm past that sort of game. happy for a table to get glass stains on them as it's difficult to avoid without elaborate table cloths which aren't really my scene.

furniture in share houses i've owned lots of before. it's never flash as stuff seldom matches and is never new.

kinda disappointing, but given how some of the thinking of the people is i shouldn't have really been surprised.

what next

[the boat rocker]

so what are you expecting to be gone when you get home today??? fridge, phone line, kitchen sink... You better make sure you have your name on the things that are yours :-)

Re:what next

[Engineer Andy]

i think most of the rest of the furniture is the tenants - kinda weird as they know they'll have high turnover this year due to other stuff and keepign the ones who stay happy is kinda important.