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On Christmas Day 2014, at approximately 8:30 PM, several of Escher's toilets simultaneously exploded. Following is a firsthand account from former and eternal honorary member [[Yoko]].
'''Christmas 2014, 8:40 PM'''
<blockquote>
hey guys.
i know it's christmas and i hope y'all's was/is lovely but i really need your help.
i need to shut off water to some bathrooms because they are FLOODING INTO THE KITCHEN
TOILET WATER. IN THE KITCHEN. IT IS REAL.
HELP.
please PLEASE say one of you knows how to shut the water off. signs and email and taping the damn doorhandles shut is not working.
theres like 7 flooded toilets.
--yoko who is totally freaking out right now.
</blockquote>
As so often happens with major disasters, Escher was totally unprepared.
'''December 27, 2014, just after midnight'''
<blockquote>
Guys?
The plumbing thing is kind of continuing to be a problem. People keep tearing down the tape over the bathrooms and i shut off the water but I can't turn it off to bag end (pipe issues, and that's where the worst of the leak is) and I cant stop people from dumping random water into the pipes (dehumidifiers? i don't know but it's continuing to leak despite the water being off and the faucets are getting water?).
1 i may have not shut the water off properly
2 people keep using the shut down bathrooms and continuing to re-flood them
3 ceiling tiles are falling off and a section of the hallway is unusable
4 toilet water flooding in the kitchen. and dining area over the fridges
i know it's the holidays and stuff so is there any date when like...fixing stuff starts? cuz right now there's a buncha people both politely asking for and demanding answers from me and i have none to give them.
i really don't know what to do here.
</blockquote>
'''January 5, 2015'''
<blockquote>
Good news everyone!
There are more broken toilets. As people get back they go to the closest working one so zapata and walden and trantor mir are taking on the extra people, which is apparently breaking stuff. I am updating the spreadsheet accordingly.
(yes i know that's bad news, it was a futurama reference. i'm hoping this will stop being completely horrible)
--Yoko
ps I'm sorry.
</blockquote>
'''December 13, 2017'''
<blockquote>
Guys, gals, and nonbinary pals,
In light of recent events I have decided to share a lovely story with all of you. So pull up a chair, grab your favorite toasty beverage and give this a listen.
Once there was a house on a hill full of coopers. This house had very old plumbing. Some of it was newer but still susceptible to damage. A few of those living in the house decided that the toilets would be fine if they flushed all sorts of strange things down them. They flushed things like apples, undies, menstrual products, and paper towel. The toilets, predictably, started to fail. And as people moved to the other toilets, those couldn't handle the new load.
Right around this time a few years back when finals were winding down but before the winter holidays the toilets absolutely failed. One of them even flooded into the basement! A lot of damage was done. At the end of a long saga twenty toilets had to be repaired or replaced, ceiling tiles had to be replaced, and a litle over $5,000 (USD) in damages had been done.
MAMACO decided not to charge the naughty coopers this time around but vowed that next time they caused this sort of negligent damage they would pay.
The moral of this story dear ones is that you should never flush strange things down the toilets.
--Yoko
Also, should the toilets fail please do not "improvise" another place to do your business. Please. This has happened before and nobody wants to deal with that again.
</blockquote>
'''Christmas 2014, 8:40 PM'''
<blockquote>
hey guys.
i know it's christmas and i hope y'all's was/is lovely but i really need your help.
i need to shut off water to some bathrooms because they are FLOODING INTO THE KITCHEN
TOILET WATER. IN THE KITCHEN. IT IS REAL.
HELP.
please PLEASE say one of you knows how to shut the water off. signs and email and taping the damn doorhandles shut is not working.
theres like 7 flooded toilets.
--yoko who is totally freaking out right now.
</blockquote>
As so often happens with major disasters, Escher was totally unprepared.
'''December 27, 2014, just after midnight'''
<blockquote>
Guys?
The plumbing thing is kind of continuing to be a problem. People keep tearing down the tape over the bathrooms and i shut off the water but I can't turn it off to bag end (pipe issues, and that's where the worst of the leak is) and I cant stop people from dumping random water into the pipes (dehumidifiers? i don't know but it's continuing to leak despite the water being off and the faucets are getting water?).
1 i may have not shut the water off properly
2 people keep using the shut down bathrooms and continuing to re-flood them
3 ceiling tiles are falling off and a section of the hallway is unusable
4 toilet water flooding in the kitchen. and dining area over the fridges
i know it's the holidays and stuff so is there any date when like...fixing stuff starts? cuz right now there's a buncha people both politely asking for and demanding answers from me and i have none to give them.
i really don't know what to do here.
</blockquote>
'''January 5, 2015'''
<blockquote>
Good news everyone!
There are more broken toilets. As people get back they go to the closest working one so zapata and walden and trantor mir are taking on the extra people, which is apparently breaking stuff. I am updating the spreadsheet accordingly.
(yes i know that's bad news, it was a futurama reference. i'm hoping this will stop being completely horrible)
--Yoko
ps I'm sorry.
</blockquote>
'''December 13, 2017'''
<blockquote>
Guys, gals, and nonbinary pals,
In light of recent events I have decided to share a lovely story with all of you. So pull up a chair, grab your favorite toasty beverage and give this a listen.
Once there was a house on a hill full of coopers. This house had very old plumbing. Some of it was newer but still susceptible to damage. A few of those living in the house decided that the toilets would be fine if they flushed all sorts of strange things down them. They flushed things like apples, undies, menstrual products, and paper towel. The toilets, predictably, started to fail. And as people moved to the other toilets, those couldn't handle the new load.
Right around this time a few years back when finals were winding down but before the winter holidays the toilets absolutely failed. One of them even flooded into the basement! A lot of damage was done. At the end of a long saga twenty toilets had to be repaired or replaced, ceiling tiles had to be replaced, and a litle over $5,000 (USD) in damages had been done.
MAMACO decided not to charge the naughty coopers this time around but vowed that next time they caused this sort of negligent damage they would pay.
The moral of this story dear ones is that you should never flush strange things down the toilets.
--Yoko
Also, should the toilets fail please do not "improvise" another place to do your business. Please. This has happened before and nobody wants to deal with that again.
</blockquote>