Trapped in a Grungy Smelly Employee Benefit

[c9]

So the company I work for has an apartment in Halifax. It is used for any employee, or contractor, who needs a place to stay in the city. It's cheaper than hotel stays, though they'll accept that if the apartment is already booked. I had never been to it before this evening.

I arrived to find dirty everything, burned-out light bulbs, couch cushions falling onto the floor, wires strewn about, dirty sheets on the bed, at least three different deodorant sticks in the bathroom, a small mountain of dirty laundry thrown into a closet (with a vacuum cleaner on TOP), and no towels. The bedis saggy, and all furniture is at the donated quality.

There is high-speed Internet access. An old classroom computer is here, plus a wireless router with all security turned off. Even the internet is dirty at this place. I'm afraid to touch anything.

I want to go home!

Comments

[leapfish.livejournal.com]

Trust me, since I'm about 3 seconds from bed, home wants you here too.

Chat with you tomorrow. xoxo

[thespos]

OMG - yuck! That nauseates me just to think about. It's like it's someone's house who doesn't know how to clean house.

Dirty laundry? How could that be?

Do you think your company honchos know the condition of the apartment?

[c9.livejournal.com]

They will in roughly 60 minutes.

[strainednoodles.livejournal.com]

Thats just disgusting. You'd think that they'd have someone come over and clean it everynow and then... *shivers*

Know we know why you've never stayed there before. I don't blame you.

[jpman.livejournal.com]

That's just inexcusable. Given that it's a place provided to you because you're there for work, there must be a minimum standard that they have to meet. I know it's not a working environment, but still!

[c9.livejournal.com]

Agreed. To add futher amusement, I found out that they used to have a cleaner go in regularly, but the CEO didn't want to spend the money. So now the COO cleans it herself once in a while.

[nihilicious.livejournal.com]

Yuck. But, welcome back. :)

[c9.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I might need to borrow your couch.

(just kidding, they got me a hotel)

[miket61.livejournal.com]

I stayed in a hotel like that in Americus, Georgia once...

Two double beds - one had a cigarette burn in the bedspread large enough to pass a baby through. My classmate (school trip) immediately chose the other one.

Imagine, if you will, four to six guys having an all-night orgy and covering the bed with spooge. Which they proceeded to blot with toilet paper, until the entire thing was a gloppy, disgusting mess that took up about half of the bed. That's what the classmate found under his bedspread...

Glad to hear it's worked out OK. At least, I think it did... is it a decent hotel?

[c9.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the hotel's decent. I felt kinda sickly last night, so I went to bed early and slept in, totalling 10.5 hours of sleep! Hooray! Except I kept waking up every few hours convinced that my thumb had started bleeding again. Ew.