Please excuse the crazy

I work with one of the guys who owns my building. I've told him how sometimes when I take a shower the lady upstairs stomps on the floor and bangs on the wall the entire time the water is running. I mentioned it again last week, so this afternoon he came to my office to explain that she has migraines and the sound of my shower is making it worse.

Um.

Blink.

Blink.

Say that again?



I'm torturing the migraine-afflicted woman by... showering?

Really?

It took you nine days to come up with that response?

I guess when you think about it, jumping up and down on her floor for twenty minutes or so (I'm a long shower-er) relieves the pain I'm exacerbating by-- running water, you know, when I shower.

Makes sense. (Not.)

He also explained the reason behind those crazy fights with her daughter:
she's schizophrenic and doesn't always take her medicine.

And he wasn't joking.

¡Ay, caramba!

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Listening to: the voices in my neighbor's head
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