"There's Shit Everywhere!"

Today was one of the most unusual days I have ever experienced. A little stressful, a little chaotic, and quite comical. So last night, in my flat, right before bed, my roommates and I noticed a smell. It smelled like raw eggs or something gross. But it wasn't extreme or anything. So we thought nothing of it and went to bed.

The next morning, I am so tired as it's my day to sleep in, my roommate turns the light and starts yelling to our other roommate. I wake up, furious, to see what was going on. I look down at the ground and there is a HUGE puddle of marshy carpet. I instantly noticed the smell; it was overwhelmingly one of sewage! I almost vomited right then and there. If you stepped on it, it was bubble up around your feet and it was right next to the door so you had to step in it. It was so bad that I had to get up and go to the other room to get away from the fumes. They were giving me a headache and I constantly felt like I was going to throw up.

We called the emergency number for our 24 hour reception and reported that someone needed to come immediately. Well, about an hour and half later, someone showed up and they were utterly disgusted. The poor guys worked through it though and found out that the pipe from the toilet had broken and it seeped through the wall and pooled on the carpet and tiles. A while later the Head of Facilities showed up to assess the situation. She came back to us and said she was going to check to be sure, but she was almost positive that we would have to be moved temporarily out of that building. YOU THINK?!

An hour later, the facilities workers were noticing the smell stronger from another room. They looked out the ledge and noticed that there was 3 feet of standing water, urine, feces, and toilet paper right outside this window. It seems it wasn't just our toilets problem. Those poor men had to wade through it to sweep it out and drain it somewhere. I had to leave for class and thank god! The smell was so bad.

After class, we talked to the Head of Facilities and she confirmed we were being moved. She gave us our room assignments and told us to leave ASAP. We had to pack up all of our belongings and move them to another building in London. What a hassle! Two of my roommates are living in this really sweet flat, while I am living in a single room in another building that is worse than a Motel 6 room. My other roommate is in my building but 3 floors down. We are to be staying here until Saturday when we get to move back in. Which is not technically so bad, as I am leaving for Turkey on Thursday, so only one day in this place is ok.

So now, we are trying to get compensation for some of our possessions that have been damaged by literally having been shit on. And if they won't do that, then they should pay to have ALL of our clothes cleaned and possessions cleaned. Everything I own has that vile odor that makes me want to barf. It's only fair that they do that.

But looking at it all, it's quite comical. I have laughed hysterically about this pretty much all day, even though it is seriously disgusting and potentially hazardous. It could've been a lot worse, especially if we were the ones who were responsible for cleaning it up. So now I must live away from everyone for a couple days and then re-unite in a (*hopefully*) shit-free zone!