GRR to the Aliens Upstairs!

Well, I met the Aliens Upstairs. I also met the Man I Didn't Know Lived Downstairs. Why?Because the ALIENS UPSTAIRS FLOODED MY BATHROOM!

Argh.

I did NOT need the hassle today, a day off from work in which I just had pleasant little plans. Now my bathroom ceiling is in pieces all over the floor and I'm just waiting for things to stop dripping before I have a huge clean-up chore to do.

Here's what happened. I decided to nap a half hour. No sooner did I lay down then I heard an odd dripping. I could hear the shower running upstairs. But the dripping I heard sounded a bit closer... like on the tile ceiling. I looked up. Within less than a minute, my ceiling tiles began leaking right near the frame seams. Okay, I grabbed my bucket to catch the water. In the meantime, all along the seam started streaming water. ACK! I ran to the closet and grabbed my oldest blanket (one I don't mind losing if need be) and tried to catch the water with it... or absorb it... or something. I ran upstairs to tell them to turn off the water.

Okay, the Male Alien finally came to the door with Baby Alien in his arms. I could hear their shower running. I explained the problem and asked him to turn off the water. He didn't seem ruffled at all.

"I'm serious. My bathroom ceiling is going to come down. You really have to turn off that shower."
"Okay, I'll call the super."
"Right now, you have to get that water turned off. My ceiling is going to come down."

He didn't even call out to Wife Alien to turn it off.

I returned to my apartment where water was flowing heavy from the ceiling outdoing my poor blanket and bucket.

Someone knocked on my door.

"I'm your neighbor downstairs. There's water leaking into my bathroom."

I wasn't even sure anyone was living down there after the last tenants moved out. I thought maybe, but he makes no noise. I explained the water was coming from upstairs and I couldn't keep up with it, that I told them and they finally just shut off the shower. We decided we would both call the super in case they didn't.

I no sooner finished with him and returned to the bathroom wondering how I was ever going to get the water sopped up when... the bulging tile let loose with about five gallons of water and crashed to the floor after glancing off my shoulder. I noticed the Aliens From Upstairs leaving in their car.

I called the super AGAIN, then went downstairs to the Neighbor I Didn't Know Existed to let him know there may be a new rush of water, but it should end. He seemed quite nice -- at least it gave me the opportunity to let him know to let me know if my noise ever bothered him. He told me he never hears me. (Aha!)

Finally, the super came and told me he'd be by tomorrow to put up new tiles. I mentioned that new tiles wouldn't stop it from leaking. He said he had stopped by up there, but they weren't home. Fine. Create a catastrophe and don't even wait for the super. I told him it was definitely related to the shower running, not the toilet, sink or bathtub itself. He thinks they may have no shower curtain. I personally doubt that as they certainly have taken showers before without flooding my apartment. I think the caulking may be bad and perhaps she aimed the showerhead more towards the wall or something.But... dang. If someone came knocking on MY door telling me I was flooding their apartment, I'd run to turn the water off. While Male Alien was polite enough, no sense of urgency.

Now I don't like the Aliens Upstairs.