A Child Of Atom

Moving always seems to be a comedy of errors, but this move seems to be turning out to be the largest one I have ever experienced. The apartment is gut renovated, so in it's own way it's brand new. This means that none of our appliances are connected to their respective fuel sources, and in fact there is no gas meter in the apartment, or radiators in some of the rooms. We were told that the apartment would be ready by the 20th. When we went to pick up keys, the super seemed surprised that we were there, but gave us the keys. That should have tipped us off. When my new roommate K went there today to wait for Con-Ed and the cable company we discovered that the appliances remained unhooked, the radiators missing. The management office claims that they cannot install the meter until Con-Ed signs off on some odd piece of paperwork. Con-Ed refuses to do anything in the apartment until the appliances are in place and the meter is connected. Management says Con-Ed is responsible for placing the meter. They of course say that this is not the case. Management did however provide us someone to hook up the appliances, who does not speak a single word of English. Meanwhile the cable company shows up and says that THEY can't do anything until the electricity is on. We have arranged for a truck to move on Saturday, and of course we discovered today that it is supposed to be pouring rain all day. The final out come of all this? We will be moving, come hell or high water. The management office claims that the electricity is on and will stay on... on their dime, to compensate us somewhat for the trouble... until we can get Con-Ed in, probably sometime late next week. In the meantime they will be providing us with a hot-plate to prepare whatever food we can. I'm pretty much thinking that anything consumed by us in the next week will either be take-out or microwavable.

This place had better be worth it.