The Fun I've Been Having In My Life...NOT. Repair work that is dragging on

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Once again I've gotten behind in everything including being here as often as I would like, but then I've been having a lot of fun lately...uh NOT Brace yourself..a long post Okay scenario: For many months my jerk super has been mentioning to me that some kind of leak is coming from my bathroom area, specifically where the toilet is. My bathroom is over the entrance vestibule of my apartment building and yes one could distinctly see some kind of dampness on the vestibule ceiling. So like I said this has been going on for months and whenever I'd bump into the "genius" super he asked if I saw any leaking anywhere. Like how many times does he have to ask--I kept saying NO I don't see anything leaking...I often even said to him that if he wants to come in and check for himself, he could come into my apt and take a look, but despite the numerous times I'd invite him he never wanted to come in. Well the leak kept getting worse, not just a little dampness on the vestibule ceiling, but the whole section of the wall. The super kept refusing to check for leaks until finally a few Saturdays ago my bell rings early in the morning. Now I'm a night owl person and go to bed late and therefore I'm up late, so when my bell rang I was still in bed snoozing. I was going to ignore it feigning being out or something...but then thought okay let me see who it is. Well not only was it the super but two other guys...the plumbers that work for my landlord. So they investigate the bathroom and in their "genius" decide no, the leak wasn't coming from the toilet area, but the sink. Now my bathroom sink was still the original one placed when the building was built, so about 80 years old. So in their "wisdom" they declared I needed a replacement sink and an upgrade on the pipes and said they would be back on the following Tuesday (that Monday was Columbus Day, so a holiday). Okay so this meant Monday night I had to go to bed early to get up early on Tuesday for the plumbers to come. They came and unhooked the old sink, took apart the pipes, blah, blah, blah. Well the one plumber then made a discovery...NO LEAK from the sink area--like duh, I could have told them that since the sink isn't in the same spot where the "obvious" leak was showing...the toilet....so now the plumber said they would have to come back that Friday to check the toilet area and pipes. IN THE MEANTIME...I got a nice new sink with vanity and they even installed a matching new medicine cabinet... So now Friday comes...oy vey! Once again I had to be up earlier than usual and yikes you should have seen what the bathroom looked like when this other plumber takes out the toilet, smashes up the tile floor around the toilet area, and smashed in the wall behind it to get to the pipes...the place looked like a train had wrecked into the bathroom....uh, and oh, it was a miracle I didn't HAVE to actually go to the bathroom..thank goodness I didn't drink too much coffee is all I can say..LOL Well yes, they found the leak..changed all the pipes, then cemented the gaping hole where the toilet was and after many hours rehook the toilet only to discover that my toilet wasn't working right....NOW they deem that I needed a new toilet. So since it was still early enough in the day, the one plumber goes back to the hardware store that supplies everything needed to make repairs for the apts. in my building..and viola a new toilet was installed. Oh but the fun doesn't end...oh no, of course not. During the times the invasion of plumbers were here, they also declared that I could stand a replacement kitchen sink since mine was about 40 years old...okie dokie--fine by me---they were to come back the next Monday. Well guess what? They didn't show up...grrrr. They somehow got their signals crossed and thought they were to come Tuesday instead--was not a happy camper about that believe me. Anyway they did come on Tuesday...they yanked out the old decrepit 40 year old kitchen sink that was very corroded and made a god-awful mess with "rust dust" all over the place. The super who was there also, said "Oh you're going to clean up everything right?" Yeah, sure...I just looked at him like he had lobsters crawling out of his ears...like why the heck should I CLEAN the mess when you people are making it? The super did clean a bit and so did the plumber installing the sink...could tell the super was happy to clean the mess..NOT (my super is the laziest person alive and doesn't want to do anything) Well folks the saga hasn't ended. The one repairman was to come back last Friday to plaster up the still gaping hole in the bathroom wall behind the toilet...AND HE WAS A NO SHOW..He didn't come Saturday and didn't come today.....ALSO---they need to do some more work under the kitchen sink area. The flow of the hot water isn't too keen, not exactly a trickle but slow. Now on the back wall under the kitchen sink are the two main water valves that regulate the water for the whole apartment...one for the cold, one for hot. Well the way the jerk plumber installed the sink cabinet, it not only blocks the hot water valve, but by looking at the valve I noticed the valve is bent out of shape...in other words one can't turn on the flow of the water to make it faster--lovely...NOT When will my delightful repairs be finished? Mmmmm....at this rate maybe next year..and oh, it was also suggested I get a replacement stove/oven as it too is very old So these are the lovely events that have been going on in my life.... Okay folks...bring it on. Tell me of any of your experiences with repairs that have dragged on and on and on...and if the repairmen made stupid mistakes or decisions (like in my case, declaring the leak was from the sink and not the toilet when it was the toilet pipe all along) Did you also have to completely rearrange your schedule just to accommodate repair work done?