Wherein the Professional Nekkid Person Inadvertently Gives out a Freebie

[shanmonster]

So I decide to take a bath and relax. I start the water, toss in some of my Lush goodies (a floating island and a honey bee bath bomb), and then I decide to arm myself against the phone calls which always come when I'm in the tub. So I stroll out of the bathroom, nekkid as a Sphinx cat, just in time to see the front door open and a strange man in a yellow coat stick his head in and say, "Hello?"

In a conversational tone, I say, "What the hell?", then dart for the bathroom to grab a towel. When I get back out of the bathroom, the man has left and rebolted the door. I look through the peephole and see him standing there for a moment, and then he takes off, frightened away by the naked woman.

I suspect it was the cable guy. They've been doing work on the building over the past couple of weeks. However, I didn't receive any notification that anyone would be coming by today. Although I'm amused, I'm also experiencing a bit of righteous indignation. I guess I should bitch out the landlord. And I guess simply bolting the door isn't enough to keep strangers out of my apartment. Apparently, I need to start using the dorky little chain thing, too.

And yes, the phone did ring while I was in the tub. Twice. One was for another dance teaching gig, and the other was a canned telemarketer.

Now it's link time.

Say Hello to My Leetle Friend: Not your everyday gun.

Beer for Dogs: Just what it sounds like.

By the way, yesterday was my Dad's sixtieth birthday. I hope Mom gets him some audio books to listen to while he's healing up. He still can't focus well enough to watch television.

Comments

[zombienought.livejournal.com]

Maybe the cable man was frightened by your awesome
physical fitness. He is lucky you did not kungfu
him!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Someone once told me I looked violent. Maybe I look even more violent sans clothing.

[zombienought.livejournal.com]

You look violent with all those muslces!

Though it was probably the industrial look.

Or maybe that person feels a lot of guilt toward
indigenous peoples.

I wonder if they cable guy grabbed a picture of
your bum with his mobile phone so he could post
it on your fan community.

[threemilechild.livejournal.com]

I love the imagery of him standing outside your door, maybe hopping back and forth a little like a nervous bird, and then finally deciding to run away.

The chain is your friend...

[blastedheath.livejournal.com]

...because too many people mistake possessing a key for possessing the right to use it. The same thing happened to my roommate around... 1998, when this prick of a real estate agent showed up unannounced to show the apartment off. No phone call, not even a knock, just a sudden cry of alarm, a blur of naked roommate, and an unfamiliar head peeking in through the door. The police were apparently familiar with this fellow too, as we discovered during a frustrated phone call shortly afterward.