just once

Just once, it would be nice to live in a house where something didn't go wrong. There is a problem with the bathroom at Avon Close, in that the shower enclosure is leaking water onto the floor, even though I have been running the water for barely three minutes. In the past, I have dried any residual water up with my towel; the other housemates have noticed this maintenance problem too. The issue is that Christine, the landlord, is in Africa at this time, and so there cannot be any guarantee that the problem will be fixed any time soon. For now, I will have to have showers back at my old house on Devonshire Road.