Shook my head at this article about a 65 y/o Parisian woman locked in her bathroom for 3 weeks (!):
The woman, who is recuperating in hospital, survived by drinking warm water from the bathroom tap and at nighttime tried to call for help by tapping on piping, police said. But neighbours in the apartment block said they thought someone was doing home repair work and launched a petition to find out who it was and have it stopped.
The bathroom had no windows and no other way out after the lock snapped off. The lil ol’ lady was considered popular, and must have gone out and about enough for the neighbours to think her absence was due to her being on holidays. This induced head shaking from me for 3 reasons:
- 1. The community feel of the neighbours’ petition. I suppose this is relatable, but I was door knocking at my last complex after 3 days of pipe gurgling to gurgle the sh*t out of the culprit. “Let’s only get together to discuss how to stop the annoying noise in our apartment block. And not find ol Granny to whom we haven’t spoken or seen for the past month.” Speaking of which…
- 2. Madame Popularity Elderly Socialite gets ignored for 3 weeks!!! My neighbours HATE me, even though I haven’t seen them [though they hear me drumming, explains the hatred] so I have a hope in hell in being rescued if this happened to me. In fact, the silence of my drumming guarantees they would not look for me.
- 3. Shite Paris accommodation. No windows?! Here I thought my backpacker budget was the only reason why I stayed in a Parisian cell boudoir sporting dark and dank décor. Seems not. Seems this is the norm. Note to self: don’t move to Paris if I like homely surroundings and life.
