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I spent the better part of the last week like a contestant
on “Survivor.” Only instead of a million dollars, the only thing on the line
was life itself.
For
several days, my girlfriend, the two cats and I did all the usual “Survivor”
stuff: We schemed, took part in challenges which tested both our minds and
bodies and even boiled our own water.
Well,
at least one of those things is true. We boiled the hell out of a lot of water.
What
reduced us to such a primitive state? I can’t say for sure, but to the best of
my knowledge:
- There was a lot of rain, too much rain and something about sediment
- Our water company, Pennsylvania-American Water, wasn’t able to keep up with scrubbing said water clean
- This caused water levels in their tanks to drop to a level where bacteria could potentially grow
- The world went ballistic
At first, we were told to conserve
water. But then the next night the message went from “Hey, try not to wash your
car more than twice this week” to “Ummm … keep that away from your face.”
If we
wanted some H2O to drink, clean dishes or brush our teeth with, we’d have to
boil it, like our forefathers and our game show contestants.
Some
folks weren’t thrilled with Pennsylvania-American Water’s roundabout “It’s
cool, you guys … uh … run” reaction to the situation.
I wasn’t all that surprised with
the clunky communication. I mean, just look at the name of the company. It kind
of sounds like something a person who was only loosely affiliated with the
English language would come up with.
Why is
it American but not Pennsylvanian? That bothers me.
Anyway,
the highlight of the week came when Pennsylvania-American (ugh) decided to make
amends to the very customers it tried to kill with its water by offering us
more water. Naturally, we were suspicious.
