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{the nekkid story.}

May 8, 2010 · 30 Comments
Filed Under: for fun, Zack

Thursday evening, I came home from work

and saw extremely wet carpet surrounding our apartment in the common hallway that everyone uses to get to their front door. I thought, Great, I bet the problem is in our bathroom. So I walk inside our apartment, go to the bathroom and Yup, my feet are on a nasty, squishy rug.

I thought, I can handle this. So I called the leasing office. Oh, they have closed early. I call the emergency maintenance line. Here’s what they tell me:

    * Sorry, we can’t find your address in our files. Are you sure that is the right address?
    * We’ll do our best to send someone out.
    * If no one comes, will you call us back?

At this point my foot is doing some serious tapping. Getting very annoyed… I did what any good woman would do and called Zack. I knew he could handle this for me ;]

And Zack did handle it for me.

About 20 minutes later a plumbing company calls to say “Joe” is coming, but Please, if he has an attitude, will you call me back and let me know? We’ve been having some problems with him lately.

I should have charged the guy $15 for babysitting duties, but I just said OK and hung up.

Joe arrives. Thank goodness he left his Man Drama at the office. Soon the leasing manager shows up, too. They realize the water isn’t coming from the floor above us (we are on floor 2), so it must be coming from floor 4 or 5.

EWWWW?

They also realize the water is coming from a clog in the washing drain pipes, so maintenance will be by tomorrow and they’ll figure it out.

It is now Friday morning, and Zack and I are at home getting ready. It is always so warm in our apartment, so because of this Zack and I never get dressed until it’s time to leave (TMI? Sorry, more TMI is about to come)…

I’m in the bathroom, drying my hair, the box fan is running, the light is on so the bathroom fan is automatically on. And remember, I’m nekkid. Suddenly Zack starts yelling at me to HIDE, GET IN THE BEDROOM! HURRY MAGGIE, HIDE!!!

I’m thinking we have a burglar in the apartment. Great, and I’m nekkid.

I had to turn off the blow dryer to hear what he was saying, and also the bathroom light (so the fan would shut off), and suddenly it’s dark and I’m being told to HIDE! HURRY! so I start running and run into the fan, then the wall, finally I make it into the bedroom. I’m looking at Zack like WHAT IS GOING ON?

He tells me to get dressed. I start doing the “Adam & Eve, I’m naked cover-up dance” and tell him No, you get dressed!

Zack says,

Maintenance is here, get dressed. They just saw me naked.

I said to him, Well, where are they now?

Turns out Zack was walking into our bedroom (nekkid, remember) when maintenance walks right into our apartment. They exchange glances before Zack shouts OUT!!!!! NOW!!!!! and then he runs into the bedroom where he proceeds to yell at me to HIDE! HURRY!

Once he gets dressed he goes to the door and starts sternly talking to them: Why are you here? Why didn’t you knock?

I did knock but no one came to the door.

Yes, it’s 8:20, we’re getting ready for work. And the fan, in the bathroom? Like we could hear you… Come back in an hour.

But we are scheduled to be here now.

I don’t care. My wife and I are getting ready. Bye!

{door shuts and I hear Z turn the deadbolt}

And there I was, doing the “Adam & Eve nekkid dance” in our bedroom, laughing uncontrollably.

P.S. Maintenance was a woman, the plumber was a man. LOL!
Oh, what a day! :]

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  1. PeachRainbow says

    May 8, 2010 at 9:30 am

    ;D ;D ;D

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  2. Laura Jane says

    May 8, 2010 at 9:53 am

    Haha- I think my husband would have just stood there and stared the maintenance guy down. If I were a maintenance man & walked in on a naked man staring me down I’d leave immediately. =)

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    • Gussy says

      May 8, 2010 at 10:14 am

      maintenance was a woman… *snort*

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  3. corrin says

    May 8, 2010 at 10:09 am

    HA…that’s a riot! That’s also my worst nightmare and the reason I keep the front door dead bolted anytime I’m nekkid.

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    • Gussy says

      May 8, 2010 at 10:12 am

      The front door WAS dead bolted — they just have keys to everything :[
      lol…

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  4. Kendra says

    May 8, 2010 at 10:22 am

    Hahahaha! Great story for a rainy Saturday morning! Definitely made me lol! ;)

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  5. Nicci says

    May 8, 2010 at 10:32 am

    OH NO!! lol!! And a maintenance woman? Checkin out your nekkid man? LOL! Too funny :)

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  6. jodi @ back40life says

    May 8, 2010 at 10:33 am

    oh my mercy…gotta love those uh oh’s! happy weekend!

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  7. Hannah Braboy says

    May 8, 2010 at 11:02 am

    Oh no! That sounds like something that would happen around here. Only with 7 people instead of 2. Yeah…

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  8. hiyaluv says

    May 8, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    toooo fuuunnnyy!!!

    so-did the problem get fixed? please say yes!

    smiles,
    gina

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    • Gussy says

      May 8, 2010 at 1:11 pm

      yes, it’s finally fixed :]

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  9. Rachel says

    May 8, 2010 at 12:44 pm

    Oh my word!! I am dying laughing right now!! How embarrassing!! Thanks for making my afternoon!!

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  10. Ruthann says

    May 8, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    Oooooh, this made me smile.

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  11. Megan Lane says

    May 8, 2010 at 12:59 pm

    hahaha that is great. zack definitely took charge of that situation! ha!

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  12. Elissa-mythoughtfulspot.net says

    May 8, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    You just made my day. Belly laughs.

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  13. Shalon says

    May 8, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    Thanks for the giggle!

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  14. Meg says

    May 8, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    OMG! That is too funny! Thanks of sharing, I needed a good laugh! Have a lovely day!
    xoxo~Meg

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  15. Nicole says

    May 8, 2010 at 5:31 pm

    This made me giggle. :D

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  16. Brittney says

    May 8, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    This one made me laugh out loud! Sorry that you had that kind of experience but it makes for a good story-right?!

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  17. thursday says

    May 8, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    hehehe. that’s pretty funny.

    that happened to my boyfriend a few months ago. there were maintenance workers on the roof of the building beside ours. he was trotting around butt naked and we had the curtains open. the boy doesn’t blush often, but he sure did that day.

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  18. Erica Mueller says

    May 8, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    he he he.

    Sounds like the maintenance gal and plumber got more than they bargained for! I always love your posts, but the stories you tell are my favorites!

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  19. Kayla says

    May 8, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    HA! This made me laugh so hard!! I think my husband thought I was losing my mind, lol
    Love your blog, by the way :)

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  20. Katie says

    May 8, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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  21. DebbLou says

    May 8, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    I’m sorry, I can’t resist…. What no pictures with this post?? Why not?? lol tee hee tee…. I’m sorry, I just could not let this get by without a little laugh…

    Reply
  22. Laryssa @ Heaven In The Home says

    May 9, 2010 at 7:45 am

    Oh. My. Goodness! Poor Zach!

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  23. Marfa (Crafting Marfa) says

    May 9, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    I seriously cracked up laughing when I read this story. I can’t think of a funnier situation (or more embarrassing!). I have a recurring nightmare where I’m totally naked in a public place where everybody else is fully dressed.

    Reply
  24. Renee Candy Stick Lanec says

    May 9, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    SHUT UP!!!!! IM TOTALLY ROLLING OVER HERE!!!!!

    Reply
  25. sarah says

    May 10, 2010 at 10:38 am

    ok, i finally got over here to read this. I’m sorry, it’s hilarious! Thanks for sharing (i don’t care, you’re allowed to walk around your house nekkid. i mean, really).

    my run-ins with maintenance luckily have not included someone walking in while i was naked. but then, we’ve always had so many windows that is just isn’t appropriate! i’ve had my car trapped, people looking in my shower window while working in the backyard, painters show up and tape up all our windows (why is is suddenly loud and dark??), roofers leaking tar into our house, no heat for weeks while it’s dropping into the 30’s at night…. you know, the usual. ;)

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  26. Melissa says

    May 12, 2010 at 8:41 am

    I had to catch myself before I started laughing uncontrollably at work after reading this. Classic! I think my husband would react the SAME way. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  27. mom whitley says

    April 16, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    This is unbelievably hilarious, I have heard the story, but not like this….still laughing. :)

    Reply

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