I’ve blogged about my landlady before. She’s older, probably somewhere in her 70s, and most definitely from the South. She does a great job keeping the apartment in tip-top shape. The weird thing is that she has a habit of parking her car in the driveway when no one is here and sitting in the car. Waiting. Either she’s waiting for the A/C guy to show up, or the heater guy, or the plumber, or some other repairman-person. It’s so freaking weird. I invite her in for a drink but she smiles and politely refuses. I don’t get it. It might be 100 degrees outside, but she refuses to leave that car.
What happened today really freaked me out. I had been running errands all morning and stopped home for some lunch before heading out again. I had to go out to my car for something and didn’t bother to look up at anything else around me. After I found what I needed, I closed the car door and then, to my surprise, heard a familiar female voice calling my name. I was in such a rush to get back in and eat lunch that I almost screamed like schoolgirl when I heard my name and realized Landlady had been sitting in her car next to mine the whole time. What the hell? It’s like 40 degrees outside, and she’s sitting in her car. She said she was waiting for a washing machine guy for the Lady Upstairs (whom I have also blogged about). I asked her if she would like to come in for a drink, perhaps some tea. Again, the polite, “Oh, No Thank You.”
Landlady, you’re weird. You shouldn’t sit outside in your car when it’s 100 degrees or 40 degrees. It’s not healthy, and just a little bit abnormal. Maybe even stalker-ish.
Comments (6)
thankfully, no, she does not live in the building. but she used to. does the creepy factor still get bumped?
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
okay, does she live in the building? if she HAS an apartment in the building that just upped the creepy factor by 16.
Posted by heatherfeather | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
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superglue is definitely a possibility. how does one unglue superglue? maybe paint thinner. ps: i just want to clarify that she's not sitting in my car, she's sitting in her car. but it's still pretty damn creepy.
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
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Oh my god! That's the creepiest thing I've ever heard. That would almost cause me to move.
Posted by heather | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
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Maybe there was a horrible super glue accident and she's stuck to her seat, did you ever think of that? Perhaps you ought to offer to unstick her butt from the seat. I'm sure a 70-year-old Southern woman wouldn't find that offensive.
Posted by rebecca | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
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is the car running? maybe she thinks it is free climate control and doesn't realize that burning gas or wasting your battery isn't really free although it may feel like it.
Posted by heatherfeather | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16