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This is why I was late to work today. That and a complete inability to bathe, brush my teeth, prepare breakfast, or flush my toilet.

I asked one of the neon-vested workers how long it would be before the water would be back on, because I would really love to be able to use my bathroom sometime today.

“I really don’t know,” he said. “We’re waiting on the Water People.”

But the back of the vest says “Water.” Isn’t that you?

“Yeah, we’re Water and Sewage. We’re waiting on Water Management.”

You’re joking. So you can’t do anything about this?

“Nope. They control the mains. They’re the ones who send the water in. We’re the ones who take it out.”

Look, I know you’re just doing your job, but I would really love to be able to use my bathroom sometime today. Any idea when you guys will have this done?

“Whenever the Water People show up. Should be done by noon.”

I don’t know if I can hold it until then.

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The workers had set up floodlights by the time I finally got home from work. They were still fixing the water main. “About a couple more hours,” one of them said, munching on a Subway sandwich. “Almost done.”