The Curse of the Commode

What's the difference between living in a high-rise and a village house?

Plumbing.

For the last couple of days the toilets haven't been flushing properly. Fearing a reprise of the infamous toilet trauma incident, I called the landlord to find out what was going on.

A cursory inspection of the pipes revealed the problem in short order: the septic tank is full. I wasn't even aware these houses used one; I thought they were connected to proper sewage lines.

Silly me, what was I thinking?

We're now waiting for the honeywagon to pump the tank out. In the meantime, we've asked the landlord to remind the upstairs neighbours not to flush their toilets: we've had enough biohazard duty to last us a lifetime.

The question is: can we expect this to happen again about a year from now?

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