My master bathroom has a detachable shower head that fits into a clip, which is meant to let you adjust it to point up or down. When I first arrived at the apartment, the shower head wouldn't ratchet to stay in place; it pointed down and back toward the wall behind it. I left instructions for it to be fixed, and when I arrived back a month later it was. The shower head stayed put for almost a month before it started dropping down and spraying water all over the wall behind it.
I took it apart myself to try to figure out what the issue was, but no luck. I was able to jiggle it and get it to cooperate just long enough for a shower, but this was no long-term solution. The management office here is quite unresponsive to all requests for repairs, and I was about to try a stick-on hook and some string to tie it in place.
But then. The repairman actually showed up the other night! He stood on the edge of the tub and jiggled the shower head. Then he removed it from the hook and showed me that the clip worked just fine. So then I had to put the shower head back and show him that it didn't! He couldn't figure out what to do, so I took it apart for him. My confidence in his ability to fix it was lagging at this point... He unscrewed the hook from the wall - and a little folded up piece of paper fell out from behind it! We realized at the same time that the previous "fix" had been made by jamming this paper into the clip. We both had a laugh. And then, yes, you guessed it. He asked me to go get him some more paper to add to what was already jammed inside. Ha! Guess we'll see how long the fix lasts this time!
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We both had a good laugh over this one!! :o)
oh man. that's china for ya. :) ha ha ha
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