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bigdammit

That's going to smell nice in a few weeks.


akiraokok

I'm so excited šŸ˜€


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JollyReading8565

The insurance company: we will not reimburse the paper towels


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akiraokok

It's an old building that was turned into an apartment building and the milk was able to seep through the floorboards.


avalon68

I cant imagine how much of a fire hazard the place is if dropped milk comes through


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akiraokok

There is no concrete only wood. The place isn't sound proof at all and I hate living here. I could hear her yell sorry when it happened.


CeruleanRuin

>I could hear her yell sorry when it happened. This is really funny for some reason.


Thoraxe474

>There is no concrete only ~~wood~~ Zuul


avalon68

Surely this is illegal on fire safety grounds? Imagine how quickly a fire would spread from her place to yours or vice versa.


StudioVulcan

That's the sort of thing I'd expect to see/hear on a movie depicted in the olden times in Europe xD


pmmeyourfavsongs

People aren't fine with it. But that's their only option


birdieponderinglife

Iā€™m not fine with it but housing prices are exorbitant. Not everyone can buy and landlords donā€™t care if regulating bodies donā€™t force them to care. Why fix it if no one makes them? That costs them money. People arenā€™t landlords because they want to make the world a better place. They are attracted to it because it seems like a way they can exploit people for their benefit. Renters in many places, even large cities donā€™t have much to fight back with and if they do, they risk losing their housing. See above about exorbitant prices.


avalon68

Even from a building insurance point of view I cant understand how theres no fire safety requirements. Very scary.


boredneedmemes

I had this opinion until I helped someone look for an apartment. Living in the bed of my truck would be better than 90% of the apartments I saw. One place I looked at had a broken water pipe in the basement leaking water right next to a circuit breaker and the building manager told me it just had a state inspection pass. I actually believe them too considering the other wild shit I saw. Landlords, lack of regulation, and low wages has led to a world where there really isn't an alternative option for many.


Spiritual_Poo

OP ask your neighbor to pour some water down as well to rinse as much of the milk out as possible. Whatever is left in there is about to ruin your life.


___po____

Had a friend that lived in a late 1800s house that was converted to apartments. You could see through the floorboards to the celler laundry room. You could hear all 6 neighbors that lived in there too.. It was terrible. If someone was listening to music or playing a movie, everyone was.


akiraokok

I can hear every phone call, movie playing, microwaves beeping. And I live across the street from a fire station and a train track. So it's very noisy.


Sunshine030209

When you eventually move into a quieter place, those first few days of silence are going to be *so* weird for you!


spiders888

First thing I do with new microwaves is find the combo to turn off the damn beep. Iā€™d send instructions to your neighbors as well. (Though that sounds minor compared to the rest).


TieMiddle4891

I didn't even know this was an option.


Mustardtigerpoutine

I have the same living situation but I was the one who spilt milk... It got it all over my desk and floor but I instantly wiped it up, cleaned it, sanitized it, tried to vacuum the wood floor incase and even wiped it again with a cleaner just to make sure. No smell months later and nothing went into the floor boards (that I know of). They must have a cow upstairs just pissing milk all over their floors for that to happen.


akiraokok

It got through the floor boards very fast and I talked to her. She was bringing in groceries and dropped the milk. All is well now.


chunkysmalls42098

Any building that has slatted floors rather than plywood do absolutely leak water between levels, they mostly stopped doing it in like the 50s and 60s, there's just alot more seams and there's really nothing you can do about it (other than ripping the floor out down to the joists and replacing, which can be quite expensive)


TC9095

Seriously, how do you not wipe up the mess before it soaks through the floor?


akiraokok

I didn't have any paper towels so I used a bath towel


ACcbe1986

Eco-friendly!


Burgerkingsucks

Insurance company: we value the loss to be $1 less than your deductible. Also, fuck you.


Zagdil

Uhm. It will be uninhabitable. I worked at a agriculture college and students once spilled milk in the back of a college van without properly cleaning the mat afterwards. The van rank so bad even after two professional cleanings it became unusable. We once had to use it for a 2h drive and we could not close the windows, despite freezing and blasting our ears. You don't want to be around when the milk sours within your ceiling.


semipalmated_plover

They'll cut the ceiling and clean it? Why would they just leave it there forever lol.


Zagdil

Landlords are cheap


SkoolBoi19

Iā€™d almost tell you to run up there and still a quart of water in the same spotā€¦ā€¦. Just too try to delude what you can


number__ten

> try to delude what you can "This is going to turn out juuust fine."


____Mittens____

That's the spirit. _There's no use crying over spilled milk._


eclecticsed

Collect it into a cup, go upstairs and ask if they need to borrow some milk.


phord

That's a small that lasts, too.


GroundsKeeper2

Especially in summer...


Dawnbabe420

Fuck at this point Iā€™d beg the neighbor to dump some diluted bleach on the floor to drip thru šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­i forgot a gallon of milk in my trunk during the summer two years agoā€¦ it exploded. still had an odor of sour milk..


chonklah

Maybe itā€™ll be cheese by then! šŸ¤¤


LuxCrawford

More like a few hours really. I worked at a Starbucks and if I spilled milk. On myself, Iā€™d smell like cheese by end of the shift.


grafknives

A single quart? That amount was able go tough floor before being cleaned up and drip downstairs?


akiraokok

The floorboards have gaps between them and a lot dumped really fast before she could clean it up. It all happened really quickly.


localband

Post a picture of your ceilingĀ Ā  Edit: OP posted their [ceiling](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1c36teg/comment/kzgty5u/). Itā€™s bad


Elegant_Effort1526

Came here to say this. Im so confused. Ive lived in all wood apartments before, but there was still drywall as my ceiling, and same for whoever was below me etc. Op makes it sounds like you look up and literally see wood planks with gaps.


localband

OP said they live above a [wedding dress store](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1c36teg/comment/kzf8qtj/) so why is it pooling on OPā€™s floor but gushed down from the ceiling right after neighbor dropped a jug of milk?Ā  Edit: OPā€™s ceiling is like deck


Elegant_Effort1526

Right. I just read that as well and it confused me even more. Op has a normal floor. For it to happen the way they said it did, the person above would have 1, not have a normal floor but something akin to a backyard deck for a floor. 2, the person above have no sub floor which im sure is against code everywhere. 3, Op has no insulation and drywall barrier between their neighbors weird ā€œdeckā€ flooring and their ceiling. Like if the person aboveā€™s lights were on, and the Ops were off you would see light shining thru? It also doesnā€™t work bc most apartments have atleast a couple of ceiling light fixtures. how could Op have light fixtures with literally no barier between them and the person above? There would be no where to hide juction boxes, wires, any plumbing for the person above etc. I need to see Ops ceiling lol.


StevenSmiley

Please take a pic of your ceiling and show us.


akiraokok

https://imgur.com/gallery/KvorC57 Edit: i lied https://imgur.com/gallery/FcHyLKv


localband

That canā€™t be up to code


Brilliant_Grade2664

Oh wow that looks terrible.


EtTuBiggus

RIP link 404


Brospective

Bro how loud is it there, the sound separation must be terrible


NoPossibility4178

Missing a bit of ceiling there...


StopNowThink

Broken link!


akiraokok

Goddamn I hate Imgur


EddGarasjen

I'm watching all my fellow redditors diss your ceiling, I need you to reupload that picture so I can join in. Pretty please


Sensibleqt314

[Imgbb](https://imgbb.com/) is a functional alternative.


Disastrous_Long_9209

Itā€™s not there šŸ˜­


Tvaticus

It shouldnā€™t be directly floorboards to your ceiling. Thatā€™s extremely concerning tbh you should use this to break your lease for safety issues.


PoeJam

Why buy a cow when you have neighbors to provide for you?


glassofwater9

You heard it here first, folks: milk your neighbors!


Alexizking

Oh that's what my mom does every week


bighungryjo

I have so many questions


akiraokok

She dropped her milk


xi545

But why is it leaking inside? If it were a wooden porch/patio, that would make sense. Edit. Saw your reply below. No need to respond. Although, how do you know the structure is sound if the floor boards arenā€™t floor boarding?


akiraokok

I can hear everything and I hate it


Kangar

Can you hear the cows, Clarice?


akiraokok

BAHAHA I love that movie!


martialar

it pours the milk into the bucket or else it drops the quart again


akiraokok

Pour one out for my apartment. Wait...


pangolin-fucker

Ever consider you may be living in a building that doesn't meet building code or safety regulations?


akiraokok

Definitely doesn't


pangolin-fucker

Milk and milk stink is the least of your worries What you think will be a worse death, collapse or fire?


akiraokok

Probably fire idk


SucksTryAgain

At my last townhouse I never really heard my neighbors for years. Then a couple moved in that fought frequently and played loud music anytime day or night with thumping bass. I literally never wanted to be home and it was my final year at that complex since management didnā€™t stop them.


wad11656

For those infuriated by this commenter for going through the trouble of fucking editing their comment to say "never mind, I saw your reply" without stating what was in the reply they're referring to, here is what OP said as to why the milk is leaking: > The floorboards have gaps between them and a lot dumped really fast before she could clean it up. It all happened really quickly.


podzombie

If you live in a building whose structural integrity is compromised by spilled milk, move.


Firebird_73

I didn't even know standards for buildings could be that bad.


Mountain-Ad-6594

Yes this is the craziest part to me. They spilled milk inside their apartment and it's leaking into the downstairs apartment?! Are the floors made out of Swiss cheese? Lol


Ganzi

Well, no use crying over it


Temporary_Art_9213

I laughed way to hard at this Is there a hole in your ceiling?


akiraokok

Floorboards aren't water tight, and nothing is separating us other than the floorboards


Temporary_Art_9213

I can't lie, I am very confused but ok. Have them throw some bleach down to help avoid the smell šŸ˜­( I'm joking). Hope this doesn't happen again.


akiraokok

So the floorboards in the picture is what my ceiling looks like. This is an old building renovated into an apartment building. My neighbor dropped milk while bringing in her groceries and it was able to seep through the cracks. Sorry if this is still confusing! I used a bunch of pinesol so I hope it doesn't stink ahahhaha


Totally_Not_An_Auk

If the ceiling is that thin that doesn't sound like it will hold us any significant weight, like a couch.


BatInMyHat

How is that...possible? I'd feel like my fat ass would break that "floor" the moment I stepped in the kitchen.How does it hold, like, furniture? This ain't adding up


1_9_8_1

It is confusing!! I live in a sort of an odd building and leaking dishwashers, washing machines, etc etc never caused leakage into the bottom apartments. I can't imagine what would happen if a larger spill occurs in your place.


daitenshe

Go onā€¦..


sora_fighter36

Get her to drop a bucket of hot soapy water, next. Like a chaser. To clean!


magicmango2104

I'm more confused as to why no one is mentioning the world's most ineffective bucket situation


sausager

They should be using an upsidedown umbrella


imissbrendanfraser

Like ā€œwhatā€™s a quart?ā€


Lyress

About 1L


boxesofboxes

Is she alive? Can you hear her moving? Most people wouldn't just let that much milk hang out on the floor.


akiraokok

I talked to her. She was bringing in a bunch of groceries.


jhguth

What was her reason for not cleaning it up?


PM_ME_SUMDICK

According to their comments the milk wasn't sitting on the floor a long time. Their floors are just very porous and allowed milk to get through unreasonably fast. I'd be apartment hunting if I were them.


akiraokok

Lease ends in 4 months!


probablyaythrowaway

Donā€™t forget your ceiling cheese when you move out


LuxoJr93

/r/BrandNewSentence


sync-centre

Best to extend the lease, 4 months and it will not be ready just yet.


probablyaythrowaway

Itā€™s an investment opportunity


yeuzinips

4 stinky months...


Znuffie

Just spill a bottle of detergent in the same place, doh


thrawst

Pro tip: when you go to view a new apartment, bring a friend with you and get them to go upstairs to the apartment above and have them pour milk on the floor. Letā€™s you know how porous the floors are


TheNeonPorter

Wow...I mean if the floors are that bad I can't imagine what else is wrong...especially regarding general safety for the rest of the building


LiFiConnection

I mean no sense crying about it.


boxesofboxes

Bad luck then.


letmereaditt

God help you if she ever mops her floors. Lol


MattBrey

It just starts raining inside OPs apartment


EmilyIncoming

Like through a vent?? How long has the milk been there to seep through??


akiraokok

Through the shitty old floorboards. It's mostly stopped now.


dodekahedron

It's like that one time at my friends house a mysterious liquid was dripping thru the floor boards and landed on me. It was dog pee.


heavy-hands

Oh my god šŸ™‚


ukbrah

šŸ’€


Seigmoraig

Imagine just spilling a glass of milk and by the time you come back with a rag the floor drank it all in. Can you wave at the neighbour through those floor gaps ?


akiraokok

Probably


muyoso

You should ask her to drop a gallon of water in the same place to wash away the milk.


SidewaysFancyPrance

Came here to say this...run clean water through it to dramatically reduce the stank that's coming. Put out a plastic tarp.


TheAltToYourF4

So can you hear each other fart?


akiraokok

I can hear them cough


dandroid126

At my old place, I could hear the other tenants peeing.


Klotzster

NO CRYING


number__ten

This sounds like a ryan george bit. The First Guy to Spill Milk Guy #1: *drops milk* starts to sniffle Guy #2 (also ryan george with a slight wardrobe change and fake mustache): "NO CRYING" Guy #1: "What? But I spilled my milk and i'm sad about that." Guy #2: "Yeah, no. You're not allowed to cry about that we decided." Guy #1: "Who's 'we'?" Camera goes back to guy #2 with like five other ryan georges with slightly varied outfits, hats, and fake facial hair: "Hi, there, hello. We're the people who decide what you're allowed to cry about and milk is clearly not on the list."


Travel_Bud

I think a picture of your ceiling is in order


t60studios

What ceiling?


Linusmonkeytips

r/mildlyinfuriating


stop_hittingyourself

r/moldyinfuriating


Etheo

Please don't be a real sub. Please don't be a real sub. Please don't be a real sub. Please don't be a real sub... Edit: Thank goodness.


sydneyghibli

It was real but bannedā€¦. Which brings up much more concerning questionsā€¦..


Big_Not_Good

Right? I can literally watch Russian soldiers die in 1080p the day after it happened on r/combatfootage (don't go, your eyes are definitely bigger than your stomach) but I can't look at mold? Must've been an absolute shit-show.


ZombieGoddessxi

Mildly?


AceWolf98

Right? Geez šŸ¤¢


im_a_dick_head

r/wildlyinfuriating or r/wellthatsucks


BitchAssMe

I can understand it leaking through the floorboards, but the ceiling?? Is your ceiling just the underside of the neighborā€™s flooring?


akiraokok

Yeah


Orchid_Significant

How??


Makabaer

I'm so baffled by this... No ceiling??? I really had no idea there are buildings like that other than in third world countries.


Orchid_Significant

It also sounds significantly unstable!


di_ib

Can you get on a step ladder and feed money through the floor boards? Maybe try it with a 20 first and just put enough through so they can see it. Then yank it down as soon as they go to grab it. We used to do this at the boardwalk. But for real how are they not falling through just loose ass floorboards this is bizarre. Also if you didn't like your upstairs neighbors you could get a can of fart spray and put one of those straws on it like you see on cans of WD40 and feed the straw through the floorboards releasing the entire can of fart into their house.


NoSecurity2728

DONDE ESTA LE LECHE


DMmepicsofyourdog

AQUI


No_Research_967

Take them to quart


bygtopp

Many many years ago my late father ( a coroner ) told me a story of an upstairs neighbor passed away and had fell on the register vent. The downstairs neighbor didnā€™t know. She kept getting a spot on her carpet thinking her dog was making the mess. Never thinking to look up until a few weeks later.


akiraokok

Oh my god


turkishhousefan

Ok, I *would* cry over that.


TinyBreeze987

Thatā€™s gonna smell amazing in the ceiling


ThisThatPitPat

Bucket placement looks questionable...


Star_Shine32

Luckily, you're the bottom floor cause, based on the comments, it'd be dripping the to the floor below yours..


akiraokok

Actually I live above a wedding dress store sooooo hope they're doing okay


Star_Shine32

Oh god. Neverending milk waterfall šŸ˜†


ruobrah

Throw in some kitchen towel at the bottom of a bucket when youā€™re using it for a drip/leak. Itā€™s dampens the impact and stops it from splashing everywhere šŸ¤™šŸ»


CoupDeGrassi

That's going to smell unholy for YEARS if you don't have everything 100% replaced. Speaking from experience.


catetheway

Thatā€™s going to smell awful in a couple of days. Need to fix immediately, not just because of the obvious damage but honestly the smell will linger.


RunDNA

Free milk! I wish random beverages dripped from my ceiling.


manofconant

Is your neighbor dead OP?


ButtFucksRUs

I was going to say, is the upstairs neighbor ok or did they collapse?


sunbro2000

Yeah that will smell forever nad now


aminervia

Are you sure that's milk and not water mixed with drywall?


mr_morphine

We just found the worst possible variant of leaky roof folks


Late_Beautiful2974

You might want to chat with the neighbour and chase it with some enzyme cleaner.


Successful-Dare5363

What is a quart?


CrossP

Fun trivia, your upstairs neighbor could easily murder you with a CO2 canister while you sleep


akiraokok

New fear unlocked


CarFeeling9748

Bro the fuck are you doing wipe that shit up


KRed75

That's something my kids would do. Spill a drink on my wood floors then stand there and stare at it while is soaks into all the cracks while they laugh and start filming it and them laughing. They then tell me it's a game you do on tiktok.


gbredman

Quart you off guard


b98765

It's pointless to cry over this sort of thing.


lgjcs

Well donā€™t start crying over it


PowerfulFuture1562

Stick a bowl of cornflakes under it


CSpanks7

Good idea catching it, milk is pricey


HotelDefiant6326

Thatā€™s gonna smell nicešŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø


konnanussija

That's fucked. My condolences, the smell, it won't be pleasant.


PhantomRoyce

No use crying over it


Illustrious-Pop5656

So he left it there long enough to seep through the floor without cleaning it up?


timeforgoomy

Are you sure he isn't like passed out or dead? Why is it there long enough to drip through the ceiling? šŸ˜


akiraokok

Talked to her! She is alive and no more milk is dropping.


justgotcut_25

Are your houses made of cardboard?


leahfirestar

They need to lift the floor boards and clean the mess up inside the floor above your ceiling. As it will go off and smell in both apartments. Inside the floor they need to soak up as much as they can. Then use a little water and repeat twice to dilute any remaining milk. Spray with antibacterial would not do any harm too


yesorno12138

In college my friend dumped a glass of milk in her dorm right on the first day of winter break and everyone left. She used paper towel to suck the most of it out before she left. She came back 2 days before school started and thought something died in the room. I went over and holy shit that smell. I had to wash my clothes and shower after spending 10 secs in that room.


Patrickk_Batmann

ITT: People discovering that landlords to not give a fuck.


Punch_Your_Facehole

I would ask her to pour some water/vinegar mix in the same spot to try to wash out what's in betwixt the floors.


tiggstheawkward

r/mildlyinfuriating **


ultimatt42

Don't cry under spilled milk


VulGerrity

My upstairs neighbor once spilled a mop bucket. It was literally raining in my apartment šŸ˜‘


Bored_Boi326

After a little heat that's going to smell wonderful


inttowin18

It might be ok to cry over spilt milk this time


Isitjustmedownhere

if milk is dripping from upstairs, that building is made of paper


CaptainPogwash

Got milk?


FPSXpert

I'd be calling your state's apartment association OP. This kind of shit needs to be reported before someone dies from a caved in floor/ceiling.


Not_A_Great_Human

So you're telling me you got free ceiling milk?


Psychotic_EGG

This is going to smell.... so bad.


chunkysmalls42098

I'm surprised at how many people think old wooden floorboards are supposed to be watertight. There's a tongue and groove fitting, and nails, but it's basically just boards butted up against each other.


Makabaer

Honestly, I've just never seen such a floor. It's never just some boards, right? What about insulation etc.? I just can't imagine that... you'd be able to hear through that, what a nightmare! I refuse to believe you have floors like that in the US. (If that was mistakable: I'm not living in the US but I guess OP does?)


Tvaticus

There still needs to be subflooring etc. there should not be open holes or this much room for the milk to get through so quick. This is 100% not normal.


Patient_Story9250

Ewwww. Sorry!


donkeytime

No, she cleaned up her milk and there wasnā€™t that much. Yours must be coming from somewhere else.