Detroit begins shutting off water for 150,000

[derspiess]

Yeah my work did the same recently. Wasn't like a vacation day though as we were expected to manage from home.

This was back in 1999-ish, when working remotely was such a pain in the ass you were rarely required to do it.  I was on-call that week, so I did technically have to be available should any emergency arise.  But it didn't, so I stayed home and played Close Combat III all afternoon

[dps]

I can't even remember how many times I got up for school to find the water had been shut off as a kid. It sucked, but it's hardly a human rights emergency.

I seem to recall that if the water wsa shut off we had to go home.  No water = no bathroom, which doesn't work out too well...

I had that happen at work one time eons ago.  About an hour after I got to work they had to turn the water off in the building for the rest of the day and we were all sent home.  Like a free vacation day

I think MIM meant the water was off at his residence, not at the school.

[DGuller]

As far as genocides go, this one seems remarkably ineffective.

[jimmy olsen]

While Detroit is busy shutting off people's water, they're also building a 1,000 foot waterslide for the summer. Isn't multitasking great!

http://www.metrotimes.com/Blogs/archives/2015/04/08/1000-foot-water-slide-to-take-over-detroit-streets-this-summer#.VSWW6oZHbxo.facebook

[Admiral Yi]

I have heard of other cities that do more than one thing at a time.

[Eddie Teach]

That looks fun.

[Darth Wagtaros]

While Detroit is busy shutting off people's water, they're also building a 1,000 foot waterslide for the summer. Isn't multitasking great!

http://www.metrotimes.com/Blogs/archives/2015/04/08/1000-foot-water-slide-to-take-over-detroit-streets-this-summer#.VSWW6oZHbxo.facebook

Well it isn't a FREE waterslide.  So it's not like they are cutting off non-payers' water while telling them to slurp it off the ground at the free public waterslide.

[Caliga]

Waterslides are more fun than hydrated blacks?