Every Friday night is game night with my friends.
Each week we rotate who hosts game night at their place, and last week it was my turn! I had all the board games laid out on the table, food and drink on the counter, and some music playing in the background.
Right before my first friend came over, I noticed a spike in the temperature. I assumed it was my body feeling extra warm because I had been running around getting everything set up. After 30 minutes when the rest of my friends showed up, everyone was talking about how hot it was in my apartment. I went over to the radiator and tried to adjust the temperature but when I moved the knob, it broke off! The knob was stuck on 76 degrees and my apartment was sweltering. Everyone started stripping off layers of their clothing and we began opening the windows. I called the maintenance man for the building, but he said he couldn’t’ do anything until morning. Not only was I concerned about my friends and our game night, but I had no idea how I was going to sleep in such a warm apartment later on. I begged the maintenance man to come fix the radiator, and I even told him that he could join our game night and have a couple beers on me. After I told him about the beer, he agreed to come up and fix the broken radiator. I was thrilled to have him fix the radiator and get the temperature back to normal, and he was happy to join in on game night.