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No Lights in the Apartment
Monday, June 20, 2005-10:32 AM
Imagine the apartment owner's embarrassment when he arranged for around 10 or 15 potential tenants to tour one of his properties and the power goes out just when everyone's ready to go inside.
We all stood at the foot of the building hoping against hope that the power would come back. Because of its prime location and reasonable rent, Natasha was optimistic that this would be the apartment for her parents, her brother, and her this summer.
The owner remained in high spirits while he tried to come up with a plan B.
A few minutes later, everyone was sick of waiting. Everyone collectively decided to tour the apartment by the light of their cell phones.
We walked up the stairs. About seven people had their cell phones open and turned on, creating enough light to get a rough idea where the walls and the person in front of you was.
Under the light of the cell phones, the owner tried to open the door with the key. Then, there was a flash of light.
Everyone was excited. "The electricity's back!" But they must have been asking themselves, "Why was the flash of light so short?"
It was so short because the electricity wasn't back. The light was from my camera. The flash from my camera had for a split second illuminated everything.
And that's how Natasha and I saw the apartment. We managed to see each room for about a tenth of a second. And when we got home, we were able to get a better idea of the apartment by looking at the pictures.
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