Not Everything Flushes

     I learned the hard way: If your kitchen sink has a food disposal in it, if the sink is backed up with a lot of water, don't turn on that disposal! Yes, the water will go down in the sink, but it will come out from unexpected places if the drainage line is blocked. If you turn on the food disposal, as you watch the water level go down in the sink, you might not notice it exploding out into the hallway until it is too late. 

If the drain line is blocked, the pressure force of the disposal will push the water down and out on the path of least resistance. For us it came out from under the dishwasher and from the HVAC system, spraying out onto the hallway carpet. Lesson learned! Don't play with your sink disposal unless you are Moses and can part the abundant waters. 

    It is one of the problems with shared drainage and sewer lines in an apartment building or condominium: You cannot control what other tenants flush down their toilets or force down their kitchen sink drain lines. Common sense and logic do not seem to be installed or instilled in some people. It seems that is true of a higher percentage of the human race than you might expect. They flush diapers, feminine protection pads, tampons, thick paper towels, and even things like Kitty Litter down the "Porcelain Princess" and think it should be just fine and dandy to do that. 

    Another thing they seem to not realize is that a food disposal in the kitchen sink is not a "Dispose All" (Bad name for it). It does not dispose of all things. It is not as powerful as a woodchipper! It won't do the job on dead bodies like it does in the movie Fargo. It is for light soft foods, not dense material, like bones, or an entire pot of under-or-overcooked Northern Beans, or even a half plate of thick chopped uncooked red cabbage that you made into coleslaw (the one no one can chew much of). It for sure won't do the job on kitty litter! It might work for the cat poo, but the litter, it is supposed to go into a trash bag; Then you can dump that bag out to sea. 

No wonder the planet hates us. Pfft!

Don't flush your crap down the crapper!

You might need to think on that last sentence. If you do need to think on it, please, don't rent in the same apartment complex as I do. 😅