Or at least they did today, for the people in the office working below us on the fourth floor. A few short minutes after the monsoon rains started to hit at lunchtime, the floor around my desk looked like this.
The carpet was absolutely sopping, and the damp patch was literally growing before our eyes, and the people working on the floor below us were getting wet from water dripping through the ceiling.
A flurry of activity ensued, with contractors everywhere, and cries of wonder and bewilderment. We’re assured it’s being sorted.
Our office is a later addition to the building, and an outside drainage gully which normally copes fine with wet weather conditions couldn’t drain fast enough, today, and so the water decided to escape indoors.
It must have happened last weekend too, when the office was empty, as my shoes were wet, and my bag was soaked by the end of last Monday, soaking the contents inside. But, because the floor looked dry, we thought nothing of it.
Masks and snorkels at the ready.