When we got back from lunch on Monday, we started noticing a few odd things: First Göran noticed there was half a banana in the fridge. Then we started noticing more things: There was orange powder on the table and on the floor; two glasses were dirty that I knew I hadn’t used; the tap on my water filter was at a funny angle; there were dirty finger prints on the fridge door; one of the snickers we had in the fridge had been eaten and the wrapper had been hidden behind other bars; Göran’s bar of chocolate had been eaten and the rest replaced; two of my “laughing cow” cheeses had been nibbled.
Anyway, we knew it was either a very large, intelligent rat that can open screw-top jars and use water filters, or someone had been in the house. There was a birr note left on the table and nothing of any value had been touched so we suspected children, not any kind of organised burglary outfit.
The mystery was solved pretty quickly when we asked the neighbours if they had seen anything, and one of the boys said his brother and another boy (both around 4 years old) had been in and had a little feast. It’s the parents’ reaction that is so different here: At first they laughed and said it is cultural to go into people’s houses. I followed this with, what and help themselves to things in their fridges and leave a mess? They said, no, and they apologised.
This is like a previous occasion when someone’s son of about two years old threw stones at me, and the father just looked on and laughed.
Later both sets of parents apologised and as the boys were only four, we’re not too bothered. It’s good to know who it was.
The problem had been caused by a series of errors leading to the back door being left unlocked. I always lock the back door every time I use it, but Göran does not – he checks it before he goes out. I knew I had locked it the night before and when I took the key out in the morning to give to the cleaner I didn’t check it first. Anyway, it turns out Göran had been out the back first thing in the morning and not locked the door, and when he went out of the house later, he checked the door (which is stiff) and assumed it was locked. Also, the cleaner didn’t come like she was supposed to, and if she had, she would’ve been in the house and the boys wouldn’t have come in. It’s like an over complicated butterfly effect.
Anyway, problem sorted and it did make another, hopefully interesting, blog entry!!!
Electricity
This is driving us mad. Apart from being off for extended periods, as I mentioned in a previous entry, it is now going off for short (minute or so) bursts, maybe once an hour, or maybe every 15 minutes. If anyone is watching
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