Soapy Surprise

I picked this one weekend to stay over at my girlfriend’s place for the first time, and after breakfast I point out this puddle of soapy water on the floor. Soapy. Not from her pets then. And it’s coming up from the baseboards. She calls her landlord and immediately after notices a rapidly expanding water bubble on her wall. It happens to be right above her shelves of prized books and collectibles, which we hasten to move. Landlord comes around with a plumber who knocks a big hole in her wall to drain it as the floor water gets sucked up. Apparently, the upstairs neighbour, who in the summer had been responsible for constant dripping on my girlfriend’s deck, didn’t notice that his sink pipe burst.

Anyway, the problem was summarily addressed, but it was an especially unexpected way to wake up at her apartment for the first time.

Bonus Question!

What was your first guess for the source of the soapy water?

Dishwasher ghost.