Note: Updated below.
A tenant in a north Houston apartment complex has an overdue payment for more than a month. No one can get in touch with her. Eventually the bookkeeper goes inside to leave a note. And finds . . . this:
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The photographer wrote on Saturday:
We cannot get ahold of her, there is still 20% of the residents out from the hurricane. My manager is FREAKING out.
The pictures dont show the amount of FLEAS inside im STILL scratching
The tenant’s two cats have been found, safe with a neighbor.
Is it just a horrible mess? Or something . . . more? Lou Minatti decides:
I am so proud that a Houstonian has created such a masterpiece! The way the cigarette butts are arranged… it’s almost like performance art.
Update: More photos. Even worse.
- How can anyone live like this? (pics) [Houston-Imports]
- One of the most amazing things I have ever seen. [Lou Minatti]
Photos: Houston-Imports Forum user Avex Hype
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It’s actually a viral ad for Whataburger.
LOL! A viral ad for Whataburger, Domino’s Pizza and Marlboro cigarettes!
I am so glad I haven’t eaten any lunch yet, cause those pictures would have made it all come right back up… Eeeew.
You know, at some point this person had to realize this was getting out of hand……
It’s like when a 300+ lb person finally realizes they need to do something about their weight. At some point you couldn’t see your shoes or it was difficult to move around.
I feel sorry for the neighbors. Having tenant like this causes lots of problems for neighbors such as roaches.
The Resolve bottle on the coffee table is almost comical. What was she going to use that for? Cleaning? ha!
I like the Resolve Carpet Cleaner on the table.
Why couldn’t this be the Neighborhood Guessing Game?!
maybe this person wanted to document every meal they have had for the last several months.
also… do you think the person irons? The ironing board seems to be clear of debris…
Look mom, I’m NOT the messiest person ever!
I’ll forward this jump to my 24 y/o son who may be the Oscar Madison of the South Loop 610 area. Suddenly, he looks more like Felix Unger.
ZOMG, that’s the greatest piece of installation art evah!!! It’s obviously a trenchant comment on the excess consumption that confronts us, so-called civilized humans, on a daily basis. The juxtaposition of the Resolve cleaning bottle within the mass of debris represents the futility that one often feels as the onslaught of corporate mass media constantly washes over us. The hopeless sentinels of the cleaning products overlooking the chaos of the bathroom is particularly compelling.
Looks like an online addict, see how the main keyboard letters are clear, and the clean spot on the spacebar? I think she’s keeping up appearances for the outside world, hence the clear ironing board but is depressed and has lost all self-respect so doesn’t take care of her immediate environment. Poor thing. I guess we’ll never know.
Yikes. That’s a terrible case of OCD hoarding. She’s a very sick person. It’s a horrible illness to have, but it’s also a health hazard for the people around her.
What apartment complex is this located in?
Jeez! My place is a mess, but I feel like a clean freak after this! The article says the woman — OBVIOUSLY disturbed in some way (depression, OCD)…this isn’t a garden-variety pigpen here — has been missing a month. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that they clean the apartment and find her. Not dead, just couldn’t find her way out of the apartment. Yikes.
I like antenna on the tv. Better get that changed before 2009 haha
People that have been in the apartment management business for very long have usually seen worse. Imagine an active colony of 37 inbred cats living with an elderly woman in a one-bedroom unit. Imagine a ledge of dried feces physically adhering the bed to the side of the wall, or the layers of newspapers over feces four inches thick over the carpet floor. Imagine half-inch-long ticks crawling up the interior walls. Imagine a congealed puddle of vomit that was acidic enough to partially disolve or melt some exposed carpet.
DUDE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS WERID GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!