Even though it's a hardship to the girl who lives in the building behind you, we're going to allow you to have the water turned off so the ceiling will stop dripping.
How kind of you.
Next day...
Your friends turned the water back on and screwed up our carefully laid plans.
I assure you, they only turned the water off.
Well, we had a new valve installed so the other girl can have water while yours is turned off. I can't believe you didn't read our minds so you could anticipate this.
Why do I have a cell phone if all people do is call to complain about something they should have called me about sooner?