One thing I will never understand

Brrr. Just took a cold water bath out of a bucket, because the water pressure is so low this morning. It's all because of our annual townhall meeting for us VGC residents. Our chance to whine to the big wigs about the water pressure, the slow internet, the maintenance guys, our security, traffic, weather and everything else they have more or less control over. Why is the water pressure low today? Every hose in the place is watering or washing something or another to get ready.

The gardeners are digging weeds out from between the pavers, the A/C guy and all the other maintenance guys no matter what their trade are busily scraping at the tennis court to try to make it look presentable. Judging from the tone of their discussions, I don't think they are very happy to be drafted into this menial labor. Or maybe they're just discussing Lewis Hamilton's disqualification from last Sundays Grand Prix race, or maybe not.

Cold of course is relative, the tap water is probably about 70F. What I will never understand is this need to spruce everything up when the commander is visiting. What the hey, he's just people, I bet he'd rather we were doing our jobs instead of trying to impress him. (I don't actually have a job, but that's another matter). My job is to procure an appropriate bottle of wine for this event, it's billed as BYOB, snacks will be served. An unpretentious South African shiraz sounds about right.

Is it really a good idea to have drinks at an event like this?