My Day Went Downhill From Here

As I was leaving the house this morning, my landlord was in the front yard setting up his sprinkler -the kind that sprays in a circle, slowly in one direction, then quickly in the other. I was halfway down the front walk when he shouted something. He has a thick accent, but what I heard was, "don't go, wait" so I stopped and waited, thinking he wanted to talk to me.

What he had actually said was, "don't get wet" and I stood there, smiling and looking particularly stupid, while his sprinkler changed direction and sprayed me down.