Sunday, July 03, 2022

Apartment Life #311

 
This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 24 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 24 years here in a weekly blog post.

These two people were sitting on the sidewalk right outside my window smoking on the crack pipe Monday evening. The dude passed out but she kept still hitting the crack pipe. I should say they were smoking from a glass pipe that is a lot of times used for meth and crack but as someone pointed out to me that other drugs can be smoked from the glass pipes as well. Since the guy passed out and meth and crack are both stimulants, it stands to reason that they were either smoking some other drug or he overdosed and it had the opposite effect on him. 

I looked outside about an hour later to see if they were still there and she had left but he was still there passed out on the sidewalk. It was about 105F/40c at that time and he had on a jacket so I was a little worried about him. I called 911 and had medics come check him out. Just wanted to make sure he wasn't dead or overdosed on drugs. They woke him up, checked him out and let him go. I would have felt bad if I did nothing and he was dead or sick or something. 

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So if you look really hard you might be able to make out the tire and small amount of the police car on the right side of this palm tree. LOL 

The tree was in the way when I was trying to take a picture from my window. But the police showed up in my courtyard when my neighbors daughter and son in law were at her apartment and they started fighting. The police said it was mutual combat but neither of them wanted to press charges on the other and the police left. I'm really surprised they didn't both go to jail for mutual combat because I've seen that happen a few times around here. 
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There was a woman in the pool courtyard where the bank of mailboxes are that came out and started yelling at my daughter. She said for her to tell her mother (me) to stop breaking into the pool with all the drug addicts and let her dogs go swimming. 

I promise you it wasn't me. LOL 

So my daughter asked her what the lady looked like and it turned out she was talking about drug dealer's wife! LOL 

So my daughter told her it wasn't me and told her what I look like. So it turns out that the lock on the swimming pool is broken and drug dealer's wife has been taking her houseful of druggies out to the pool mostly at night when maintenance is gone after 5pm and she's letting the 3 dogs that are also living in her place in the pool too and it's pissing off the people in the pool courtyard. 

The high this week was 108F/42C
The low this week was 78F/25C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

48 comments:

  1. Thank you for calling the ambulance. Glad that your daughter could clear up that case of mistaken identity.

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  2. LOL, the pool drama. Maybe you should add Falcor to the dog party 😂.

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  3. Such degradation, to be doing drugs out in public and finally pass out on a random sidewalk, dependent on the concern of a stranger to make sure you don't die. How do people sink to this? On a certain level, perhaps they hope to die.

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  4. Hi, Mary!

    I see that things are really heating up in your neighborhood, dear friend - the temp and the number of wild and crazy incidents. No one should have to see what you saw when you looked out your window. You certainly did the right thing by calling for assistance when that man wearing a coat was passed out on the sidewalk in 105 degree heat. It's telling that medical responders simply woke him up, checked him out and sent him on his way. The system is obviously overloaded. The same can be said about police making zero arrests following a domestic altercation in your neighbor's apartment. On your block, it seems to take a heck of a lot to actually get arrested.

    The craziest story of all is the drug dealer's wife breaking the lock and routinely taking her customers and dogs for a midnight swim in the community pool. Hot as it is there, I don't think I'd be hopping into that pool any time soon but, if you do... please - please - don't drink the water!

    Have a safe and happy week, dear friend Mary!

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    1. People have to consent to going to the ER. There's nothing the fire dept, or paramedics can do if you don't want to go get help. Unless you are unconscious, you can say no to going.

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  5. Oh my, never a dull moment!

    All the best Jan

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  6. You did the right thing calling for medics. With the amount of fentanyl pouring over our borders right now, don't be surprised if it thins out the druggie population.

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    1. Yeah, you just never know what they are taking.

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  7. That was nice of you to call 911, but I’m surprised they didn’t really do anything. I guess it’s too common?

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    1. Many people think of the homeless and druggies as not quite human any more, and not worthy of the same level of concern as a "real person". Even some 911 operators probably react that way.

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    2. They can't take him against his will or give him any treatment if he says he doesn't want it.

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  8. Why do I hear Gaga's Bad Romance when looking at that first photo? LOL

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  9. Wow, I'm surprised there is a pool area where you live for some reason. Pools are great. I went swimming this week and its so relaxing. I'm glad you called for help for that guy.

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    1. We have a pool and it's cleaned every week only so that the health dept. doesn't shut it down and they can use that as an amenity in their ads as a selling point in the renters websites. But it's been closed to us being able to use it for 3 years.

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  10. You did the right thing to have that guy checked out. I bet that woman complaining about the pool won't have the guts to yell at drug dealer's wife.

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  11. The pool parties sure don't sound like fun! I hope the upcoming week is calm.

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  12. So much fun always happens by you.

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    1. I don't even post about the small stuff. lol

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  13. Pool parties, druggies and dogs welcomed. Don't think I would want to swim in that pool. Good that you called for that druggie to be checked on. I'm thinking with all that heat and he has a heavy coat on, he must be fried. :)

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  14. Wow right outside the window. Too bad the coppers didn't show up right about then... good for you though for making sure he wasn't dead lol.

    Wow- pool party eh?

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    1. I won't be going swimming.
      I'm surprised the police didn't see him on the sidewalk either. Maybe they did and just didn't care.

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  15. Your neighbors sound like they would be a joy to hang out with...lol. I am glad that you were able to get someone out to make sure that guy was okay.

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  16. You were right to ask the medics to check on the man lying on the pavement. I would also have felt bad doing nothing while he may have been dying.

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  17. I'm glad you called someone to check on them!

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  18. It's good you called an ambulance! It's dangerous in all that heat. Not to mention the drugs. Wow, mistaken identity! Glad your daughter straightened that out! Stay cool and safe, Mary! :)

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    1. I just wanted to make sure he was ok. I will try to stay cool but I won't be going swimming. lol

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  19. I would have called the ambulance too - no way I would have felt good if I didn't. And omg the pool drama lol! Glad they figured out it's not you!

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    1. I thought it was weird for him to be laying there all that time. I had to have him checked out. The pool drama was funny to me.

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  20. That's good that you called 911... I'm glad you still have your compassion when surrounded by the crime and ugliness. I'd be pissed about the pool, too. I'm guessing management won't do anything?

    How was the 4th by you? I can't imagine adding fireworks into the situation.

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    1. I wouldn't have felt ok just leaving him there. No, management won't do anything. They don't care.

      The fireworks were crazy around here.

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  21. I think for many it's easy to turn a blind eye to the homeless and drug addicted. I'm glad you weren't one of them and had someone come check him out.
    After hours pool party? Sounds like the place is going to the dogs LOL

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    1. I just wanted to make sure he was ok. I'm not worried about the dogs being in the pool, more the other people who are out there.

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  22. Yikes! That could have ended badly

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  23. I'm glad you called the paramedics. I would have, too. I hope that wasn't his girlfriend who just up and left him like that. 😯

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    1. I have no idea if they are a couple.

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  24. I think you did the right thing by calling the paramedics. It's better to be safe than sorry--especially for his sake!

    I am glad it was cleared up who was breaking into the pool area--although the woman shouldn't have yelled at your daughter like that.

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    1. I'm glad I did too.

      No she shouldn't have.

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