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 have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 27 years that I'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 27 years here in a weekly blog post.
Can you spot the problem with this tree? It's a nice tree, don't get me wrong but there is a small problem. See next picture.
The problem is the thousands of 2 inch long, sharp as a needle, spikey thorns on all the branches. Can you see them on the branches? Who in their right mind thought that this kind of tree was a good idea for a residential neighborhood? If some of the branches are hanging too low and a kid tries to walk through the leaves, they are going to get messed up! Those 2 inch long thorns could take an eye out. Those things are needle sharp too. I know because before I saw the thorns I went to walk through a low hanging bunch of leaves and got cut up a few years ago. I don't know what kind of tree this is but it's dangerous. Some City official, or owner of the property who decided to plant this tree had a good laugh about it, I'm sure. He was probably thinking, "Because F*ck you, that's why!" 🤣🤣
A guy across the street has been leaving his work truck parked on the street each night and over the weekends. I'm just surprised that people haven't been stealing stuff off the truck at night. There are so many things that aren't chained to the truck that could be easily stolen. Just surprised me.
I noticed an ambulance parked across the wall in the alley next door. For some reason they sit in their ambulance for hours waiting for a call. I didn't know they did that.
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My daughter's best friend and her girlfriend moved into my courtyard a few months ago. She used me as a reference so I would get the $200 off my rent for one month referral bonus that management sends out emails, flyers, posted on the resident portal ect. The manager who leased them they apartment filled out a paper to give to me as proof that they used me as a referral. I had to wait 90 days and then it should have been automatically applied to my rent. Of course that didn't happen. So I started calling the office each month several times. Each time they said they would send it to their district manager and I heard nothing back from them. I called, emailed and talked to someone face to face in the office. I finally after 3 months! Get an email...
The manager tells me that there's no record of anyone using me as a referral. I blacked out names for privacy.
So I wrote back and attached a photo of the paper the manager who leased the apartment to my friend gave to her for me. I said it looks like a clerical error could she please fix it.
She writes me back and says since that person no longer works for her company and there are no notes and no records of me being used as a referral she cannot do anything to help me. I'm just out the $200 off my rent.
This place sucks. You can be damned sure I won't refer anyone else here. It took 3 months to even get anyone to reply to me in the first place. And I called, and emailed a dozen times. Ugh, this place sucks.
So, here's a little life update as well:
About 2 years ago I told you all that I was diabetic and my A1C was high, 11.1 so I went on a low carb diet and last week my new doctor told me my A1C was 6.3. My blood glucose numbers are excellent. I'm no longer running a blood glucose of around 350 all the time. My cholesterol was normal and so was my blood pressure. I lost some weight and that helped. The only thing wrong was my Vitamin D levels were extremely low so he put me on a weekly supplement. For the most part it was all good news.
The high this week was 81F/27C
The low this week was 53F/11C
So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.
Great news about your health improvement. Doesn't help your mental health when you go through an aggravation like this over the $200 that you were owed. Sorry that happened. I don't know what kind of tree that is that it certainly is not anything that ought to be growing in anybody's neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteThe person who planted the thorn tree may have been hoping it would cull the local druggie population.
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing about how these programs that claim to reward you for doing something or other often find some way to weasel out of paying. There are sites like Yelp where you can review apartment buildings; if you left a review describing your experience, at least other people would know the management is either incompetent or untrustworthy. They'd probably know who wrote it, though, so you'd need to judge whether you would feel comfortable with that.
Congratulations on the health improvements. I suspect it's mostly due to the weight loss -- but that's a difficult thing to achieve.
That's great news on your numbers! Vitamin D - need just a bit more sun.
ReplyDeleteYou have got to get out of those apartments. Call the newspaper or local television channel about the money. They can investigate.
Good news on the health front if not the rental front.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a shame and so annoying that you didn't get what you were promised. It makes you want to spit.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your good health, though. You have done so well.
That is a significant improvement on your health, Mary! Way to go! Do you feel better overall?
ReplyDeleteI’d be so mad about the referral! I swear it’s like that with anything now. And the kicker is everything is computerized, so there should be no excuses.