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Yesterday the US had 45,000 new cases of Covid19 diagnosed if you believe science things. There have been 220,000 dead in the US allegedly of Covid19 but of course some folks say that people dying in traffic accidents are "covid19 deaths". Those people probably vote R.

We're still playing effing Covid and it's fucking October. On July 1, we had 51000 new cases in the US that day. I guess we're doing a little better than that now because 45000 is less than 51000 but... dang son.

India and Brazil are both in six-figure territory for deaths. The Trump administration caught Covid19. My state is still under a mask mandate.

The election is in a few weeks. Currently Biden is leading at the polls.

Business is slowly becoming... the new normal? Whatever. I was allowed to file landlord-tenant complaints in the beginning of September and finally yesterday evicted the drug-addled girl upstairs at 321 who had not paid one red cent in rent since before January 2020. Constable came and posted the property, I changed the locks, the whole shebang. The girl owes me about $5500 that I will never see and the apartment is... very cluttered and filthy.

Children and Youth also just awarded full physical custody of her two kids to their dad. Girl went to another city and rented a one bedroom apartment, told the downstairs lady she was "done" with the kids. (That is not how I understand parenting to work, but also I am not a parent or on drugs.)

My other bad tenant (lost Section8 because beat up girlfriend, went to jail, also no rent since January) cleared out before I had to call the constable, called to make sure I wouldn't throw away his couch before he could get some friends and a pickup to haul it off, and then returned the keys. He still owes me a shitton of money I will never see, but he did clear out his stuff (except a couple of oversize antique televisions but I don't need a shovel to see the floor or anything) and gave back the keys. I've seen worse. Obviously, I will not ever rent to him again, but he didn't do anything to reach Legendary Status and he would never have gotten so far behind during a more normal time. We'd have had him out in March if we'd been allowed to evict. He's more just normal poverty style problems and not full-on off the rails like the girl at 321.
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One of our longtime tenants, CS, is an old man who uses a walker. He lives at an apartment complex that does not have parking spaces drawn on the parking area. It does not have "assigned" parking spaces. Heretofore, this has not been a problem because people mostly park in front of their own doors and don't park in front of OTHER people's doors.

But you know heretofore means 'not now', right? )
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I am a landlord. I am a SMALL landlord. My tenants have an "emergency number" that (via the magic of call forwarding) rings at my actual home landline. My tenants do not have my cellphone number because I am entitled to a personal life and because there are like fifty of them and there is only one of me.

Since this is an "emergency number" for fifty people living in property I am responsible for, when the phone rings I fucking well answer it. I answer it at 3:00 AM and I answer it on weekends and I answer it when I'm having sex. I answer the fucking phone if I am home, regardless of the time it rings or the inconvenience caused.

First off, it's my damn job.

Second, when my landline rings at odd hours, it is usually An Actual Emergency (water won't shut off, there is no heat, flooding, broken pipe, sewer is not working, etc.) that needs fairly prompt attention from a person of the landlording persuasion and that person is me. Mostly, tenants are pretty solid on what "emergencies only" mean and they generally only call when they have an actual emergency.

But sometimes, when my landline rings at, say, 10:20 PM on a Thursday night, it is someone going "Wow, I didn't think you would answer the phone!" (To which I helpfully DID NOT REPLY Then why the fuck did you call me???) and then asking me about apartments for rent.

No dice. Oh, hell no. The number you just fucking called is given only to my tenants and it says EMERGENCIES ONLY in big print right above it.

If you think for one red hot minute that I'm going to interrupt Criminal Minds season 6 Episode 23 to tell you about an apartment for rent at TEN FUCKING THIRTY AT NIGHT DURING MY PRIVATE TIME WHEN I AM OFF THE CLOCK AND YOU ARE NOT A TENANT HAVING AN EMERGENCY, you are remarkably unclear on what the fuck EMERGENCIES ONLY means.

"I'm sorry. This number is for tenant emergencies only. If you are interested in renting an apartment please call my office -- we're open 8 AM to 4 PM tomorrow and the number is as follows..."

*sigh*

Also who the fucking fuck thinks it's okay to call someone you do not know at 10:20PM on a weeknight? MANNERS. DO PEOPLE HAVE MANNERS ANYMORE?

(I have the olds.)

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