I am not a nice person and I don't care

[susandennis]

So my neighbor, Ann, called me this morning about 9 to ask if I knew anything about the power. I told her that the building manager had sent an email saying it would not be on until noon and that the Seattle City Light's website says 2. We discussed that because of the stairs to climb, I could not go out.  She said they couldn't either.

Then at noon Ann came into my living room  to tell me that she had been down to pick up coffee for her and her husband (thanks, so much for even offering to bring me any... ) And she wanted me to show her how to send an email to Tija who's partner is the HOA president. Tija and Sandy are away for the weekend but Ann thought if Tija knew that there was no power she could tell Sandy who might call somebody.

Her iPad wouldn't send email and her phone wouldn't work (although it seemed to work fine when she called me)...

WTF does not even cover it.

Oh and, when she came in, I was listening to the baseball game. If I just waltzed uninvited into someone's home, I think I'd maybe apologize for interrupting... instead she wanted to know the score.

Without being blood drawing rude, I did not encourage her to stay and visit. Deep down inside, I am not a people person. On the surface, most of the time I can cover that up. I do not think I covered it up too well just now.  And I don't care.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

When a utility goes out, it's beyond the hands of the HOA's manager. All he or she can do is alert the residents that the power will be off and offer the parameters the utility company provides. Earlier this week, I had to send out an email to homeowners in one of my associations that trash pickup would be delayed a day because a truck broke down. The company told me at 2pm in the afternoon.

What exactly did the homeowners in your building expect the manager to do?

[susandennis]

I expect the building manger (or a board member - honestly I could argue for either) to establish a wide open continuous pipeline of communication with the electric company for the duration of the outage.

I also expect that building manager and/or the board member to then parry any and all information to any and all residents who want to receive it.

Ann wanted full information from the power company. She works on a city board and in that capacity knows the people in charge of our outage. She finally did, this afternoon, go over to the work site and demanded answers. And got them.

So... with 20/20 hindsight, the board should have maybe appointed Ann in charge of getting information and then gotten the onsite manager to ensure that information was shared with the rest of us.

Ann will, for sure, be making sure the power company understands how pissed off she is at the way they mishandled this. I just think it would be more powerful if the condo could do that - more clout.

[mckavian.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a misanthrope, I would have point out to Ann that if she walked into my apartment uninvited, I could/would have shot her. While putting my pistol away. (It helps if you have one, of course)

There is a level of decent behavior that is expected. If you cannot conform, then I do not care how butt-hurt you may be. If someone walks into your domicile with out prior permissions, they deserve what they get - even if they are friends/family.

Sounds like Ann needs a wake up call.