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Published Jul. 23, 2008

Good Wed morning to you GOLOers and happy HUMP day to each and every one of you! I have a question and I just want to see what your opinions are on it. I rent. I had some refrigerator issues. It was leaking water or dripping water. I think it was coming from the freezer to the bottom part. In any event I called my rental office and put in a maintenance request on Friday. I get home last night and go to see if they came and to my surprise I see a brand new refrigerator in the kitchen. It is a thousand times smaller and they took ALL my food out of it and put it in the new one. Why does this bother me? I mean, if they would have called me and said, hey, your fridge is bad and we are going to replace it are you able to come and empty it or do you mind if we do? I would have taken off work to do this. The idea of the lawn/maintenance men inside my refrigerator disturbs me. Have you ever heard of such or is it really not that big of a deal? Brutal honesty is all I ever expect on this board so go ahead and let me have it! 8-)

 

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Well, I think they were trying to do you a favor by moving your food. Unfortunatly, I'd be more concerned w/the fact that the new fridge may not have been cool enough and some of your food could be spoiled.

You all just reminded me. When I was in high school, we lived in an apartment for awhile. My new clothes, and my mom's would go missing now and then. Nothing major... I mean, not a lot at one time... just a blouse here, a skirt there.

I swear, the chicks that ran the rental office were swiping them. They even still had tags on them.

GG,

The food movement is ODD.

The rest seems normal enough.

I agree, though, with the break from renting. Move out asap!

:)

I happened across this website Mocha: http://www.apartmentratings.com

Good luck finding a new place :-)

I had thought she had forgotten to leave it unlocked and she said no I left it so you could go in... Needless to say she wansn't happy. Plus her dogs I guess got wound up and scratched at the door wall...which they said was already there. It didn't take us all long to move because no matter how much we complained he is still there... The manager finally got fired but it was after we moved. I like apartment living but not there! LOL We have a house now and it isn't bad just not the same sort of interaction you get with neighbors in a apartment complex. That isn't always good though either. Plus when something breaks..we have to fix it or pay someone to do it.. LOL Plus yardwork...buying lawnmowers etc...

Oh yes... you should have seen the people that ran the apartments I used to live in.... It was like Peyton Place. They were so nosy and into everyones business. Unreal..... They would go into your apartment without warning to change a air filter or what have you. The maint. guy was the worst. Like to see if he could find something out on people? Then they would gossip and tell other tennants. Once he went into an apartment without telling the ladies that lived there and their dog ran out and ran away... Luckily they found him. They went through managers and office assistants like dirty underwear. Everybody complained and not much was done. I had a friend that lived there and had 2 dogs. She had to work late and left her apartment unlocked so I could go take her dogs for a walk....She didn't have much and figured who would go in with the dogs there. Well busted was the Maint. man... He apparently went in and did whatever he was doing in there and then locked the door on his way out. TBC

thank you monkeyboy..(cute name)...you understand what I am saying..It was mostly fruit and freezer items. I am appreciative of the new mini fridge..LOL..When I just got off the phone with the office mgr she sounded shocked that I got a new fridge too..LOL

My food wouldnt have spoiled had they called me. I could have been there by the time they returned with a new fridge. They didnt show up with one. I am sure they had to go to their warehouse or go and purchase a new one. There was time to call. They just didnt see a need. That I dont understand, but it is fine. I have called and spoke with them and they act as if it is unheard of to call a tenant. I will write a letter to them explaining how I do not want them moving or removing anything that belongs to me personally. Then what good would that do since she said that I will have to call and remind them since they dont have time to check a tenants file. They are beyond ridiculous and next year cant come soon enough. This year dealing with them has made me realize how important it is to me that I purchase a home next year. There will be no ifs, ands, or buts about it! LOL

wow. even after mocha explains time and again that it wasn't the fact that they were in the apartment, but rather the transfer of the food, everyone keeps harping on their prescence. look, mocha made the call. whine all you want about your LEGAL RIGHTS, but it doesn't change the fact that they're responsible for maintenance of the problem and she asked them to do it. read the orignal post, people.

mocha, i know what you're saying. it's a bit freaky, but like you said, everything was new and wrapped up. it was all sitting in an aisle at the grocery store wrapped up, and at least several people touched it there too. i don't think you have anything to worry about here. by the way, congrats on the new fridge. usually it's like pulling teeth to get anything new out of a landlord...

I'm sure they felt they were saving your food from spoiling. In this case I would not have a problem with them moving my food. Now if I came home one day and found my food moved without them working on my refrigerator I'd be foaming at the mouth.

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