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Recycle Candy
I call the number for recycling on the City’s website. The person who answers the phone is a little surprised by my question and she refers me to someone else. My question: Why doesn’t the City provide recycling bins for apartment complexes? I talk to a really nice lady named Joy. After some research she…
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Neighbors
(correction: I wasn’t talking to the apartment manager after all. It was a community manager or something like that. The real apartment manager was much more helpful.) Still no e-mail answer after a day, so I decide to try to call again. And, wow, it’s the elusive apartment manager herself. I’m graced. She is taken…
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Ignoration
You may think it’s simple to get an answer out of apartment managers, but it’s not. If you rent already, your call just might be ignored. I question the wisdom of this practice since nearly every apartment agent I’ve talked with has complained about the high cost of “flip.” Still, this ignoration does sometimes persist.…
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Cardboard boxes
I’m a regular person with good intentions. Yet, intentions aren’t going to get me or my neighbor Fred anywhere. I’ve been meaning to ask my apartment manager how we can get a recycling program at my rather large apartment complex. I’ve been meaning to buy mesh grocery bags instead of using the plastic ones from…