I have just about had enough with our apartment and the people that run it. We were told that everyone had heat since October 15th or 16th. They had installed digital thermostats in each unit over the summer. But now I've come to find that those new thermostats were just decoration - just a front. I might as well take it down and let my two year old daughter use it as a toy! My husband has contacted the property manager, who also lives in our complex in another building. She has stated that the heat will automatically kick on when the temperature drops below 50 degrees...please tell me why at this very moment(it's 3 am and it's 37 degrees outside) our digital thermostat reads that it's 73 degrees in the apartment, yet there is no heat coming from the vents/radiator (whatever you want to call it). I'm pissed. The only time we had heat was when one of the guys from maintenance put the heat on "bypass". Which was actually something that he wasn't supposed to be doing for people. But it was the only way we could get heat. He told me that he'd come by to show my husband what to do next time. So I called back and asked for the same guy to come out, and when I called and the property manager answered. I dislike her very much. She told me that the person that I wanted was at another apartment complex. I said, but he said that he'd show my husband how to do something...and she said, you mean he was going to show him how to bypass the system? I said, no he didn't say that - he said he was just going to show him something. I'm like, shoot, now he's going to get in trouble. But that's frickin' ridiculous! So she goes back into the same explanation of, yes, I know that 70 degrees doesn't feel that warm and I know that when I'm in the apartment, I have to put an extra sweater on my daughter...WHAT THE HELL!!! Why are we paying what we pay every month, just to be inconvenienced like this? Heat and hot water are included.
I am ready to call Action News on these people! I have a child with Sickle Cell Anemia - he could easily go into a bout of crisis pain just by taking a bath, then stepping out into a much colder bathroom - the shock of the temperatures alone could cause pain. My other child has cold-induced asthma - so should I send them the bill if I have to take my kids to the ER - thank God we haven't had to make any trips.
Why am I sitting at this computer, fully clothed, and yet, still cold. THERE IS NO HEAT COMING OUT OF THE DAMN RADIATOR!!! They keep standing by their same explanations and repeating them over and over - I'm not stupid, I know when the heat is on and when it's NOT!!
How about we stop paying rent until this whole matter is resolved. We don't make a lot of fuss over here - we always pay on time (by the grace of God). If this is your stance, knock off a couple hundred dollars off of the rent payment.
I don't even know why she would have the audacity to talk about how she puts an extra sweater on her damn daughter when she works for the company and doesn't have to pay nearly as much as what we pay - thanks to her damn employee frickin' discount! PUH-LEASE WOMAN!
SHE PROBABLY HAS HER SYSTEM ON BYPASS!!!!!
Oh, if I only had an idea of what kind of car she drove, I'd SO go to the un-surveillanced parking lot and slit her tires. I'd take a baseball bat with me, just like they used to do in my old neighborhood, but I figure I wouldn't want to make too much noise.
Please share your thoughts with me. What would you do in this situation? Please excuse the colorful words used - but I am obviously fed up.
