• My Apartment Complex Lost My Money Over New Carpet

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  Aug 15
  

  At 55 pounds, Sebastian looks much more fierce than he is. He's actually a big cream puff.

  I’ve called my little apartment complex home for a year now, and it is time to renew the lease. When I first moved here, I loved that the management was really friendly and open to people with large dogs. In fact, I really liked the idea that they didn’t discriminate against any breeds, choosing instead to interview each dog before the owner could move to determine if the dog was vicious or mean. I’ve seen a lot of Chihuahuas bark and bite at people and every apartment complex allows them to move in, but god help you if you have a dog over 50 pounds. This complex actually recognized that and took each dog on an individual basis.

  I remember being really really nervous about Sebastian’s interview. He’d never bite a fly, but he is big enough to scare a lot of people just by his looks alone. I made sure it was afternoon when he had his interview and also that he had been walked first to get out any nervous energy. He passed with flying colors when I showed them all the agility tricks and training he had. From then on, he was welcome in the clubhouse, and the managers would even feed him cheese slices. It was a good thing.

  Two months ago, the apartment complex was sold to new management, and the manager — a woman who does not like to deal with people — was just a witch to everyone. I’m not even going to call her a bitch because she isn’t a bitch..she is just plain MEAN.

  My lease was to come up and I asked her for new carpeting before I signed. Frankly the carpet wasn’t that great when I moved in, and it just needed to be replaced. I figured I had a good shot at it because I pay my rent a month in advance each month and I always contact them promptly to fix things so they don’t get into disrepair. I’m a *great* tenant. And, I wanted to renew for 2 years.

  You’d *think* any apartment complex would really want to keep me.

  “No,” she said,”We’re allowing you to stay even though we’re not supposed to allow people with dogs over 35 pounds to renew.” Her tone was snotty and frankly, condescending.

  So I went over to the apartment complex across the way that I knew allowed big dogs.

  And for slightly more than I’m paying now, I’d get a bigger place with 2 floors and an incredible floorplan. I signed the check on the spot and I will be moving in 30 days.

  All they had to do was give me new carpet. Stupid Stupid Stupid.

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4 Responses to “My Apartment Complex Lost My Money Over New Carpet”

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   BillMan said on August 17th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

   Let me see. Sebastian is 55 pounds. Careful examination of the scale reveals the total weight displayed to be 180 pounds. 180 lbs.-55 lbs. = 125 lbs. Have you gotten taller since I last saw you??
   And before you ask, my last weight at the doctor’s office was 285 pounds. However, I have repeatedly told him and his nurses that their scale is located on a gravitational anomaly where gravity is actually STRONGER than elsewhere on the planet. They don’t seem to buy it.

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   Heather said on August 18th, 2008 at 8:21 am

   Huh? How do you get 180? The scale reads 160. The most I’ve ever weighed is 118 and that was last year when I was training hard for a triathlon. (I actually *gain* weight when I’m in really good shape.) I think in this picture, I weighed around 110.

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   BillMan said on August 18th, 2008 at 11:21 am

   Oh- I must have misread it. I’d have been surprised if you HAD weighed 125. That’s why I aked if you had gotten taller, because you certainly didn’t look any bulkier.
   Probably because I was looking at the picture by the light of Venus reflected off of a weather balloon through a cloud of swamp gas. At least that’s what the guy in the black suit said.

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   BillMan said on August 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

   Say– what ever happened with your new place? You said in one post you would hear “that day”. Enquiring minds want to know.

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