So we moved into this apartment the last week of October 2011. Around December while I was contacting the office regarding some maintenance, I advised I had not received a water bill yet and I was concerned. The girl told me not to worry about it, that a full month would have to go by before I would receive a bill, that that was normal. So... here we are in the first week of February and we have not received a water bill yet. I felt like I have brought this to their attention already and seems like they weren't worried about it, so should I be?
There is a part inside me that feels like I should go ahead and call them about it again. Honesty is the best policy, right? But there is an another part of me that thinks that this is part of their responsibility as property managers to establish accounts for their tenants and I shouldn't have to beg them to bill me. Another part of me thinks if they finally catch the mistake and then try to bill me 5 months all at once I would be in big trouble.
Then.... there's another part of me that thinks.. hmmm... the ice maker line from the freezer constantly leaks into my fridge which if I'm not careful, leaks all over everything in my fridge, finally settling on the bottom shelf, ruining everything down there. So, I leave nothing on the bottom shelf and I have gigantic bowl on the top shelf that doesn't give me room to keep much on the top shelf either. I have to be quick to empty the bowl I have in there to catch the water or else stuff gets ruined. They have already been out four or five times but it is never fixed. I keep telling myself that they are not worried about me wasting water because they are letting this water dripping go own day in and day out.
Then... there is the last part of me that thinks that the one really cool lady from the office sympathizes with me that they have moved me under the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus and they feel sorry for me so they are keeping my water on their tab. I don't know... I'm pretty conflicted but then again maybe I'm not :)
What would you do?
I would go down to the office and talk to someone again. That happened to me at this house I'm in now. It took them months to send me a water bill. To be honest, I didn't even realize that I was missing a water bill. I do agree that honesty is the best policy...but it does fall on them after a while. Just keep track of everything...write it down in a journal.
ReplyDeleteLaura :)