Floof! I am nosey today...
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Comments (40)ItÂs a shame people will let law enforcement come into their homes on business without search warrants. I know and have known (and I hear from my family been related to) some very friendly and honest officers, so I can understand the inclination to consider it "no big deal" to let the profession as a whole do their thing as they see fit. Not a fan of the Gestapo-style drop by though, in person or electronically. ThereÂs this pervasive attitude, especially as of late, that if youÂre not doing anything wrong it doesnÂt matter, and thatÂs just not the case. I suspect there are people, management, that are suspicious of what IÂm growing in our apartment, but they will be sorely disappointed if they ever go about inquiring as to what outside the realms of the law. I will be on the phone with the ACLU and my lawyer friends before theyÂve left. I hope my beautiful and legal tropical plants and orchids lower everyone's blood pressures; IÂll be sure to bring some of them to court to help there too if need be. I have had a number of unannounced maintenance knocks on my door with no apartment emergencies or work orders as of late, so IÂm on Dale Gribble-style edge! ItÂs quite ridiculous at this point that controlling Marijuana (which I have exactly zero personal interest in) is at the forefront of anyoneÂs concerns....See MoreMore nosey neighbors than buyers at open house...
Comments (29)Unfortunately, our community had a rash of incidents about 4 years ago that may have been linked to open houses. Small items were missing, keys disappeared, or windows/doors were left unlocked and perps returned to steal stuff shortly thereafter. My realtor was really great at telling us to remove ANYTHING small that we did not want viewed or lost. The list included, keys, meds, money/coins, any jewelry, small pictures, collections, items with personal importance. Glassware, silver, even china should be packed away. Remotes, laptops, I-pads, chargers, tools, dvds, etc...all needed to be in locked drawers. Calendars with your schedule on them needed to be hidden. Even items stored under beds and in closets should be in boxes/totes that were taped shut. We even had a few beers in the fridge walk off. We had about a couple dozen showings that I know of. There were faucets left running, windows left open, heaters turned on and left on (in summer). We had kids crawling under beds, playing in closets, jumping on beds. (I began to just go next door and look through the window to see what people were doing while at my house. When I saw 2 girls jumping on my antique bed in the front bedroom of my house while the parents were milling about in the back yard, I walked over and rapped on the window of my bedroom -- boy did those two girls take off like a shot to the backyard!) I was really floored when I saw private items like dresser drawers had been opened and some of the contents moved around (husband is very OCD on his drawer organization and we know they were gone through!). I even had a closet staged with nothing but my business suits hanging in it -- and some of the jackets had the pockets turned out like they had been gone through! I wanted to put a mouse trap in one -- but held off. Visiting realtors were bad enough at keeping track of house hunters when having private showings -- it would have been worse with an open house. We eventually sold to the parents of a woman who stopped by my neighbor's place while I was sitting on the porch with my neighbor. The lady came by to say she didn't have a realtor yet, and her parents had just sold their home across the state and were looking for a home like ours. She asked if I knew the people who lived in the house on the corner (mine). I fessed up right away that I was the owner and she asked to have a quick look -- normally I would have referred her to my realtor, but since she had custom plates on her car, my neighbor and I figured we were fairly safe! (She was the wife of a local doctor we later found out.) The quick tour of the house convinced her it was exactly what her parents wanted -- and 2 days later they traveled the 4 hours to view the house and make an offer! yeah! Maybe if I had an open house she would have stopped by, but she was attracted by the street side for sale sign in a neighborhood she was targeting. I'm certain she would have called the realtor's number had I not been there, but we used the opportunity to sell the house....See MoreFloof post: Getting ready....
Comments (29)Maybe eld . However, these were not coworkers at all. They were truck drivers,either bringing stuff in or picking stuff up. Mr. Kit Kat comes in frequently, and is rather obnoxious anyway, and Reeses boy just started coming in there recently,and had no clue that he was talking to the treat provider/decorator. Again,I don't think I feel ownership over the treats. They are for everybody. I am just amazed at how rude and obnoxious some people can get about something that supposed to be a nice gesture and fun. (How DARE you not make sure that there is more than 1 free Reeses cup!) As for money,I do get contributions. It's usually the same people every year. So far, in my pumpkin pig I've brought in about 30 bucks. I don't get annoyed if people don't contribute and they get a treat or two.I get annoyed when people don't contribute,yet come get enough snacks to live off of. Or I get annoyed at the people who work in that office with me,as i mentioned above. They will nag people to put change in the pig(something I NEVER do. I put the pig by the candy for those that want to put in. I don't ever TELL people to put money in it. ),yet I get nothing from them,and they eat more than anyone. It's a year round thing though really. The obnoxious entitlement that is.We provide them with free coffee. As a courtesy. They often complain that we only have regular and hazelnut coffeemate,not this or that flavor. They actually think it is a job requirement for us to drop whatever are doing if the coffee pot is empty and make it for them. Someone actually yelled at me that they would have me fired for not "doing my job" and get off the phone with a customer that second and make him some free coffee. Yeah. Good luck with that. You can't be nice to some people. They become rather entitled. I don't get it. But, I refuse to let the few doofuses dampen my Halloween happiness,especially as I got my Charlie Brown working,and that made my whole month. I can feel it. This is the year that the Great Pumpkin finally shows up....See MoreFloof! Starting off....
Comments (48)This year has been fantastic! I‘m in pretty good health as are my family and friends. I have all the ”stuff” I need. My most recent purchase was a push golf cart as opposed to the pull behind kind. I’ve signed up for a morning golf league for this coming season. Normally, I golf 18 holes for league play and take a power cart, but this year, I’m going to walk 9 in a league that is especially for folks who only want to play that many. We’ll see how that goes and maybe I’ll just end up doing the full 18 walking. I’ve just spent a week with my siblings in the city that I grew up in and we had the greatest time. My sister set up my dad’s old Bell and Howell slide projector and we spent a couple of evenings looking at old family photos from the 50s to the 80s. Lot’s of laughing and cackling😄 and just plain silliness. The drive there also reminded me what a lovely area of the world I grew up in and have lived. I had a good ”do nothing” vacation in Cancun in January and have just renewed my passport for another 10 years, so I guess I’m feeling good and optimistic about the future. No complaints so far in 2024. I’m still buying green bananas....See More
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