I’ve been waffling back and forth about calling the office to complain about the neighbors in No. 5. I’m really irritated by their complete disregard for other people, but at the same time, I’m not okay with being vindictive. I figure the folks in No. 5 have enough problems without me adding to them. I finally had enough on Friday, though. Every morning last week, the wife’s minivan was parked in the fire lane, and several nights in a row, the husband woke me up with his car stereo. I’m telling ya’, people, it’s all fun and games, until someone wakes me up!
So I called the office and tried to explain the problem. It’s kind of complicated, which is one of the reasons I’ve been waffling. The husband lost his license a couple of years ago, and so his car has been unregistered since then. It doesn’t even have plates anymore, so they park it right in front of their apartment, facing out. That way, you can’t tell it’s unregistered. Our lease says that all cars must be registered, and that you can only park one car in the front sections. If you’ve got more than one car, the second car must be parked in the middle section, so that you don’t hog all the good spots. So far, so good, except that the wife thinks she needs to park her car close to the apartment. And who can blame her? I prefer to park close, too! The difference is that, when all the front spaces are taken, I park in the middle, NOT IN THE FIRE LANE!
The easy solution would be to move the husband’s car to the center section, leaving a spot open for the wife’s minivan. They can’t do that, though, because then people will notice that the husband’s car is not registered. Oopsie! Even worse, the wife’s minivan has a handicapped hang-tag. I assume the management company would gladly give her a dedicated handicapped spot (they’ve done so for other tenants), only, they’d use the space the husband’s unregistered car is parked in. Oopsie again!
So, I tried to explain all of that to the office worker when I called on Friday. The property manager was on vacation, but she’s supposed to be back in the office today. It’ll be interesting to see this evening if the husband’s car has been tagged for towing.
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