I hope my blog doesn't just turn into a rant blog but I have to rant at the moment.
Feel free to stop reading because this is more of a therapy for me than entertainment for anyone else.
Instead of giving a big back story I'm just going to say that the owner of our building, Gregg Bragg, is....mean.
He told us he was going to see how possible it was get central heat and air in our building, and it IS possible, but it is going to cost him $5,000 (pocket change for him, might I add) so he told us he was just going to get us window units.
Well here is the problem with window units in our apartment:
The windows in our apartment are OLD and rotting away and there is about a 1/4 inch gap where the wood has rotted away from the glass and it allows all kinds of things (including precious COOL air) to escape.
The electric wiring in our apartment is OLD. Instead of having outlets that have two plugs (both being grounded) the outlets we have have three plugs and none of them are grounded. And the outlets are few and far between, so they are all occupied.
If he is going to give us window units he can at least buy NEW window units instead of giving us the circa 1970 units his handyman (and newly hired handyman sidekick) just installed.
The handyman was given orders to put a window unit in the bedroom and hallway (those windows are literally like 10 feet apart). But given the old electricity there are no outlets in hallway, so that means he put a unit in the kitchen instead. Plus the handyman was given orders to not put window units in the living room because the living room faces the street and that would "look tacky". Well we LIVE in the living room! I'd rather have a window unit in the living room then the kitchen!
All he does is cosmetic work! Make it look nice and no one will ask questions.
I saw a poll on his stores facebook page (Cover to Cover books and gifts) asking what the design for the awnings on his newly refurbished building should look like.
I am tempted to post a comment on that poll that reads something like this:
"How about instead of sprucing up the outside of the building, you fix the inside first!"
UPDATE:
Jessie called Gregg to inform him of our disappointments and I think he was trying to win her over by telling her of his plans to give us HEATED SIDEWALKS, but we aren't won over!
SCREW THE HEATED SIDEWALKS!
