Here's what I heard. Some drunk girl from the 8th floor got in at 6am, dropped her keys down the elevator shaft, and called maintenance to let her in. When they hadn't arrived to let her in an hour later, genius decides that if they won't let her in, the fire department will. Effin' idiot. Of course, there's no solid proof that she pulled the alarm (though it was pulled on the 8th floor shortly after she was bitching about still being locked out) because there are no cameras anywhere.
Now should there be a better to solution to a lockout than a call to someone who lives 1.5 hours away to come let a resident in? Most certainly. Is the answer to this gross inconvenience to wake up the whole building so you can get your way? Drunk or not, the answer is NO, you brat. NO, NO, NO. Your parents obviously went horribly wrong in raising such a selfish clueless excuse for a human.
It's the girls in Apt 801...they have guys over at random hours as well, and the hole punched into the wall at the elevator occurred the weekend after they moved in from one of their "guests". Management already (or should) knows that they are trouble on what is typically a quiet floor.
We should all bear in mind that these are, as of yet, unsubstantiated comments, but I thank all of those posting for their courage and consideration in helping to look out for this building. Please keep it up. I can use your help!!
BTW, I don't doubt that these are accurate statements either. You know what they say about a duck looking like a duck, and quacking like a duck! The problem people in the building pretty much make themselves obvious.
I saw that group of "frat boys" with the pots of Bar-B-Q and they looked ok to me. Don't think it was them. I do like the "801 theory" however. Quack Quack!!
I HOPE that if it is true about someone pulling the alarm for a drunken reason, that that person was prosecuted, charged for the fire department visit, and hopefully given their eviction notice.
MANAGEMENT!!! How many stupid drunken incidents must occur in this building before we start to see a shift in tenant quality here? I don't buy the excuse that you have to rent to everyone. I think this is a good topic for a future post. I'll tell you why then.
I would also like to thank the tenants who have been concerned enough to stand up against the rampant stupidity that goes on here every week. Please folks, when you see the type of thing that gets your antennae up, post it here. You will be assured of complete anonymity.
It's up to all of us to be considerate of each other, and when that's not happening, to rid this place of those who persistently are not.
I need the help of all good intentioned people in the building. Believe me, together we can do something about this, and we will!!
I hate to say it, because it's nice to go onto the roof with a glass of wine, but maybe management needs to stop opening the rooftop to drinking. It just gets out of hand and it causes too many problems in the building.
I moved in here because my wife and I were sold a bill of goods about the nature of this building, and in the eight months we've been here it hasn't lived up to its billing.
I came here because I was looking for a good, clean building, with interesting neighbors and a safe environment. Instead, what we got was a smelly, dirty building (is this building really only 2 years old?), with "interesting" people, and an environment where I don't know if I really feel safe.
I can believe it was the 801 girls. My floor used to be really quiet until they appeared with their random callers at all times during the night. They are loud, obnoxious party girls with no respect for anyone else on the floor and they treat it like it's a dorm.
Perhaps. The last alarm happened because of the rain storms we had a couple weeks ago. Apparently it didn't go off on all floors that time.
If it didn't go off on your floor Saturday then I would mention it to management. There may something wrong with the system on your floor. Have you spoken to anyone on your floor about this?
My understanding is that unless a building-wide alarm is triggered, the alarm only goes off on the floor with the issue and the floors immediately above and below. Thus, the alarm would only have sounded for floors 7-9.
The alarms in the building are zoned, so you won't necessarily hear an alarm if you're not on the floor where it went off.
For example, if the alarm was pulled on the 8th floor, floors 7-9 would hear the alarm. If you live on a lower or upper floor (as we do) you won't hear it ringing on your floor, but you'll probably hear it anyway, as we did.
Most newer, modern buildings have similar alarm systems in them, no need for panic.
I spoke with management about the fire alarm: When someone pulls it, only the alarms on that floor, and the floors above and below that floor, go off. So if the alarmed was pulled on the 8th floor, then only the alarms of the 7th, 8th, and 9th floors would have gone off. Theoretically.
I don't think restricting alcohol on the roof is the solution. I think it is more important for management to be involved in isolated incidents. Honestly, I would be pretty pissed if the building said we couldn't responsibly consume a couple of beverages on the roof. I do however think they need to be more strict about restricting glass on the roof.. suprised people haven't gotten cut up walking around barefoot up there or swimming in the pool...
Speaking of the roof, I'd also like to ask my fellow tenants to do a better job of keeping the grills clean and neat. Takes 2 minutes to clean it when you're finished, and really, if it was your personal grill, wouldn't you keep it clean? Just a suggestion.
I don't think its ok to call out apartment numbers or tenant names on here. There are proper ways to handle this and management just isn't doing it. Gripe and have a voice, yes, but calling an individual out can lead to trouble, I think. I would recommend contacting management and asking them what to do. Though, doubtful they'll be much help at all. In which case, perhaps a friendly note under the door expressing concern for noise, privacy and safety.
Well...I guess we wait and see what it was this time. At least it allowed us to sleep until 7:00!
Supposedly someone pulled it. My guess it was the group of frat boys who came strolling out of the building fully dressed with two pots of BBQ in tow.
ReplyDeleteHere's what I heard. Some drunk girl from the 8th floor got in at 6am, dropped her keys down the elevator shaft, and called maintenance to let her in. When they hadn't arrived to let her in an hour later, genius decides that if they won't let her in, the fire department will. Effin' idiot. Of course, there's no solid proof that she pulled the alarm (though it was pulled on the 8th floor shortly after she was bitching about still being locked out) because there are no cameras anywhere.
ReplyDeleteNow should there be a better to solution to a lockout than a call to someone who lives 1.5 hours away to come let a resident in? Most certainly. Is the answer to this gross inconvenience to wake up the whole building so you can get your way? Drunk or not, the answer is NO, you brat. NO, NO, NO. Your parents obviously went horribly wrong in raising such a selfish clueless excuse for a human.
You should call a locksmith for a lockout if the office is not open.
ReplyDeleteIt's the girls in Apt 801...they have guys over at random hours as well, and the hole punched into the wall at the elevator occurred the weekend after they moved in from one of their "guests". Management already (or should) knows that they are trouble on what is typically a quiet floor.
ReplyDeleteWe should all bear in mind that these are, as of yet, unsubstantiated comments, but I thank all of those posting for their courage and consideration in helping to look out for this building. Please keep it up. I can use your help!!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I don't doubt that these are accurate statements either. You know what they say about a duck looking like a duck, and quacking like a duck! The problem people in the building pretty much make themselves obvious.
I saw that group of "frat boys" with the pots of Bar-B-Q and they looked ok to me. Don't think it was them. I do like the "801 theory" however. Quack Quack!!
I HOPE that if it is true about someone pulling the alarm for a drunken reason, that that person was prosecuted, charged for the fire department visit, and hopefully given their eviction notice.
MANAGEMENT!!! How many stupid drunken incidents must occur in this building before we start to see a shift in tenant quality here? I don't buy the excuse that you have to rent to everyone. I think this is a good topic for a future post. I'll tell you why then.
I'd also like to thank fellow tenants for standing up and reporting this sort of behavior.
ReplyDeleteI hope management does the right thing here.
I would also like to thank the tenants who have been concerned enough to stand up against the rampant stupidity that goes on here every week. Please folks, when you see the type of thing that gets your antennae up, post it here. You will be assured of complete anonymity.
ReplyDeleteIt's up to all of us to be considerate of each other, and when that's not happening, to rid this place of those who persistently are not.
I need the help of all good intentioned people in the building. Believe me, together we can do something about this, and we will!!
I hate to say it, because it's nice to go onto the roof with a glass of wine, but maybe management needs to stop opening the rooftop to drinking. It just gets out of hand and it causes too many problems in the building.
ReplyDeleteI moved in here because my wife and I were sold a bill of goods about the nature of this building, and in the eight months we've been here it hasn't lived up to its billing.
I came here because I was looking for a good, clean building, with interesting neighbors and a safe environment. Instead, what we got was a smelly, dirty building (is this building really only 2 years old?), with "interesting" people, and an environment where I don't know if I really feel safe.
I don't think we'll be staying.
If the building knows who it was that pulled the alarm, throw him or her out!
ReplyDeleteThey can't throw them out without solid evidence. Circumstanstial doesn't cut it.
ReplyDeleteI can believe it was the 801 girls. My floor used to be really quiet until they appeared with their random callers at all times during the night. They are loud, obnoxious party girls with no respect for anyone else on the floor and they treat it like it's a dorm.
ReplyDeleteShould I be concerned that I didn't hear the alarm?
ReplyDeletePerhaps. The last alarm happened because of the rain storms we had a couple weeks ago. Apparently it didn't go off on all floors that time.
ReplyDeleteIf it didn't go off on your floor Saturday then I would mention it to management. There may something wrong with the system on your floor. Have you spoken to anyone on your floor about this?
My understanding is that unless a building-wide alarm is triggered, the alarm only goes off on the floor with the issue and the floors immediately above and below. Thus, the alarm would only have sounded for floors 7-9.
ReplyDeleteThe alarms in the building are zoned, so you won't necessarily hear an alarm if you're not on the floor where it went off.
ReplyDeleteFor example, if the alarm was pulled on the 8th floor, floors 7-9 would hear the alarm. If you live on a lower or upper floor (as we do) you won't hear it ringing on your floor, but you'll probably hear it anyway, as we did.
Most newer, modern buildings have similar alarm systems in them, no need for panic.
I spoke with management about the fire alarm: When someone pulls it, only the alarms on that floor, and the floors above and below that floor, go off. So if the alarmed was pulled on the 8th floor, then only the alarms of the 7th, 8th, and 9th floors would have gone off. Theoretically.
ReplyDeleteI don't think restricting alcohol on the roof is the solution. I think it is more important for management to be involved in isolated incidents. Honestly, I would be pretty pissed if the building said we couldn't responsibly consume a couple of beverages on the roof. I do however think they need to be more strict about restricting glass on the roof.. suprised people haven't gotten cut up walking around barefoot up there or swimming in the pool...
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of the roof, I'd also like to ask my fellow tenants to do a better job of keeping the grills clean and neat. Takes 2 minutes to clean it when you're finished, and really, if it was your personal grill, wouldn't you keep it clean? Just a suggestion.
ReplyDeleteI don't think its ok to call out apartment numbers or tenant names on here. There are proper ways to handle this and management just isn't doing it. Gripe and have a voice, yes, but calling an individual out can lead to trouble, I think. I would recommend contacting management and asking them what to do. Though, doubtful they'll be much help at all. In which case, perhaps a friendly note under the door expressing concern for noise, privacy and safety.
ReplyDeleteI agree...with one caveat. I think those girls have already called themselves out. They're getting to be (in)famous.
ReplyDeletePoint well taken. I'll find some way to blot apartment numbers out of tenant posts.