I heard that there was a little..."altercation" that required police "attention" this past weekend. Does anyone know anything about the details of this blessed event?The 8th floor has been "representin'" quite the little bit recently. Way to go number 8!
You don't still live here, do you? You've been posting about how horrible it is for over a year. You didn't renew your lease did you?
ReplyDeleteIndeed I do. I have also posted several, fairly recent, comments from others living on the eighth floor complaining about that floor, and in particular, a certain group of tenants.
ReplyDeleteWas there or was there not a fight on the eighth floor recently?
I think you're also inaccurate with your assessment as to how long I've been posting about this floor. It has been relatively recent and the postings have come from the tenants on that floor.
Is this a question originating from the rental office?
Huge crowd of post-baseball drunks on the roof, drinks and coolers in tow on Friday night. Are they enforcing the no alcohol policy or is that on the honesty system?
ReplyDeleteI will say that the front desk has gotten A LOT better about making sure folks sign in their visitors, and I personally appreciate that.
I live on the 9th floor, but am moving out shortly. I've had my problems here, mostly with the management, but overall have enjoyed the place. I think you make reasonable points sometimes, even if you do come off as whiny and condescending. I was just curious if you dislike the place so much why you're still living there. Did you renew your lease? Or initially sign longer than 13 months?
ReplyDeleteOn a separate, disturbing note. Yesterday evening when I was leaving the building, there was a heated conversation from a resident of the building directed toward the front desk attendant.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed like the resident failed to sign-in his guest or that the lady that accompanied him inside the building did not have her key.
I applaud the efforts of the front desk staff in requiring the signing-in of all guests to the building. Additionally, the attendant I introduced myself to yesterday evening, if I recall correctly, it is Joe, takes his job seriously and he said that he, "would be fired if anyone enters the building without registering with the front desk. Management has made it clear to staffers that staff the front desk on guests entering the building.
It was unfortunate that a resident of the building took it upon himself to berate the front desk staffer. I do however feel that management should enact a system, etc., (if they haven't already) to protect the staffers of the front desk from any future incidents like the one described.
Additionally, I think residents should think and understand that those at the front desk are just doing their jobs.
I had to report the drinking to concierge and they did NOTHING. But I heard they called the police on someone for having a guest enter the building who didn't have an id. An armed "paid" officer. Wha????
ReplyDeleteThe issue on the 8th floor was handled by the DC police department. The front desk is not responsible to break up fights due to safety reasons. Also, the police were not called on someone for not showing their ID, but the courtesy officer was notified. I hope this cleared some of the questions up for you all.
ReplyDeleteLet me address the first comment to this thread.
ReplyDeleteI have NOT been posting how horrible it is here for a year now. I and my fellow tenants have been posting our thoughts, feelings,and experiences in the building in order to get command over some unacceptable conditions in this building.
Between us we have pointed out many shortcomings in the management office and with some of the people who live here. We have also pointed out some of the good points. There seems to be a solid core of people who live here that just want, as should be expected, a good environment for them to carry out there lives. It's a shame that there are some who stand in the way of that--some repeatedly so.
I think it creates a healthy environment to have the tenants proactively working to keep their living conditions the best they can be.
I think it works to the benefit of the management as well!
We should have a tenant meeting, bring folks together one evening - management NOT included - and discuss some of the major items that are fueling so much frustration amongst the tenants. Lets face it, Management has done a really horrible job engaging the tenants and working through these issues with us, so we should come together as a united front to address management on these core issues. Thoughts?
ReplyDeleteIn response to post on 10/1, what is a courtesy officer?
ReplyDeleteI THINK their is an off duty officer on premises, or something like that. I can't say I've ever seen him.
ReplyDeleteTwo officers live in our building that I know. I find it a little cooky that one of them has been hired by management as our "Courtesy Officer". Whatever that means.
ReplyDeleteNow I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears a fully uniformed and armed DC police officer show up at a neighbors door one night. They were standing in the hallway so I'm sure most the floor heard. This officer was called by concierge for the tenant having a guest enter the building with no ID. Now this is just wrong. People can't be bullied like this.
ReplyDeleteDo we know what transpired before the officer came to the door. I agree, it's rather extreme to have a policeman show up for something as seemingly benign as an ID situation, but if that was indeed the case maybe it warranted a policeman showing up.
ReplyDeleteWas the tenant aggressive? Did they offer the concierge a load of crap? I don't know the details, but given the level of anger about this I could see someone becoming totally aggressive about being ID'ed.
Really the source of all this angst should be directed at those in the building who act irresponsibly. That is the source of this unfortunate situation. And of course management holds some degree of culpability for those people, as they were the ones to rent an apartment to them.
Most of the people in the building are good, hard-working people who are just trying to find a decent living situation. But there are those that are perhaps away from their family homes for the first time, or have a a grown up job for the first time and they think they are on vacation or something. Some people are oblivious to those around them, and I understand that,I may have done a little of it myself, but if you wanna be in the grown up world you're really gonna have to get with the program or you're going to have or be trouble.
No one is fooling anyone here. Greystar was desperate to get tenants in the building for a couple of years. We've all seen this neighborhood tank after the recession. Because of that they have rented to undesirables, have loosened up their dog policies, charged more for to rent the pub, started renting out an apartment on a per night basis, rented to people during the inauguration, rented out the pub and rooftop to non-tenants, etc.
I think targeting a more mature tenancy might do a world of good for this building and all the people in it--and I'm not just talking about age.