My uncle has been accused over facebook of causing a car accident. The people on facebook are saying that the woman involved ended up upside down in a ditch and my uncle just drove off.
They didn’t have any evidence of my uncle’s involvement other than the colour of the car and the relative age of the driver, but as we live in a very small town, others on facebook quickly named my uncle. The police have been involved and it turns out that the women just skidded on the road (it was very icy that day) and ended up facing the other way. (It is a very quiet rural area and road, so although it must have been scary at the time there is no lasting damage). The only reason we can think that my uncle didn’t notice, if he was involved would be that it happened behind him.
This still hasn’t stopped her and her friends from saying that she was involved in a much more serious accident over on facebook, and as my uncle is older and doesn’t go on the internet, he has no means to defend himself. It all seems very cruel.
Now we have received the insurance details and she is claiming that she ended up upside down, despite what she told the police. I feel as though she is relying on my uncle not to kick up a fuss about this, as he has already kind of accepted some blame despite the fact that she has no definite i.d. of the car (no reg.) and seems to be going entirely of hearsay from the witch hunt over on facebook, although he can’t remember being in any sort of accident.
I’m sorry this is so rambling and badly written, I am still quite angry over it all, but it does feel good to get it all out. I’ve been busting to have an argument with the woman, but I am aware that will not be any help to my uncle.
This is our own damn fault but it’s the last thing I need right now. When we moved in, we were told we had to put carpet over 80% of the surface area of each room. Well, we noticed most of our neighbors didn’t bother so we didn’t bother either. That was over 1.5 years ago.
Got a letter yesterday. It has come to their attention we don’t have carpet. They are coming Monday to inspect the apartment. We have until Monday to carpet our entire house.
And the kicker is, we’re moving out in three months.
I am under so much pressure at work and the anxiety of not knowing where we’re moving (we’ll find out tomorrow) and the commute and I am so emotionally labile right now, this carpet thing is bothering me way more than it normally would. I am like psychologically deconstructing right now, and the thing is normally I would just stuff my face with junk food and get on with life, but I’m trying to break my dependence on food, so I’m just going to feel like utter shit now.
Can you get some cheap carpet remnants from a big box hardware store, and/or cheap throw rugs? Just because they want you to have carpet doesn’t mean it has to be tasteful.
Oh. And by the way. Whatever XBox 360-playing loser ''swatted" my 13-year-old’s cousin’s house by anonymously calling 911 and claiming there were people shot dead at my Aunt’s house can go fuck themselves. And then they get extra fucking for doing it twice. And the fucking police who surrounded my Aunt’s house and held my 13-year-old cousin at gunpoint and fucking violently tackled him to the ground even when he was hands up with obviously no weapons (OR SHOES) - they can get fucked too.
This is most likely what we will do. I think what happened was a noise complaint due to my recent exercising prompted this letter. But we weren’t aware we were making too much noise and we can refrain from doing that quite easily - I just have to find a new spot to exercise. So we are going to talk to the apartment people tomorrow, explain the situation and ask for a pass. If they still want us to put carpet down, we’ll just get something cheap.
I’m confused, if it’s an apartment (and thus not owned by you), why do you have to carpet it?
Turn it over to his insurance company, with a pointed hint that IF her car had indeed gone upside down, where is the billing for the towing company to turn it back right side up, and where is the police report. I seriously doubt she is driving a trabi and got a couple of drunken university students to flip it right side up again…:rolleyes:
Seriously, how about making him a facebook page and letting him point out that she hasn’t sent him a copy of the wreckers invoice for removing the wrecked car, nor has she provided him a police report and simply leaving it at that. He doesn’t need to reply to every single facebook posting other than pointing out that she hasn’t proven anything at all. He might also call all the towing companies within a reasonable distance and asking if the pulled her car with an eye towards disproving her claim if he doesn’t want to let the insurance company deal with it [a stupid act if you ask me, they have lawyers]
My WAG is the apartment complex doesn’t want to pay to carpet all of their rooms. These are nice, big apartments with parquet flooring, but really squeaky. The idea of the carpeting is to reduce the noise for the other tenants. I prefer the hard wood floor but I do see their point. I guess during the inspection they will also investigate our floor for especially squeaky spots they need to fix.
Up yours school district superintendent. You gave the kids off Easter and Good Friday but not Passover again this year. You lousy rotten goy. You useless putz. You birdbrained Christian fanatic. You are going to make me choose between observing a major Jewish holiday and my kid’s education this year and that fucking sucks.
I hope you get force fed unsalted matzo, leaden matzo balls, non-kosher chicken, overdone tzimmes, undercooked kasha varnishkes, non-sour pickles, slimy gefilte fish, off brand chopped liver, stale honey cake, flat seltzer and the sweetest Manichevitz imaginable at every single meal for the rest of your life!
I’m very sorry for your frustrating experience, but this “curse” just cracked my shit up.
Apart from the chicken, I was just describing Passover dinner at my grandmother Shirley’s house.
I think she made it to 97 by refusing to eat her own food.
What exactly do you think they are going to do about it if you don’t? Evict you?
olives, I don’t think they can legally require you to carpet their property (unless it’s removable and you get to take it with you when you leave). If I were you, I’d put a call in to the landlord-tenant relations board and ask about this. NJ has a state agency for this, and historically they tend to come down on the tenant side in disputes.
And, as **ENugent **said, what are they going to do if you don’t? Even if they do try to evict you before you leave in 3 months anyway, the eviction process will take longer than that.
Yup, wouldn’t worry about the carpet. It’s THEIR property, let them worry about it. When I tried to google the legality of forcing a tenant to put in carpet at their OWN expense, nothing came up at all. I’ve never heard of a landlord requiring their tenant to make home improvements. How can that be legal? If they want their units to have carpet, then they pay and install carpet.
Was it in writing? It may not be binding if you were just told verbally (since it becomes a he said/she said). And anyway what the others said, it reminds me of people from Castejón getting on the train without paying to go to Tudela, Pamplona, Calahorra or Logroño, back when conductors could not issue either tickets or fines. “Ooooh sorry, I was running late and didn’t have time to buy a ticket… get off at the next station and buy one? Sure sir, thank you sir.”
Guess which are the four stations which are “the next stop” from Castejón.
Another vote for ignoring the carpet. That’s the whole point of renting - that you’re not out those kind of expenses. And I don’t believe it’s legal for them to try to make you do it.
Not to mention, you’re leaving in three months, so screw 'em.
My best friend’s husband died today. I have lots of :(:(
now. We knew it was coming, it wasn’t a shock, I got to say my good byes to him while he was able to hear me. I’m still
He was a very good man. Considerate and generous and kind and good to my friend and he cried on my shoulder when he had to have their cat put down. I miss him already.
Laura called me to give me the news, and then told me that she still wanted to be my Maid of Honor. I didn’t ask her about that, she brought it up. I’m such a bitch that I have to confess that I’d been worried about that since he went into hospice.
Added rant: I thought that after I moved, I’d not have to spend so much time in airports. Not so, I’m flying again tomorrow night. I really hates flying.
3rd rant: I’m such a churlish bitch that instead of looking forward to helping Laura with stuff and being with her, I’m grumbly about flying.
At least Bob hasn’t put Lucky in the trash can lately.
Thanks. I’m taking one of those for us both getting food poisoning and the dishwasher breaking down on the same damn day. At least the part is on order and we’re both keeping down regular food again.
What’s the likely consequence for failure to comply with that Monday deadline? And how will such a consequence affect you?
Also, can you find a neighbor with carpeting and swap apartment numbers on your doors on Monday?
It wouldn’t matter if it’s in writing if it’s a legally unenforceable request.