Nother other than having spent the entire weekend indoors, catching up on recorded TV programs, working on that never ending needlepoint project, and watching my new superpower wane as it didn’t bring in any lottery winnings.
Heading to this morning’s workout, I saw our Outside Neighbor was no longer occupying space on the sidewalk. She’s moved on.
Sneaking a peek into the Community Room after this morning’s workout, I saw all the furniture had been moved to the far side of the room but, other than that, the room looked sparkling clean, no crack in the ceiling, no sign of earthquake damage elsewhere in the room.
However, there was the strong smell of paint.
From that, one can assume last week’s earthquake caused the previous earthquake crack in the ceiling to reopen, and management has once again painted over it.
I hope that doesn’t mean the room will reopen in time for the next scheduled bingo, Friday, February 9, because that’s too soon for me to get out of the responsibility by just fading away, being forgotten.
I’ll probably have to put on my big girl panties and just say count me out.
Yes, just because you volunteered at some point to do a task does not mean you have to continue to do it until the end of time. It's okay to say it's time for someone else to step up to the plate and take it on now.
ReplyDeleteSlap a coat of paint on it; that'll fix it!!!
ReplyDeleteUntil the next one.
Precisely! They'll regret this if the room is occupied when the next one hits and the painted over cracks give way to pieces of ceiling falling on folks.
DeleteI've always found paint to be an excellent earthquake retrofit.
ReplyDeleteAnd to think I was worried about how they'd react to a hole in the wall. They'll charge me for sure, but then paint over it.
DeleteYou can bet your boots they will reopen in time for Bingo! JanF
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Red Light is pushing em to reopen.
DeleteYep, Big Girl Panty Time Shirley, just Opt Out, they will get over it in due time. Just painting over structural damage would concern me, that Ceiling might not hold and come crashing down on Residents, huge liability issue. But, chances are it would be difficult to prove in Court that they did a cosmetic repair for something that should have required a construction repair and restoration of an unsafe damaged part of the building. Any place that has vulnerable Residents I would think there should be Code Assessments done regularly by the State to ensure the premises are Safe and Maintained properly, especially if some Residents get a Subsidized Rent? When my Mom received State Subsidy for Elder Housing the State did Routine Inspections on the Regular of her Apartment and they were thorough. She didn't mind as she knew it was for her protection and to avoid a Slumlord situation for low income and fixed income Residents.
ReplyDeleteWe do have inspections, but they're not very thorough. Blown away about how well maintained the outside appears, compared to how other senior complexes look, the inspectors don't seem to care about going in deep. Also, though the units chosen for inspection are supposed to be random, management somehow manages to lead them to an unoccupied unit they've recently fixed up. It's all a con. Inspectors don't want to make waves and management knows how to play the game.
DeleteBet it's open for the 9th - get them big girl panties ready! 😉
ReplyDeleteI'm looking hard for those panties.
DeleteThey just painted over the crack? I wouldn't feel safe there either.
ReplyDeleteBeing on a faultline probably means none of these buildings are safe but, so far, the Community Room is the only area to have been damaged through years of shaking.
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