of bbqs and bikes
a couple of weeks ago we invited some friends over for a bbq at chateau folchang (f thought it would be funny to combine our last names).
as the bbq was underway, we got a knock on the door. at the door was a man too old for our crowd. turns out he is the landlord of the building.
landlord: hi i am the landlord.
fede: ok
landlord: are you having a bbq outside? you are not supposed to be out on the roof.
fede: ok
landlord: it is illegal to have an open flame on the roof.
fede: ok
landlord: please make sure you get rid of the fire and no hanging out on the roof.
fede: ok. sorry we will take care of it.
by taking care of it, fede meant that we would continue bbqing our food and hope mr landlord leaves. so we took care of it.
another knock comes about 30 mins later.
landlord: i see the flame is still going (he can see the fumes i guess)
me: oh yes, we are just cooking everything up quickly and we will bring it in after
landlord makes a face and says: make sure
me: yes don't worry- we will.
and we continued grilling til evening.
a few days later we got in the mail a letter from the management office.
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RE: Roof
Dear Tenant(s);
We have been informed that you have been using the roof for personal entertainment. We are writing to inform you that the roof is off-limits to personal use. No Barbequing or hanging out is allowed on the roof at any time. It is a Fire Hazard and a violation of your lease. If you have any bottles or garbage of any kind on the roof, please be kind enough to clean up after yourself.
If you have any questions or concerns please call your Management company at the number above.
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we had also been locking our bikes on the first floor next to the stair-railings (the tenant from 1st floor apt also does the same) and one day we come home to find that a sign has been stuck onto the wall above our bikes:
All bikes that are left for more than 24hours will be deemed abandoned and removed.
it seemed like the management company was going on a personal tirade against us but hey, we ride our bikes everyday so technically the bikes are never left for more than 24 hours anyway. (of course, this is before our bikes got stolen that fateful night we went to watch indy jones.)
the sign was taken down after a few weeks (while we were in italy and the caribbean we stored our bikes in the apt) so now that we have replacement bikes (exactly the same ones as before), we are locking them back where they belong!
as the bbq was underway, we got a knock on the door. at the door was a man too old for our crowd. turns out he is the landlord of the building.
landlord: hi i am the landlord.
fede: ok
landlord: are you having a bbq outside? you are not supposed to be out on the roof.
fede: ok
landlord: it is illegal to have an open flame on the roof.
fede: ok
landlord: please make sure you get rid of the fire and no hanging out on the roof.
fede: ok. sorry we will take care of it.
by taking care of it, fede meant that we would continue bbqing our food and hope mr landlord leaves. so we took care of it.
another knock comes about 30 mins later.
landlord: i see the flame is still going (he can see the fumes i guess)
me: oh yes, we are just cooking everything up quickly and we will bring it in after
landlord makes a face and says: make sure
me: yes don't worry- we will.
and we continued grilling til evening.
a few days later we got in the mail a letter from the management office.
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RE: Roof
Dear Tenant(s);
We have been informed that you have been using the roof for personal entertainment. We are writing to inform you that the roof is off-limits to personal use. No Barbequing or hanging out is allowed on the roof at any time. It is a Fire Hazard and a violation of your lease. If you have any bottles or garbage of any kind on the roof, please be kind enough to clean up after yourself.
If you have any questions or concerns please call your Management company at the number above.
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we had also been locking our bikes on the first floor next to the stair-railings (the tenant from 1st floor apt also does the same) and one day we come home to find that a sign has been stuck onto the wall above our bikes:
All bikes that are left for more than 24hours will be deemed abandoned and removed.
it seemed like the management company was going on a personal tirade against us but hey, we ride our bikes everyday so technically the bikes are never left for more than 24 hours anyway. (of course, this is before our bikes got stolen that fateful night we went to watch indy jones.)
the sign was taken down after a few weeks (while we were in italy and the caribbean we stored our bikes in the apt) so now that we have replacement bikes (exactly the same ones as before), we are locking them back where they belong!
Labels: bbq, bikes, indiana jones, roof, stolen
posted by jia en at 9:42 AM
2 Comments:
Haha we had a landlord like that
such a pain in the neck
we lived in government housing during college to save money and we had parties from time to time. well one party we got the cops called on us and there was a lot of underage drinking and what not and we were told we would get off the hook as long as we dont have anymore parties.
so we said okay..=)
so the next day we had another party and we got out of control and decided to mix a matress with a fire extinguisher with the stairs.
as im about halfway down the stairs our front door is opened by the landlord along with 3 police officers... JSO(police) had a good laugh left us alone said we were just crazy college kids...
we got evicted a week later
come back to blogging soon pls! or do you blog elsewhere now? you are funny!
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