tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564390230838094726.post-20632640868412924552008-02-12T06:04:00.000-08:002008-02-12T06:13:33.790-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_s3B1ICCq6uY/R7GoDNV9i4I/AAAAAAAAABw/VpwzV3jvRQY/s1600-h/elevator.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_s3B1ICCq6uY/R7GoDNV9i4I/AAAAAAAAABw/VpwzV3jvRQY/s400/elevator.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166095020645518210" border="0" /></a><br />So, it's no secret that our building has the crappiest, ghetto-ist elevator in the world. After months of the elevator breaking down every week, I'm simply fed up. I live at the very top of the building, which means hauling myself and all my stuff up and down tons of stairs. It's the old people I feel bad for. Sometimes they'll just sit in their apartments for days on end just because the elevator's busted. Then just the other day I got stuck inside. I was so pissed--just rushing downstairs when the elevator just shut down with me inside it. I did everything I could for about five minutes (which is a long time to be stuck in a box suspended from the 8th floor), but then I finally just called the emergency line. They sent the fire department down to help me out. Alas, I managed to break out myself after about 15 minutes. I was so angry, and late, and frustrated, that I didn't have the time to complain again to our management, but really. For the thousands of dollars I spend to live in this tenement, don't I get a functioning elevator? I swear that someone's going to get really hurt one of these days and then someone's gonna get in trouble. I know that there are a lot better things I can do with my time than to sit and bitch about a busted elevator, but it's only the beginning. If you're gonna rent out apartments for people to live in, then you've got to give them half-human accommodations. If you're gonna let them live like this is Sarajevo, then charge them Sarajevo rates. We're all fed up.TENANThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04022209728181290033noreply@blogger.com