SO Angry!

"IBen Getiner" moronically said:

(snip)

If you continue to demonstrate this kind of negligence regarding your
pets, there are people here who will see to it that the proper
authorities come and take them away from you.

I can't believe that you just said that! The OP didn't leave the window
open, the repairmen did. She frantically found all of the kitties. Why was
she negligent? What did *she* do wrong besides let those imbeciles into her
apartment, but sometimes you don't have a choice.

Why is Usenet all about arguing with other people? I've been on Usenet for
about 7 years now and have met some wonderful people, have shared some
excellent ideas and advice, but it's getting a little petty. (I'm sure
there will be plenty of flaming going on telling me to just get out.)
Lighten up!

kilikini

"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
...

"Luvskats00" wrote in message
...
Eliminate future problems by allowing no entry to your premises unless
you
or a
selected representative is home to allow entry. I have two cats and no
person
(other than me & my husband) cares as much - if at all - for my sweet
charmers.
So..I - their guardian - look out for them by NOT letting anyone in the
apartment if I'm not there. No exceptions.

If the laws are similar to those we have in Texas, she may not have a
choice. It has been a number of years since I rented whew!, but
landlords
here are permitted *by law* to have access during "reasonable business
hours." They can come in to inspect the premises or do maintenance; they
cannot "legally" look into closets, drawers, or private possessions. I
always had an agreement with mine *not* to enter unless I was home, and
they
knew how important my cat was to me -- but on occasion I found that they
had
done so anyway. It was always a source of concern, and I'm glad I don't
have to worry about that anymore.

MaryL
(take out the litter to reply)

They have to give 24 hours notice to enter for inspection or any other
maintenance concerns, unless it's an emergency. However, this one, -I- asked
them to come and I was idiot enough to request it on a day I had to work.
That won't happen again. Unless it's an emergency and they have to come in
for a gas leak or some such when I'm not home, they won't be here unless I
am.

Unfortunately, between my credit and my income, I can't afford to move to a
nicer neighborhood, much less would a bank approve me for a home loan.

"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
...

"Luvskats00" wrote in message
...
Eliminate future problems by allowing no entry to your premises unless
you
or a
selected representative is home to allow entry. I have two cats and no
person
(other than me & my husband) cares as much - if at all - for my sweet
charmers.
So..I - their guardian - look out for them by NOT letting anyone in the
apartment if I'm not there. No exceptions.

If the laws are similar to those we have in Texas, she may not have a
choice. It has been a number of years since I rented whew!, but
landlords
here are permitted *by law* to have access during "reasonable business
hours." They can come in to inspect the premises or do maintenance; they
cannot "legally" look into closets, drawers, or private possessions. I
always had an agreement with mine *not* to enter unless I was home, and
they
knew how important my cat was to me -- but on occasion I found that they
had
done so anyway. It was always a source of concern, and I'm glad I don't
have to worry about that anymore.

MaryL
(take out the litter to reply)

They have to give 24 hours notice to enter for inspection or any other
maintenance concerns, unless it's an emergency. However, this one, -I- asked
them to come and I was idiot enough to request it on a day I had to work.
That won't happen again. Unless it's an emergency and they have to come in
for a gas leak or some such when I'm not home, they won't be here unless I
am.

Unfortunately, between my credit and my income, I can't afford to move to a
nicer neighborhood, much less would a bank approve me for a home loan.

"kilikini" wrote in message
...

"IBen Getiner" moronically said:

(snip)

If you continue to demonstrate this kind of negligence regarding your
pets, there are people here who will see to it that the proper
authorities come and take them away from you.

I can't believe that you just said that! The OP didn't leave the window
open, the repairmen did. She frantically found all of the kitties. Why
was
she negligent? What did *she* do wrong besides let those imbeciles into
her
apartment, but sometimes you don't have a choice.

Why is Usenet all about arguing with other people? I've been on Usenet
for
about 7 years now and have met some wonderful people, have shared some
excellent ideas and advice, but it's getting a little petty. (I'm sure
there will be plenty of flaming going on telling me to just get out.)
Lighten up!

kilikini



No, I don't think anyone is going to flame you and tell you to get out
(except possibly for a troll ...which sometimes happens). The person you
just responded to occasionally provides some useful information, but if you
will check back on some of his previous messages, I think you will find that
he gets his pleasure out of posting deliberately provacative (and
nonsensical) messages.

MaryL

"kilikini" wrote in message
...

"IBen Getiner" moronically said:

(snip)

If you continue to demonstrate this kind of negligence regarding your
pets, there are people here who will see to it that the proper
authorities come and take them away from you.

I can't believe that you just said that! The OP didn't leave the window
open, the repairmen did. She frantically found all of the kitties. Why
was
she negligent? What did *she* do wrong besides let those imbeciles into
her
apartment, but sometimes you don't have a choice.

Why is Usenet all about arguing with other people? I've been on Usenet
for
about 7 years now and have met some wonderful people, have shared some
excellent ideas and advice, but it's getting a little petty. (I'm sure
there will be plenty of flaming going on telling me to just get out.)
Lighten up!

kilikini



No, I don't think anyone is going to flame you and tell you to get out
(except possibly for a troll ...which sometimes happens). The person you
just responded to occasionally provides some useful information, but if you
will check back on some of his previous messages, I think you will find that
he gets his pleasure out of posting deliberately provacative (and
nonsensical) messages.

MaryL

This sounds like burglery. Did you even call the police to have them come
out an investigate? They could have taken fingerprints and thus caught
whoever did this.

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"Kalyahna" wrote in message
...
Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a
functioning
kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little
confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the
fluorescent
thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice
something
exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. And I
could only see the one cat, sitting on the bed, watching me. What's the
first thing I do? Tear around the apartment hunting for my other two, and
my
absolutely petrified foster cat. None of them to be found. I flung open
the
window and yelled 'here kitty kitty kitty' several times, and to my great
relief, my orange tabby Pandora pops up and meows at me, running toward
the
window. By this time, I had called my landlord because I had requested
maintenance on the light. The receptionist calls back to tell me that both
the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't open
any
windows. At that point, I'm outside digging my shaved-a-week-ago new cat
out
of one of those odd gutters built into the ground to keep the earth and
runoff away from the basement windows. I told the woman my cats don't have
opposable thumbs, so getting the window open is impossible for them, and
then hung up on her. I found the foster cat smashed against the wall,
under
the bed, too afraid to move. Everybody's alright, though I'm still ****ed
off about it, and wondering how far I take this. I'll talk to the complex
manager on Monday (I don't have any choice, between office hours and my
work
schedule, that's the first day I have off that they're open). I don't know
if I want the stupid ******* fired or reprimanded, or just to admit that
he
did, in fact, leave the window open.

What makes me so angry is that I work for a humane society... yes, I know
I
should have them all collared and tagged, but collars and tags help people
contact the owner, they don't prevent the cat from getting into all the
trouble they can get into when allowed outside in an admittedly bad
neighborhood... so I'm aware of all these risks... but there were inches
of
snow on the ground this morning! It was below freezing on my way to work,
and not much better than that on my way home. I'm so grateful they're okay
and they were smart enough not to go far and they were smart enough to
respond when I called (all Peaches did was meow loudly, but it was enough
to
find her)... but I'm SO furious that they lied! I mean, the window has a
latch that you have to lift and hold while you're opening the window. My
cats, smart as they are, don't tend to cooperate to get into the cabinets,
much less open a friggin' window. Any cat that wants out is going to
squeeze
through the smallest space, not open it three feet wide first. Plus, I
have
those lovely venetian blinds that only open or close or rotate if you use
the hangy-turny thing to do so, and my cats can't open the blinds or
rotate
them the opposite direction of the way -I- always turn them (so that the
slits of light don't reflect on the computer screen). AUGH! I want to
pummel
the man into a leaking mass of bloody goo.

This sounds like burglery. Did you even call the police to have them come
out an investigate? They could have taken fingerprints and thus caught
whoever did this.

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"Kalyahna" wrote in message
...
Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a
functioning
kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little
confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the
fluorescent
thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice
something
exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. And I
could only see the one cat, sitting on the bed, watching me. What's the
first thing I do? Tear around the apartment hunting for my other two, and
my
absolutely petrified foster cat. None of them to be found. I flung open
the
window and yelled 'here kitty kitty kitty' several times, and to my great
relief, my orange tabby Pandora pops up and meows at me, running toward
the
window. By this time, I had called my landlord because I had requested
maintenance on the light. The receptionist calls back to tell me that both
the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't open
any
windows. At that point, I'm outside digging my shaved-a-week-ago new cat
out
of one of those odd gutters built into the ground to keep the earth and
runoff away from the basement windows. I told the woman my cats don't have
opposable thumbs, so getting the window open is impossible for them, and
then hung up on her. I found the foster cat smashed against the wall,
under
the bed, too afraid to move. Everybody's alright, though I'm still ****ed
off about it, and wondering how far I take this. I'll talk to the complex
manager on Monday (I don't have any choice, between office hours and my
work
schedule, that's the first day I have off that they're open). I don't know
if I want the stupid ******* fired or reprimanded, or just to admit that
he
did, in fact, leave the window open.

What makes me so angry is that I work for a humane society... yes, I know
I
should have them all collared and tagged, but collars and tags help people
contact the owner, they don't prevent the cat from getting into all the
trouble they can get into when allowed outside in an admittedly bad
neighborhood... so I'm aware of all these risks... but there were inches
of
snow on the ground this morning! It was below freezing on my way to work,
and not much better than that on my way home. I'm so grateful they're okay
and they were smart enough not to go far and they were smart enough to
respond when I called (all Peaches did was meow loudly, but it was enough
to
find her)... but I'm SO furious that they lied! I mean, the window has a
latch that you have to lift and hold while you're opening the window. My
cats, smart as they are, don't tend to cooperate to get into the cabinets,
much less open a friggin' window. Any cat that wants out is going to
squeeze
through the smallest space, not open it three feet wide first. Plus, I
have
those lovely venetian blinds that only open or close or rotate if you use
the hangy-turny thing to do so, and my cats can't open the blinds or
rotate
them the opposite direction of the way -I- always turn them (so that the
slits of light don't reflect on the computer screen). AUGH! I want to
pummel
the man into a leaking mass of bloody goo.

I must be one of the lucky ones because when the property management at my
complex had to inspect the apartment due to insurance purposes (which some
of us residents thought was suspicious since they never did this before)
they at least gave us over a weeks notice and pretty much told us all to
confine our animals in another room. Also, if maintenance comes to do any
work they know I have cats so it becomes a non-issue. Of course I do try to
be home when work is done because I really don't like anyone in my apartment
when I am not around.

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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
If the laws are similar to those we have in Texas, she may not have a
choice. It has been a number of years since I rented whew!, but
landlords
here are permitted *by law* to have access during "reasonable business
hours." They can come in to inspect the premises or do maintenance; they
cannot "legally" look into closets, drawers, or private possessions. I
always had an agreement with mine *not* to enter unless I was home, and
they
knew how important my cat was to me -- but on occasion I found that they
had
done so anyway. It was always a source of concern, and I'm glad I don't
have to worry about that anymore.

MaryL
(take out the litter to reply)

Photos of Duffy and Holly: 'o'
http://tinyurl.com/8y54 (Introducing Duffy to Holly)
http://tinyurl.com/8y56 (Duffy and Holly "settle in")

I must be one of the lucky ones because when the property management at my
complex had to inspect the apartment due to insurance purposes (which some
of us residents thought was suspicious since they never did this before)
they at least gave us over a weeks notice and pretty much told us all to
confine our animals in another room. Also, if maintenance comes to do any
work they know I have cats so it becomes a non-issue. Of course I do try to
be home when work is done because I really don't like anyone in my apartment
when I am not around.

--
Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs!
www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek

Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time!
www.catgalaxymedia.com
"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
If the laws are similar to those we have in Texas, she may not have a
choice. It has been a number of years since I rented whew!, but
landlords
here are permitted *by law* to have access during "reasonable business
hours." They can come in to inspect the premises or do maintenance; they
cannot "legally" look into closets, drawers, or private possessions. I
always had an agreement with mine *not* to enter unless I was home, and
they
knew how important my cat was to me -- but on occasion I found that they
had
done so anyway. It was always a source of concern, and I'm glad I don't
have to worry about that anymore.

MaryL
(take out the litter to reply)

Photos of Duffy and Holly: 'o'
http://tinyurl.com/8y54 (Introducing Duffy to Holly)
http://tinyurl.com/8y56 (Duffy and Holly "settle in")

Get someone to stay at your place when repair people or anyone has to enter the place!!
Very simple.


Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a functioning
kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little
confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the fluorescent
thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice something
exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. And I
could only see the one cat, sitting on the bed, watching me. What's the
first thing I do? Tear around the apartment hunting for my other two, and my
absolutely petrified foster cat. None of them to be found. I flung open the
window and yelled 'here kitty kitty kitty' several times, and to my great
relief, my orange tabby Pandora pops up and meows at me, running toward the
window. By this time, I had called my landlord because I had requested
maintenance on the light. The receptionist calls back to tell me that both
the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't open any
windows. At that point, I'm outside digging my shaved-a-week-ago new cat out
of one of those odd gutters built into the ground to keep the earth and
runoff away from the basement windows. I told the woman my cats don't have
opposable thumbs, so getting the window open is impossible for them, and
then hung up on her. I found the foster cat smashed against the wall, under
the bed, too afraid to move. Everybody's alright, though I'm still ****ed
off about it, and wondering how far I take this. I'll talk to the complex
manager on Monday (I don't have any choice, between office hours and my work
schedule, that's the first day I have off that they're open). I don't know
if I want the stupid ******* fired or reprimanded, or just to admit that he
did, in fact, leave the window open.