Google maps.

LOL! I remember my first job here that sometimes required directions to our place of business. Having been here less than 3 years and not having driven much, I had NO clue. Especially if someone wanted turn by turn directions from the opposite side of the city and/or they were newcomers too. It was during our boom time a few years ago.

I would turn to my boss and ask her if she could give directions. She hadn't lived here that long either and she didn't drive at all. We were hopeless and had to try and find either of our hubbys to do the deed. Had a lot of laughs over that.

Then there were the ones who wanted to know which bus to take to get there. Sheesh! Do I sound or look like Calgary Transit? I sure as hell didn't get paid as much as they do. I would direct those callers to look online or call them. Online interactive transit maps are great.

The one saving grace was that the place was near a pretty popular tourist attraction. I could tell them how to arrive from there, if they knew where that was.

Ah... you see, I was thinking Google maps before leaving the house. I guess that's the difference between a dinosaur and a neanderthal.

Electronic equipment instruction manuals:

First of all, who the hell decides it must be in fine print? FFS! We got a new car stereo and I had to download a pdf of the manual AND enlarge it on the printer to be able to read it without a magnifying glass AND my glasses. I kid you not.

Why don't they have illustrations for idiots like me? LOL, here's one paragraph: "Normally, the FM tuning step employed by seek tuning is 50kHZ. When AF or TA is on the tuning step automatically changes to 100kHZ. It may be preferable to set the tuning step to 50kHZ when AF is on."

I wish we had a crying emote, roflmao! I have no fucking clue what the above paragraph means. I can, however, set the clock. Now if I knew how to keep it on display instead of the "wave" of light that I now have it would be nice. I can push a button to bring it back, but as soon as you kill the ignition it defaults to the "wave".  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR the whole manual is in "code", IOW initials for all the functions. I just wanted a simple stereo with a manual tuner, fade and balance knob, on/off switch and maybe, just maybe a bass/treble setting control.

This damn thing has TP. What? Do I really NEED toilet paper on a stereo?

Maybe, Chaos. That used to be called "search" and still is..............on the remote! No such animal on the radio itself.  Yes, the stereo has a remote. IN A CAR! WTF?  I guess if I'm driving around with my posse and they want to control the stereo from the back seat, it's good for that.

Ha ha ha, I'm sure we'll get the hang of it or maybe go back to the store and have them give us a guided tour of the damn thing. Sigh. I feel so old.

There's only one sure way to get your stereo figured out quickly, Roseanne.  Find a teenager.

LOL! Yep. The thing is, we found a shop that was able to repair the old radio which is factory and much more simple. So we are returning the new one and keeping the old one. Yea! 

What happened is, in the car we bought, the display on the radio worked fine when we test drove it. Then the day we picked it up, it didn't work and you need it for "menu" purposes. The dealer hemmed and hawed over being responsible for repair and hubby got impatient and went out to buy a new one. Men!

How was Florida? Warm, I presume lol.

  

Hi, Roseanne.  I'm not quite home yet.  I'm sitting in Pearson Airport wating patiently for my flight.  Weatherwise, the first four days we were in Florida I would have been better off up here.  It was cold, windy and rainy.  After that the weather was maginificent.  It was a fun trip although I didn't get to see much of Florida.  The only thing my friend wanted to do was shop so I can tell you where every freakin' Wal-Mart or Macy's from Ft. Myers to Sarasota is but I wouldn't know an Everglade from a desert.  I finally broke out a tricycle somebody had stashed at the condo we were in and bombed all over the place on it.  That was a blast and, after ten days of peddling I'm in great shape.   

LMAO! I assume your friend was female?   Those tricycles are wonderful, aren't they? No worries about keeping your balance, just pure wind in your hair peddling. Have a safe flight.
  

I hate liars! I have a tenant who has a cat, for which she still owes a pet fee payment. She, at first, told me that it was a stray that came to her door and she was trying to adopt it out. That was almost a year ago, and it's still there. She lets it run loose.  I've sent her letters.
Yesterday I went in with our appliance contractor and there was ANOTHER kitten. About 8 weeks old or so. So, she says to me "Do you know whose cat this is?" all wide-eyed and innocent looking. She said it just turned up at her door with her other cat. Yeah, sure!

All of this on top of the fact that, come Nov 1, she will owe us $100 for extra parking. I've sent notices about that too. She called after the last notice and said she had a money order for that, then proceeded to talk about a problem in her unit. We fixed the problem, but I've not seen a penny of payment. It's almost like she thinks if she owes us money we won't do anything for her.

Anyway, I'm going to be sending her a letter letting her know that we won't be renewing her lease at the end of Dec. I feel a tad bad because she just had a baby........that she exposed to pot and ciggy smoke while she was pregnant!  

Sometimes I just hate people. lol

I (technically) lied to get my apartment 7 years ago. The landlord asked if I had pets and ... well ... technically I didn't. The cats weren't officially mine until I moved out of my old place. Somehow I think landlords have too much authority over how people live, and in the area of pets... well... I think landlords shouldn't have that much discretion.

LOL Sid. If you had to clean up an apartment after an irresponsible pet owner moved out, you'd rethink that. Dog and cat eliminations soaked through the carpet, carpet pulled up by cat claws and I've even seen cabinet edges chewed up by a dog who was locked in the bathroom all day.  My place are all owned condos too, so the owners are not too happy with that sort of damage. Collecting damages from a tenant is near to impossible, so the owner pays the price. A security deposit/damage deposit will only go so far.

Besides, that tenant can have a cat. I don't like that she lied about it.............. and they are copious pot smokers that we've had complaints about and pay late. It's not just the cat issue. If it was, I would have booted her a long time ago.

Our pet fee is only $200 for up to two cats (not each). I've stopped allowing dogs in the rental units because the lazy ass renters would let their dogs relieve themselves on the patio or balcony, not to mention inside damages.  Although I've also seen one place where they let their cat just do it's business anywhere inside and didn't even have a litter box! How stupid.

I am really picky about move-in inspections. I make sure that I do it with the tenant and mark down every little thing. We are not in the business of trying to screw over tenants when they move out. Pictures are a good idea. I've had a few tenants who've done that, even with me being so thorough on the inspection. I even allow them a week or two to add an addendum to their inspection, via a list of anything they might find later that concerns them. Most people are so intent on moving in or excited, they (and I) sometimes miss things. I do tell them that if they come a week later and say there was a large hole in the wall, I won't buy it, lol. I don't miss those things.  Our units are quite nice, being owned condos, so there's usually just small things like tiny scratches on laminate flooring, a couple of small stains on the carpet and such.

I've heard a lot of horror stories about being scammed on move out charges. It angers me. The good thing in our Province is that the tenant has the upper hand should they decide to fight any charges via the court or abritration board. That's why I am so picky.

Glad you got your $$ back!!  

In Ontario, landlords can't demand extra fees or deposits beyond first and last months' rent.

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And you don't need a firearms permit either.

LOL!

Why not... people buy them to get rid of other "pesky varmints".

People who make appointments and don't show up or call to cancel.