16-02-2014, 04:02 PM
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why is it always down to me?? Grrrrr.
In my block there are 6 flats, at the moment only five are occupied, but this is a recent thing. We have, obviously, a communal entrance/hall/staircase. About a month ago my son and I had been out all day and into the evening having finished off the outing with a nice meal, came in the back entrance to find that the light right by the back door, was out, still out the next day and the next. Now I rarely go out nowadays, so in a way I have an excuse for not knowing the light was still out, (stairs are a bit too much) but the two guys on the floor below are always in and out, newsagents, pub, betting shop, chippie, see them come and go day in day out, so how come neither of them bothered to report this? Why does everyone seem to assume that someone else has done this? And now, in the storm the night before last, the back fence which encloses our drying area, has been blown down, and a huge concrete post snapped off at its base, in fact this fence is now resting on my sons motor bike. Nothing was done yesterday so whilst reporting the light, I asked if anyone had bothered to report the storm damage, and guess what, no-one had. Again, down to me. It makes me so ruddy well angry as this has happened several times before.
16-02-2014, 04:33 PM
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Re: why is it always down to me?? Grrrrr.
Makes me cross too - and reminds me of a poster that used to be on our office wall:-WHOSE JOB IS IT ?
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody,
Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and
Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would
do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody
got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody
thought Anybody could do it but Nobody realized that Everybody
wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when
Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
16-02-2014, 04:37 PM
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Re: why is it always down to me?? Grrrrr.
Well this, I can relate to - I live amongst people that seem to live by the phrase - 'let someone else do the dirty work'I'm absolutely fed up with where I live, but I'm stuck here, no chance of moving. That's my moan for the day ....people
17-02-2014, 04:14 AM
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Re: why is it always down to me?? Grrrrr.
Originally Posted by daisymay
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Why does everyone seem to assume that someone else has done this? And now, in the storm the night before last, the back fence which encloses our drying area, has been blown down, and a huge concrete post snapped off at its base, in fact this fence is now resting on my sons motor bike. Nothing was done yesterday so whilst reporting the light, I asked if anyone had bothered to report the storm damage, and guess what, no-one had. Again, down to me. It makes me so ruddy well angry as this has happened several times before.
I have reported street lights out on major thoroughfares and been surprised that they weren't reported before but when I thought about of course they weren't because everybody thought like me for the first couple of days.
Just look upon it as a public duty, report it straight away and don't worry about why others haven't done it before you. You'll feel much better for it.
17-02-2014, 06:03 PM
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Re: why is it always down to me?? Grrrrr.
I report things to the local council whenever I can simply because they asked me to!We had potholes up and down our road 3 or 4 years ago that were getting more and more difficult to avoid but when I reported this the council told me nobody else had bothered to let them know.
They investigated, organised repair crews and got back to me thanking me and that's when they asked me to let them know of anything else I encountered.
At first I thought this was someone being a little sarcastic because I'll complain about anything that I think is a danger or a possible source of danger but No, they replied saying that very few people ever bother to inform them first.
They tend to moan at local newspapers who then splash it all over the local rag yet the council's often NOT been informed at all!
This may have something to do with the Residents Association that I was a member of some time ago but now it seems that if there's anything wrong in our street, people expect ME to do the complaining now!
They STILL won't do it themselves! stevmk2
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