Landlords

I got an email yesterday afternoon from my landlord’s property office, informing us that they are going to install a buzzer system in our building, and that we need to be available Saturday morning for the installation. and when I read this email, my first reaction was that this was a lie, as they want to enter our apartment, and try to evict us.

Yes, I am aware of how much that was a completely irrational response to that email.

My second reaction was to respond to the email, thanking them for the buzzer, and confirming that we would be home on Saturday.

But in my defense, we are like the last building in Manhattan that doesn’t have a buzzer, and we have been complaining about it for years.

I don’t know what it is, but there is something about New York, where you can’t trust your landlord or super. Next to the Mayor, those are the most hated jobs in NYC. In the fifteen years I have lived here, I only know one person who had a positive experience with a landlord. For everyone else, it’s just pure hatred.

In the end, I try to be fair, balanced in my interactions with our landlord; we have to work together as long as we live here.