Property Management
As if A2 property management companies weren’t getting enough bad press lately, today’s News “Police Beat” column carries an item about a woman who reported being groped by a manager when she went in to sign a lease. “She said he made her uncomfortable by standing close to her and making a comment about thong underwear on a dryer…The woman said the manager told her he wanted to show her something, then pulled her into a room, shut off the lights and began kissing and groping her.” See, there are still leases available in March.
The lease-in-March “punch line” aside: What a loathsome person, the manager.
posted by David Boyle on March 27th, 2006 at 4:43 pm“The woman told police she was unsure if she wanted to pursue prosecution.” Especially with this being Women’s History Month and all, I certainly hope she does…
Yeah, I didn’t want to minimize it or make it sound like other things property management companies do are on a par with sexual assault, I just thought it would be funny (in a disturbing way) if someone tried to spin it that way.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on March 27th, 2006 at 4:47 pmOh, gotcha.
posted by David Boyle on March 27th, 2006 at 4:55 pm…Notice this thread isn’t getting the numerous comments that some others are? “”Oh well, it’s just a *WOMEN’S ISSUE™*”". . . . . (/snarkasm)
Yes. Obviously it’s a sign of sexism. As is the dearth of comments on the post immediately below this one a sign of anti-Craigslistism.
posted by Dave on March 27th, 2006 at 5:05 pmHey, the mitten-tofu deal got comments faster! (heh)
posted by David Boyle on March 27th, 2006 at 6:32 pmNow if you could make a mitten out of tofu, you could make a million dollars. Healthy and edible mittens, that’s the ticket.
David Boyle, you can’t refrain from being self-righteous for 5 seconds, can you?
posted by Anonymous on March 27th, 2006 at 7:29 pmAbout tofu mittens?
posted by David Boyle on March 27th, 2006 at 8:49 pmKeep you warm AND are low-fat too!!
And when it warms up, you can have a mitten dinner
posted by Anonymous on March 27th, 2006 at 10:27 pmNow you’re talkin !!!
posted by David Boyle on March 27th, 2006 at 10:28 pmPerhaps the absence of chatter is due to there being only one possible sincere response, i.e., “Christ what a prick,” and that of the many possible snide responses the snidest and funniest had already been written.
And Boyle, do you ever feel like that guy at a party, the one who’s had a few, the one who wanders from cluster to cluster of pleasantly chatting people, only to misjudge the tone, say inappropriate things, offend people, get defensive when others are offended, not get the message that no one wants to talk to you, and get steadily more shrill and self-important to fill the void that grows as the people slowly, in one’s and two’s and three’s drift away? And then do you ever feel like that same guy who, finding himself alone, and having learned no lessons, crawls off to repeat his parasitic performance on some other unsuspecting huddle of happy party-goers? Do you ever feel like that?
No, I don’t suppose you do. That guy never feels like that either.
posted by Parking Structure Dude! on March 28th, 2006 at 1:59 pmYour rant is long.
Anonymous’ last comment on “mitten dinner” is funnier. Lighten up PTSD!!!!!
posted by David Boyle on March 28th, 2006 at 3:05 pmPSD, you’re desecrating the observance of Women’s History Month. Sheesh.
posted by Anonymous on March 28th, 2006 at 4:30 pmI love that guy at the party! What’s a party without a buffoon?
posted by monk on March 28th, 2006 at 7:01 pmDamn. No one ever gropes me.
posted by Sarah on March 29th, 2006 at 5:19 pmJoke aside: You are with child? Best of luck to you and yours!!
posted by David Boyle on March 29th, 2006 at 6:42 pmThanks! Growing a person inside of you is pretty crazy.
posted by Sarah on March 31st, 2006 at 2:09 pmI have not heard a use of the word buffoon in such a long time.Good one monk.
posted by Shelly on March 31st, 2006 at 10:58 pmthe manager. . . did. . . what??? oooohh wow! i wonder if i met this guy when i lived there- i hadta give a building manager a big old piece of my mind one day(sans a piece of anythign else he wanted)– wow, i wonder if NWROC’ll go after him, FATE worse than DEATH, if that girl really wants some revenge. . . . HA HA HA HA HA. . . . . .yeah, what a jerk, jesus. . . .
posted by katt on April 13th, 2006 at 1:42 am