A small rant
Dear landlord,
I know that you have a limited amount of time in which to make repairs on our apartment and to show it to prospective renters before we, the current tenants, move out. However, we, the current tenants, are still occupying the space and, more to the point, paying you for that privilege. As such, we would like to ask a few small favors.
1) Please give us more notice before descending on the place. Seriously, you have to know that you are planning to show up to strip wallpaper and/or paint the place more than 30 minutes before you arrive. Perhaps when making these plans with your partner, you could also inform us so we can make plans accordingly.
While this may seem like a small thing to ask, let me assure you that the only reason you haven't yet walked in on me naked and just out of the shower is pure accident. But, you know, that -3 minute warning of your impending arrival was *totally adequate*, I'm sure, and the fault for that near-public nudity would have been entirely my own fault.
2) Again, I understand that you want the place to look attractive to prospective renters. However, the three current tenants are in various stages of preparing to move. That tends to lend itself to a messy look, and I understand your desire to do something about it. However, the answer is not to move things around, go into our closets and/or put things in our drawers. HANDS OFF OUR SHIT. THIS IS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE.
3) If, in your attempts to improve the appearance and/or attractiveness of our apartment, you close the door to the room that has the litterbox in it, we would ALL appreciate it if you opened the door again before leaving the apartment. That way, the cat who resides here will be able to use said litterbox and not, say, the floor of your fucking apartment if many hours pass before we, the tenants who live here, are gone for many more hours.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration of these small requests. I'm sure you understand.
Yours in disgruntlement,
Alanna
I know that you have a limited amount of time in which to make repairs on our apartment and to show it to prospective renters before we, the current tenants, move out. However, we, the current tenants, are still occupying the space and, more to the point, paying you for that privilege. As such, we would like to ask a few small favors.
1) Please give us more notice before descending on the place. Seriously, you have to know that you are planning to show up to strip wallpaper and/or paint the place more than 30 minutes before you arrive. Perhaps when making these plans with your partner, you could also inform us so we can make plans accordingly.
While this may seem like a small thing to ask, let me assure you that the only reason you haven't yet walked in on me naked and just out of the shower is pure accident. But, you know, that -3 minute warning of your impending arrival was *totally adequate*, I'm sure, and the fault for that near-public nudity would have been entirely my own fault.
2) Again, I understand that you want the place to look attractive to prospective renters. However, the three current tenants are in various stages of preparing to move. That tends to lend itself to a messy look, and I understand your desire to do something about it. However, the answer is not to move things around, go into our closets and/or put things in our drawers. HANDS OFF OUR SHIT. THIS IS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE.
3) If, in your attempts to improve the appearance and/or attractiveness of our apartment, you close the door to the room that has the litterbox in it, we would ALL appreciate it if you opened the door again before leaving the apartment. That way, the cat who resides here will be able to use said litterbox and not, say, the floor of your fucking apartment if many hours pass before we, the tenants who live here, are gone for many more hours.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration of these small requests. I'm sure you understand.
Yours in disgruntlement,
Alanna