Community Chat

[abbycat]

We had some "excitement" around here this evening. My neighbor (I'm in a 14 unit condo) called me around 4:30 and asked me to go in the hall and see if I smelled anything .... by the time I got to my foyer I could smell gas. When I opened the door, it about knocked me over! There was a big gas leak somewhere and we needed to get everyone out, while one of the men called 911 and the gas company. We got everyone that was home out and away from the building, and within 10 minutes there were 4 fire engines - one a hook and ladder, 3 ambulances, and 2 police cars. The firemen immediately unwrapped their hoses and had them placed strategically in case the place went up, and no one knew where it was coming from. Finally, I remembered seeing the new owner of the bottom level condo (2 guys who bought it to rent out) go downstairs with an older man who had several wrenches in his hand. He was not dressed like a professional - just pants and a shirt - no name tag, no nothing. Well, turns out, he was "working" on the guys' main gas valves, and "forgot" to close one of them. And, get this, the owner (a real hot shot with a red Corvette) smelled the gas before he left and did nothing but call the Property Manager who had left for the day! Never let anyone know, never called 911 or the Gas Co. He just left! WTH was he thinking? That's how this whole thing happened. Well, we were all outside for 2 hours while they did their thing. They finally had to break into the owners' door to get to the valve. Once they got it off, they went into all the condos and opened the windows and eventually we all got back in. The gas company was there and they had to go around to all the condos later and turn their individual gas on. They were finally able to contact the a*shole owner who came back and acted as though "I didn't do anything wrong .... I called the Property Manager and left a message." Dumb a*s! Well, apparently one of our elderly neighbors really gave him he*l and he was very embarrassed. I think we're all kind of
"laying in wait" to run into him to give him our own version of he*l! The ambulances had their liters out, ready to go and take anyone to the hospital if the place blew up.

So, that's my story for the night ..... nice, huh? I hope I run into him ... he has no idea how many of us are waiting to let him know what we think of his absolute stupidity!

abby

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