Step one: The day you move in - without them knowing your moving, because your property mgmt company didn't tell them - be sure to instruct furniture delivery people to park right in front of the building. Be sure to be confident and arrogant about it, and say something like "Of course you can park here! I'm new in town, how could I be wrong? Let's just plead ignorance if we get in trouble!" All while your superintendent is standing behind you, hands on his hips no less... His rebuttal: "Well, I am the building superintendent and I'm telling you that you CAN'T park here." (Side note: it turned out he had to concede and the Leon's guys could stay there because there was already a moving van in the back lane and they were only delivering one item... Something tells me, this didn't win me ANY points...)
Step two: Go against their request for 24 hours notice of when you need to book the elevator - call them "after business hours" the night before - when the movers are showing up - to park in the same spot as the Leon's guys!!! - at 9am the next day!
Wait - did I tell you there are two people that look after this building? So, within three days - I ended up pissing them BOTH off...
Ready for the icing on the cake...
Step three: In your "no pet" building - call your superintendent with an emergency...like... "Sorry to call - but my cat just jumped off my balcony and is stranded on a balcony beneath mine. Could you call me immediately if the apartment is vacant...? If so, he'd need to be rescued. Otherwise, I'll leave a note on the tenant's door and they can call me when they get in."
Thankfully enough - the tenant WAS home! However, he had gone up to my apartment to tell me my cat was "visiting" while I was knocking on his door - and hearing my cat meow at me. Bax is now banned from the balcony. Loser. The best part was - I went down to the bottom floor first (in our case, the second) and asked that woman if a cat landed on her terrace - she was like "What?!?" And then I saw she had a cat - and there's no way that Bax wouldn't have made himself known with another cat around. That's just the kinda cat he is.
Easy steps to get your superintendents against you forever. And an easy method to meet new people in the building! Hello Alan and Jill!
Oh the adventures!
(Side note: this all happened about 15 mins before LOST was to begin... He's LUCKY he was back in the apartment with me for the start of the show!)
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