We live in a condo. Not the most ideal place for a family of 5, but it's really not too bad. The problems start with having your front door so close to others. Our building has 9 condos in it, 3 of which are currently vacant. Let's do the math, that leaves 5 other families/tenants including us.
Now let's think about this. You live in a building with 5 other groups of people, no matter how unsociable you may be, at some point you will meet your neighbors, right? Right. I can't tell you everyone's name, but I can tell you how many people live in each unit and I can even somewhat describe them if I needed to.
My point? My point is, some dirty bastard stole my WET umbrella from in front of my front door! Our doors aren't near any place where someone just walking by could access them. You actually have to walk through a parking lot, up a ramped walk, over a little bridge-like apparatus, and up some stairs just to get to the first floor. I left my umbrella slightly open in the corner by my front door for no longer than 20 minutes (something both I and the kids do often) and when I was getting ready to leave again it was gone! I'm not really angry about it, umbrellas are relatively cheap, but it's the principle of it (or lack of). I'd like to assume it wasn't one of my neighbor's, but maybe one of their guests BUT there were no strange cars in the parking lot when I got home!!!
Oh the stupid things some people will do. Geez, I'd have probably given it to them had they just asked! Oh well, I guess I'll just have to use one of the kid's for now...
The problem with the umbrella, are you sure the wind didn't blow it somewhere in the bushes? That happen to me once.
ReplyDeleteI wish it were that simple, but where our door is located is protected from the wind.
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