My dad has been managing a few apartments since before I was born. When I was about 12 I started doing some (very) basic financial record keeping for him. I still help him with some managing. Over the years I've seen a lot of different renters (and especially rent checks...since that's how I knew them best in the early years) go through. Many of them are forgettable. Some are unforgettable for the wrong reasons. And then, some are just unforgettable.
Like a group that just moved out in April. Perhaps it was the fact that they, like the 1 in 10 lepers, and 1 in 100 tenants, sent a thank you note. Or maybe it was the fact that they thanked the "landlords/ladies." Or maybe you just have to read it all. (Please imagine the handwritten "Super" above the printed "Thank you" on the front of the card.)
"Dear Janel, thanks so much for being a most excellent landlady. If we had a million dollars, we'd consider giving some of it to you. May you live long and conquer every one of your enemies." Sincerely, the Yellow Sub boys (5 original signatures included...none faked)
Now, maybe they just wanted their return deposits back sooner, so they buttered me up with this note.
Or maybe they're grateful that I let them keep THIS hot tub long enough to pull of this stunt.
Or maybe they were just good guys.
1 in 100. Or 5 in 500, I should say.
I just hope, for the sake of landlords everywhere, that their oompa loompa hot tub stunt was a 1 in 1 billion moment. Because I heard you can get leprosy from drinking the orange soda that you've been sitting in.
13 comments:
I'm speechless. Except to say that the oompa-loopa remark was genius, drinking orange soda that people are sitting in makes me want to vomit, and gee I sure hope that orange B5 food coloring doesn't stain...they've left quite a legacy in that top-notch video and you are the coolest land lady EVER! Like 1 in a Billion. (Apparently I'm actually not speechless, nope definitely not)
Ha!!!! I never thought they'd send a thank you note (that might have been before they got their depleted deposits back...) :) for the record, I think you're a great landlady too.
Ha, landlords and ladies! They are so crazy. The orange soda thing still makes me feel a little sick. And good thing you would get considered if they had a million dollars.
You deserve one in two! But it's even nice if you get one in a hundred. :) --Mom
All I can say is OH MY GOSH!! And Ew! They drank from the same liquid they were sitting in?? That's just... there are no words! I hope you don't mind if I link blog post to my blog. People just have to see this! You're a nice landlady too btw!
that is so . . . just weird and NASTY! those wilson-owned homes always attract the crazies ;)
Those guys have class, and I am just saying that because I know them.
So weird! And gross. If they ever leave orange soda on your doorstep DON'T drink it! :) But they seem nice enough, and they even left you a thank you note. As my husband says, 'men don't write thank you notes.' They must have really meant it.
"A most excellent landlady." Amen.
Wow. What were those guys thinking and why was there one solo girl in the hot tub? Well, at least you got a thank you note out of it!
Holy cow, I cannot believe they wasted all that soda and a perfectly good hot tub! Pretty funny though...
Haha! That's amazing! Why did we do that when we lived in the DDI? (This is Becky Boyce, by the way. HI!!!)
I think those guys are AWESOME! Totally classy.
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