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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation.
First thing that bugged me, the guy decided on our appointment all by himself, I had no notice, he just banged on the wooden shutters, rang the bell as if to wake the dead and demanded to be let in. Secondly, he looked at me as if I was joking, or as if I was the joke maybe, when I offered him those plastic shoe covers, he caved when I said he could choose brand new slippers instead. He then became extremely familiar, as if we'd been raised together, that was unusual and felt slightly uncomfortable, and condescending. Whatever. Thirdly, and the final part really got to me, he felt the need to comment on the changes in my house and what he thought about them, he noticed I had less cats, I explained how some changes to the room were due to my disabled cat's departure, [comes the kick in the gut] to which he replied things looked much better without the cat and her things, how he was pleased and liked how I had tidied the place, how I should keep "trying". Think what you want of me, tech guy [that's how he introduced himself], but how dare you consider the departure of my beloved cat and the removal of all her belongings a good thing happening. There's still 6 cats in the house, cat pics on the wall, books about cats, cat furniture in the lounge he walked through, and my insistance on not leaving the door open to let the cats disappear outside, as "it would be the end of me" those were my exact word [close enough translation anyway]. With all those clues, how could he miss the place the cats held in my life and think I would welcome comments about my dead cat making the place look better? I don't care about what he thinks, I'm not inviting him in to be my life partner, but I care about what he said. I'm still annoyed 12hrs later. It's progress since 8 hrs ago I was crying and angry, thinking about my poor disabled cat and his comments. Btw, the cat in question was Rat [who suffered from epilepsy and left a few months ago]. Basically, it's "my house, my rules", "your house, your rules", and if I don't like it, I don't enter your home, I don't see a problem with it. Also, it's 2018, I'd hoped people were more aware of the wide variety of cultures and beliefs out there, I don't expect you to embrace mine, nor for you to want to learn about them or understand them, but at least respect them, even just a bit, or pretend to a little, especially if you're on my property, respect me and respect my home. Have I finally lost it? How would you have dealt with him? Have you ever had similar encounters? |
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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
"Kitten" wrote in message news Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation. First thing that bugged me, the guy decided on our appointment all by himself, I had no notice, he just banged on the wooden shutters, rang the bell as if to wake the dead and demanded to be let in. Secondly, he looked at me as if I was joking, or as if I was the joke maybe, when I offered him those plastic shoe covers, he caved when I said he could choose brand new slippers instead. He then became extremely familiar, as if we'd been raised together, that was unusual and felt slightly uncomfortable, and condescending. Whatever. Thirdly, and the final part really got to me, he felt the need to comment on the changes in my house and what he thought about them, he noticed I had less cats, I explained how some changes to the room were due to my disabled cat's departure, [comes the kick in the gut] to which he replied things looked much better without the cat and her things, how he was pleased and liked how I had tidied the place, how I should keep "trying". Think what you want of me, tech guy [that's how he introduced himself], but how dare you consider the departure of my beloved cat and the removal of all her belongings a good thing happening. There's still 6 cats in the house, cat pics on the wall, books about cats, cat furniture in the lounge he walked through, and my insistance on not leaving the door open to let the cats disappear outside, as "it would be the end of me" those were my exact word [close enough translation anyway]. With all those clues, how could he miss the place the cats held in my life and think I would welcome comments about my dead cat making the place look better? I don't care about what he thinks, I'm not inviting him in to be my life partner, but I care about what he said. I'm still annoyed 12hrs later. It's progress since 8 hrs ago I was crying and angry, thinking about my poor disabled cat and his comments. Btw, the cat in question was Rat [who suffered from epilepsy and left a few months ago]. Basically, it's "my house, my rules", "your house, your rules", and if I don't like it, I don't enter your home, I don't see a problem with it. Also, it's 2018, I'd hoped people were more aware of the wide variety of cultures and beliefs out there, I don't expect you to embrace mine, nor for you to want to learn about them or understand them, but at least respect them, even just a bit, or pretend to a little, especially if you're on my property, respect me and respect my home. Have I finally lost it? How would you have dealt with him? Have you ever had similar encounters? ================================================== = It is YOUR house, YOUR rules. Not anyone's business unless it's unsafe. My house is mostly for my cats too. -- bill_n |
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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
On 11/14/2018 8:21 PM, Bill Nak wrote:
"Kitten"* wrote in message news Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation. Have I finally lost it? How would you have dealt with him? Have you ever had similar encounters? ================================================== = It is YOUR house, YOUR rules.* Not anyone's business unless it's unsafe. My house is mostly for my cats too. I don't know about this inspection regulation Kitten is talking about. I do notice posting from aioe which seems to be a haven for trolls. Jill |
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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
On 11/14/2018 5:37 PM, Kitten wrote:
Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation. First thing that bugged me, the guy decided on our appointment all by himself, I had no notice, he just banged on the wooden shutters, rang the bell as if to wake the dead and demanded to be let in. Secondly, he looked at me as if I was joking, or as if I was the joke maybe, when I offered him those plastic shoe covers, he caved when I said he could choose brand new slippers instead. He then became extremely familiar, as if we'd been raised together, that was unusual and felt slightly uncomfortable, and condescending. Whatever. Thirdly, and the final part really got to me, he felt the need to comment on the changes in my house and what he thought about them, he noticed I had less cats, I explained how some changes to the room were due to my disabled cat's departure, [comes the kick in the gut] to which he replied things looked much better without the cat and her things, how he was pleased and liked how I had tidied the place, how I should keep "trying". Think what you want of me, tech guy [that's how he introduced himself], but how dare you consider the departure of my beloved cat and the removal of all her belongings a good thing happening. There's still 6 cats in the house, cat pics on the wall, books about cats, cat furniture in the lounge he walked through, and my insistance on not leaving the door open to let the cats disappear outside, as "it would be the end of me" those were my exact word [close enough translation anyway]. With all those clues, how could he miss the place the cats held in my life and think I would welcome comments about my dead cat making the place look better? I don't care about what he thinks, I'm not inviting him in to be my life partner, but I care about what he said. I'm still annoyed 12hrs later. It's progress since 8 hrs ago I was crying and angry, thinking about my poor disabled cat and his comments. Btw, the cat in question was Rat [who suffered from epilepsy and left a few months ago]. Basically, it's "my house, my rules", "your house, your rules", and if I don't like it, I don't enter your home, I don't see a problem with it. Also, it's 2018, I'd hoped people were more aware of the wide variety of cultures and beliefs out there, I don't expect you to embrace mine, nor for you to want to learn about them or understand them, but at least respect them, even just a bit, or pretend to a little, especially if you're on my property, respect me and respect my home. Have I finally lost it? How would you have dealt with him? Have you ever had similar encounters? I honestly don't know what you're talking about. I don't have to have anyone inspect my house. I've had service people come in - three this year, two in the last month, at my request. One to service the HVAC unit under service contract and another a plumber to repair a toilet, also under service contract. I set the appointments. I have another plumber coming on Friday to replace a faucet cartridge. No one who comes into my house has any say about how many cats I have or don't have. Nor do they get "familiar" with me. Where on earth do you live?! Jill |
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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
On 2018-11-14 10:11 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
On 11/14/2018 5:37 PM, Kitten wrote: Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation. snip I honestly don't know what you're talking about.Â* I don't have to have anyone inspect my house.Â* I've had service people come in - three this year, two in the last month, at my request.Â* One to service the HVAC unit under service contract and another a plumber to repair a toilet, also under service contract.Â* I set the appointments.Â* I have another plumber coming on Friday to replace a faucet cartridge. No one who comes into my house has any say about how many cats I have or don't have.Â* Nor do they get "familiar" with me.Â* Where on earth do you live?! I've had people in my place to check things out or fix them. Mostly, they've been quite polite, and some of them like cats - or say they do! I try to keep the cats out from underfoot, but Kerry in particular likes inspecting the workmanship! One workman - I think it was the plumber - said he liked cats so we were chatting about cats and I mentioned I had two, but he probably wouldn't see Cinnamon who was a bit nervous and always stayed in the bedroom, unlike Kerry, who was observing him very closely. Of course, that was the one time Cinnamon ventured out to see what was going on, making a liar of me! -- Cheryl |
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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
On Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7:41:13 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 11/14/2018 5:37 PM, Kitten wrote: Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation. First thing that bugged me, the guy decided on our appointment all by himself, I had no notice, he just banged on the wooden shutters, rang the bell as if to wake the dead and demanded to be let in. Secondly, he looked at me as if I was joking, or as if I was the joke maybe, when I offered him those plastic shoe covers, he caved when I said he could choose brand new slippers instead. He then became extremely familiar, as if we'd been raised together, that was unusual and felt slightly uncomfortable, and condescending. Whatever. Thirdly, and the final part really got to me, he felt the need to comment on the changes in my house and what he thought about them, he noticed I had less cats, I explained how some changes to the room were due to my disabled cat's departure, [comes the kick in the gut] to which he replied things looked much better without the cat and her things, how he was pleased and liked how I had tidied the place, how I should keep "trying". Think what you want of me, tech guy [that's how he introduced himself], but how dare you consider the departure of my beloved cat and the removal of all her belongings a good thing happening. There's still 6 cats in the house, cat pics on the wall, books about cats, cat furniture in the lounge he walked through, and my insistance on not leaving the door open to let the cats disappear outside, as "it would be the end of me" those were my exact word [close enough translation anyway]. With all those clues, how could he miss the place the cats held in my life and think I would welcome comments about my dead cat making the place look better? I don't care about what he thinks, I'm not inviting him in to be my life partner, but I care about what he said. I'm still annoyed 12hrs later. It's progress since 8 hrs ago I was crying and angry, thinking about my poor disabled cat and his comments. Btw, the cat in question was Rat [who suffered from epilepsy and left a few months ago]. Basically, it's "my house, my rules", "your house, your rules", and if I don't like it, I don't enter your home, I don't see a problem with it. Also, it's 2018, I'd hoped people were more aware of the wide variety of cultures and beliefs out there, I don't expect you to embrace mine, nor for you to want to learn about them or understand them, but at least respect them, even just a bit, or pretend to a little, especially if you're on my property, respect me and respect my home. Have I finally lost it? How would you have dealt with him? Have you ever had similar encounters? I honestly don't know what you're talking about. I don't have to have anyone inspect my house. I've had service people come in - three this year, two in the last month, at my request. One to service the HVAC unit under service contract and another a plumber to repair a toilet, also under service contract. I set the appointments. I have another plumber coming on Friday to replace a faucet cartridge. No one who comes into my house has any say about how many cats I have or don't have. Nor do they get "familiar" with me. Where on earth do you live?! Jill As a long time US renter, every place that I have rented I have had the landlord come over at least annually to inspect the property for damage. The village we live in now actually requires that landlords do so annually. |
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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
On 11/16/2018 1:15 PM, Dan Mahoney wrote:
On Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7:41:13 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote: On 11/14/2018 5:37 PM, Kitten wrote: Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation. I honestly don't know what you're talking about. I don't have to have anyone inspect my house. I've had service people come in - three this year, two in the last month, at my request. One to service the HVAC unit under service contract and another a plumber to repair a toilet, also under service contract. I set the appointments. I have another plumber coming on Friday to replace a faucet cartridge. No one who comes into my house has any say about how many cats I have or don't have. Nor do they get "familiar" with me. Where on earth do you live?! Jill As a long time US renter, every place that I have rented I have had the landlord come over at least annually to inspect the property for damage. The village we live in now actually requires that landlords do so annually. I was a long term renter until my parents died and I inherited this house. It was written into the lease, the landlord (property management company) reserved the right to inspect for damage or to enter the property without permission *if* they felt there was a problem. But it wasn't a required annual inspection. I'm sure different places have different rules and regs. One thing I do know, they all had a limit on the number of pets. I paid "pet rent" to cover possible damages. In every case the lease limited the number of pets and imposed a weight limit per pet. There have been situations where people collect animals and aren't able to care for them or to keep the property maintained. Pet hoarders. Not saying 'Kitten' has this issue. But I've never heard of what she's talking about in terms of mandatory inspections. I don't trust much I hear coming out of the aioe domain. Jill |
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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
On 2018-11-17 7:00 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
On 11/16/2018 1:15 PM, Dan Mahoney wrote: On Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7:41:13 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote: On 11/14/2018 5:37 PM, Kitten wrote: Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation. I honestly don't know what you're talking about.Â* I don't have to have anyone inspect my house.Â* I've had service people come in - three this year, two in the last month, at my request.Â* One to service the HVAC unit under service contract and another a plumber to repair a toilet, also under service contract.Â* I set the appointments.Â* I have another plumber coming on Friday to replace a faucet cartridge. No one who comes into my house has any say about how many cats I have or don't have.Â* Nor do they get "familiar" with me.Â* Where on earth do you live?! Jill As a long time US renter, every place that I have rented I have had the landlord come over at least annually to inspect the property for damage. The village we live in now actually requires that landlords do so annually. I was a long term renter until my parents died and I inherited this house.Â* It was written into the lease, the landlord (property management company) reserved the right to inspect for damage or to enter the property without permission *if* they felt there was a problem.Â* But it wasn't a required annual inspection. I'm sure different places have different rules and regs.Â* One thing I do know, they all had a limit on the number of pets.Â* I paid "pet rent" to cover possible damages.Â* In every case the lease limited the number of pets and imposed a weight limit per pet. When I was looking for a condo to move into, I only looked at those which allowed pets. When I found a suitable one, they allowed only one small pet per unit, and I negotiated an agreement with the board that I could have two. I wasn't getting rid of one of them, or putting myself in a position where I could get in trouble for violating the agreement. I was surprised how many people said "Oh, just bring two. They'll never find out." I wasn't taking a chance with it - or being so dishonest. The board is fairly flexible, though. Some of the dogs stretch the definition of "small animal" somewhat! When I was renting, the landlord always had the right to enter in an emergency, and could at other times with a certain amount of notice and my permission - I'd read the Landlord-Tenant Act, so I knew! Not that any of them gave me that kind of problem. It was just that business with the insurance company safety inspector, which I suspect was at least partly because I was living in an rundown old house in an old neighbourhood. They got a lot stricter over the fireplace during the years I lived there, to the point that eventually I was warned not to use it at all because they wouldn't pay for any fire damage that resulted. That was fair enough; I knew before they told me that it was old and probably not up to current safety standards. -- Cheryl |
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OT Stupid Tech Guy or Strangers in your Home when you have Cats
On Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 5:20:41 PM UTC-5, Kitten wrote:
Every year, some things in the house get inspected, it's regulation. First thing that bugged me, the guy decided on our appointment all by himself, I had no notice, he just banged on the wooden shutters, rang the bell as if to wake the dead and demanded to be let in. Secondly, he looked at me as if I was joking, or as if I was the joke maybe, when I offered him those plastic shoe covers, he caved when I said he could choose brand new slippers instead. He then became extremely familiar, as if we'd been raised together, that was unusual and felt slightly uncomfortable, and condescending. Whatever. Thirdly, and the final part really got to me, he felt the need to comment on the changes in my house and what he thought about them, he noticed I had less cats, I explained how some changes to the room were due to my disabled cat's departure, [comes the kick in the gut] to which he replied things looked much better without the cat and her things, how he was pleased and liked how I had tidied the place, how I should keep "trying". Think what you want of me, tech guy [that's how he introduced himself], but how dare you consider the departure of my beloved cat and the removal of all her belongings a good thing happening. There's still 6 cats in the house, cat pics on the wall, books about cats, cat furniture in the lounge he walked through, and my insistance on not leaving the door open to let the cats disappear outside, as "it would be the end of me" those were my exact word [close enough translation anyway]. With all those clues, how could he miss the place the cats held in my life and think I would welcome comments about my dead cat making the place look better? I don't care about what he thinks, I'm not inviting him in to be my life partner, but I care about what he said. I'm still annoyed 12hrs later. It's progress since 8 hrs ago I was crying and angry, thinking about my poor disabled cat and his comments. Btw, the cat in question was Rat [who suffered from epilepsy and left a few months ago]. Basically, it's "my house, my rules", "your house, your rules", and if I don't like it, I don't enter your home, I don't see a problem with it. Also, it's 2018, I'd hoped people were more aware of the wide variety of cultures and beliefs out there, I don't expect you to embrace mine, nor for you to want to learn about them or understand them, but at least respect them, even just a bit, or pretend to a little, especially if you're on my property, respect me and respect my home. Have I finally lost it? How would you have dealt with him? Have you ever had similar encounters? I don't think Kitten is in the US. Here, if we own our home, we don't need to let ANYONE in to 'inspect' it. They would be told to bugger off, and get a warrant if they think it is necessary. If you rent, it is a different matter, and even then, the landlord has to make an appointment that is agreeable to you for it. You don't have to let them in if they just show up. |
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On 2018-11-15 11:55 a.m., Mishi wrote:
I don't think Kitten is in the US. Here, if we own our home, we don't need to let ANYONE in to 'inspect' it. They would be told to bugger off, and get a warrant if they think it is necessary. If you rent, it is a different matter, and even then, the landlord has to make an appointment that is agreeable to you for it. You don't have to let them in if they just show up. I'm not in the US, but I think even there, in some more institutional settings, there may be agreements in place to allow/require inspections, but no, it's not normally the situation that you have to allow such things. Well, another exception would be if the local city or town authorities were concerned about whether the place was fit for occupancy. They'd probably have the authority to require inspections. At one point, my home insurance company required "voluntary and free" safety inspections by one of their employees. Either it was an unpopular or expensive option, because it didn't happen very often. No doubt I could have refused access, but I was afraid I'd be put in the position of finding a new insurance company (not that they threatened that) so I went along with it. -- Cheryl |
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