They're Messing with the Wrong Balcony!!! ;)

So I finished up my first day of computer training yesterday and was able to leave at 4:30 (how nice!). I start again this morning at 9 am, and I'm hoping that today will be it. Of course, I also found out that in two weeks we are going to Houston to have training on the software specifically used for the cases we will be working on, but luckily everyone has to go to that so I won't be alone at least.

Anyways, I'm on the way home, and I get a call from Austin. Austin had a really bad day yesterday. Car problems, lunch problems, and then apartment problems. Turns out when he got home there was a note on our door saying it was our "first warning" for a violation of our lease. It goes on to say that it is a violation of the lease contract to throw food or beverages off the balcony onto the cars below. Well, duh! It's not like we are some heathens or having a fraternity live in our house. So apparently he went and talked to someone at the office, and they basically blew him off and acted like it wasn't a big deal, that it would just go in our apartment file, and not to worry about it.

But I wasn't willing to take that as an answer. There are only a few things in the world that really make me ANGRY, and being accused of something that I didn't do is one of them. So I get home and go straight to the office, and I ask exactly what is going on and explain that we haven't done this and why are they saying we are in violation of our lease. The manager says to me that it's possible that they may have gotten the wrong apartment, that it's hard to tell from the outside, but that someone is dropping sodas and food all over this guy's car. I tell her it's not us, we would never do that. She tells me it's happening at all times: day, night, weekends, weekdays, etc. I tell her that we both work and therefore are not home during the day. She asks me if she can have permission to enter our apartment tomorrow (which is now today), and look out from the balcony to see if we are above this "incident." And that if they determine we aren't the ones above the car, then they will remove the letter from our file and we can throw ours away. I tell her that she has permission and to please call me when she finds out what is going on.

So that's how it stands right now. She and I are still going to have to have words today if she claims that we are the ones above him. Just because our balcony is above his car doesn't mean we are the ones that are doing it, considering that food & liquid can travel especially when thrown from a 3rd or 4th floor balcony. I will ask her if they have actually seen items coming off of OUR balcony because otherwise they have no proof that it is coming from us or that we have anything to do with it, and it is unfair for us to have a "warning" in our file when we are not involved. Additionally, I will tell her that I don't appreciate being accused of something that we did not do, nor do I appreciate it having possible ramifications upon our lease considering that whoever IS doing this (since it isn't us) may continue to do it (especially if we are made to take the blame and they are unaware that people are complaining about it) and then what if they continue to blame us and try to kick us out of our lease. And if I have to, I will use what legal jargon I can come up with as well as make them aware that I am a paralegal with a prestigious Dallas law firm, and in the most extreme case, we are willing to take lie detector tests to prove our innocence.

I'm hoping none of this will have to occur and that she will call today and apologize and say it's not our balcony. But if she does, I'm ready with ammunition to fire back because I WILL NOT take blame for something that we had nothing to do with.....and it will be so on! That is my drama episode for the day....stay tuned to find out more! :)