This pass long weekend was indeed not a good weekend for Centro owners as I too had a bad experience Saturaday morning:
I was getting ready for work when I realized that it was suppose to rain so I went outside to grab my patio cushions when I found there was a cigarette bud on one of my loungers. To make matters worst, when I went to brush the ashes off I noticed that the cushion itself was indeed burnt - I mean there's a hole! I was so ticked off! I immediately took photos and went to file an official complaint with the Gate House and then asked one of the guards to come check it out. I was told that a report will be written and that the Property Manager will contact me (which he has yet to do). And after walking around, I was able to find 3 more cigarette buds (I dont smoke). I just dont understand why someone would do something so careless and inconsiderate. What if that cushion had caught on fire! I surely hope something will be done.
Sorry to hear about that Bunnie but unfortunately the building manager is the epitome of useless, not that he could do anything anyways - can't fix the root cause of that problem = human nature, all for one and one for themselves.
Especially smokers, they are a different kind of stupid. On the highway they'll dump their full ash tray out the window on to the windshields of the cars behind them, they flick cigarettes anywhere that is convenient for them, including off the edge of a balcony of their condo, with the damn full knowledge that the magic cigarette fairy isn't going to swoop in a gobble it up, that it is instead going to land on someone or something. But they don’t care, why, because it’s someone else’s problem then.
They are going to kill their loved ones, friends and complete strangers with their second hand smoke, they will even still in this day and age with all the knowledge and information available, ignorantly claim that they didn't know smoking kills and kills those around them just as equally as themselves.
Most people are selfish, inconsiderate, ignorant individuals, and smokes are the leaders of that crowd of disgrace. How pathetic of an person do you have to be to live your life completely controlled by a two inch piece of toxic chemicals? Oh my god, I haven’t had a smoke in the last 30 minutes, I am going crazy….I need my smokes or I just can’t function, LMAO, what a bunch of losers.
And last but not least (after the rant above), is my reason for understanding your pain….
My balcony, since we were somehow not given a storage locker even though we purchased this piece of $#!$ back in 2008 and indicated an interest in a locker in 2008 and every month since then and then replied to their letter by email 3 days after it was sent - is currently being used to store skis, hockey gear, boxes of personal items AND like your cushion, have been damaged and had one box, as to your point, actually LIGHT ON FIRE! All because of one of these ignorant smoking pieces of $#@$ upper floor neighbors.
When I came home the box was in ashes. I called the security desk and I told them what had happened, they asked if the fire was out and I said yes, they told me not to do anything or call the fire department and they will send someone up. 30 min later, just some random guard, not even the building manager could pull himself away from the picking his $#!$, came up to check it out. They were not planning on doing anything. He just took a picture and left.
So I did their job for them, I called the fire department, let them know the situation, they sent a truck to the building, a fire inspector came and took a look, took pictures and wrote up a report. He left a copy with the security desk and the next day I get a visit from Mr. useless property manager finally off his $#!$ to come and see me and he assured me nothing like this would happen again and they are very sorry.
And I responded with what I mentioned up top, what could they do to change the natural disgusting human behavior of all for one and one for themselves?
